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THE UTTAR PRADESH LOCAL-SELF GOVERNMENT LAWS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1966

THE UTTAR PRADESH LOCAL-SELF GOVERNMENT LAWS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1966

THE UTTAR PRADESH LOCAL-SELF GOVERNMENT LAWS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1966

[Act No. 29 of 1966]

PREAMBLE

An Act to amend certain provisions of various enactments relating to Local Self-Government for the purposes hereinafter appearing.

It is hereby enacted in the Seventeenth Year of the Republic of India as follows :--

Section 1 - Short title

This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh Local Self-Government Laws (Amendment) Act, 1965.

Section 2 - Incorporation of amendments mentioned in Schedule to U.P. Act XLVII of 1948 in U.P. Act VIII of 1919 and repeal of U.P. Act XLVII of 1948

(1)     The U.P. Town Improvement Act, 1919, shall be amended in the manner set out in the Schedule to the U.P. Town Improvement (Adaptation) Act, 1948, and the former Act amended as aforesaid shall hereinafter in this Chapter be referred to as the principal Act.

(2)     The U.P. Town Improvement (Adaptation) Act, 1948, is hereby repealed.

Section 3 - Addition of new section 44-A to U.P. Act VIII of 1919

After section 44 of the principal Act, the following new section shall be added, namely--

"44-A. Other development undertakings

(1)     The Trust may at the instance or with the approval of the State Government undertake the planned development of any area, and the provisions of sections 23 to 44 shall not apply in relation to such undertaking.

(2)     Any such development undertaken by any Trust before the commencement of the Uttar Pradesh Local Self-Government Laws (Amendment) Act, 1966, shall be deemed to have been undertaken under this section as if the provisions of this section were always in force, and accordingly, anything done or any action taken, including any proceedings under Chapter VI in furtherance of any such undertaking, shall be deemed to be and always to have been done or taken for carrying out the purposes of this Act."

Section 4 - Addition of new section 49-C

After section 49-B of the principal Act the following new section shall be added, namely--

"49-C. Power of Government to allow expenditure from Trust fund

Without prejudice to the powers of the Trust under any other provision of this Act, the Trust may make provision for the doing of anything whereon expenditure is declared by the State Government by general or special order to be an appropriate charge on the funds of the Trust."

Section 5 - Amendment of section 67-H

For sub-section (1) of section 67-H of the principal Act the following shall be substituted, namely--

"(1) The duty imposed by the Indian Stamp Act, 1889, on any deed of transfer of immovable property shall, in the case of immovable property situated within an area to which this Act applies, be increased by two per cent on the amount or value of the consideration with reference to which the duty is calculated under the said Act."

Section 6 - Amendment of section 112-A of U.P. Act II of 1959

In section 112-A of the Uttar Pradesh Nagar Mahapalika Adhiniyam, 1959, hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as the principal Act, for sub-section (2) the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely--

"(2) When any such service is created, officers and servants serving on the posts included in the service, as well as officers and servants performing the duties and functions of those posts under sub-clause (1) of clause (ee) of section 577 may, if found suitable, be absorbed in the service, provisionally or finally, and the services of others shall stand determined, in the prescribed manner.

(3)   Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2), such rules may also provide for consultation with the State Public Service Commission in respect of any of the matters referred to in the said sub-sections."

Section 7 - Amendment of section 191

In sub-section (1) of section 191 of the principal Act, for the words "on the value of the property transferred or in the case of usufructuary mortgage on the amount secured by the instrument" the words "on the amount or value of the consideration with reference to which the duty is calculated under the said Act" shall be substituted.

Section 8 - Amendment of section 577

In section 577 of the principal Act--

(a)      in clause (e), for the words "for so long as they are not appointed to posts created under this Act they shall draw the same salaries and allowances and shall be subject to the same conditions of service to which they were entitled or were subject on the said day", the following shall be substituted, namely--

"for so long as they are not appointed to posts created under this Act or finally absorbed in any centralised service created by rules made under section 112-A or their services do not stand determined in accordance with such rules, they shall draw the same salaries and allowances and, except as otherwise provided in such rules, be subject to the same conditions of service to which they were entitled or were subject immediately before the appointed day";

(b)   in clause (f), for the words "the following procedure shall be adopted" the words "subject to the provisions of any rules made under section 112-A, the following procedure shall be followed" shall be substituted.

Section 9 - Amendment of section 60 of U.P. Act II of 1916

For the opening paragraph of sub-section (1) of section 60 of the U.P. Municipalities Act, 1916, hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:--

"In any municipality where there is an Executive Officer the following powers of the Board shall be exercised by such officer and, save as provided in section 62, not otherwise, namely--"

Section 10 - Substitution of section 69-B

For section 69-B of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely :--

"69-B.  (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 57 to 59, 65 to 68, 69, 69-A, 71, 74, 79 and 80, the State Government may at any time by rules provide for the creation of one or more services of such officers and servants as the State Government may deem fit, common to all or some municipal boards or to the municipal boards and Mahapalikas of the State, and prescribe the methods of recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed to any such service.

(2) When any such service is created, officers and servants serving on the posts included in the service may, if found suitable, be absorbed in the service, provisionally or finally, and the services of others shall stand determined, in the prescribed manner.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2), such rules may also provide for consultation with the State Public Service Commission in respect of any of the matters referred to in the said sub-sections."

Section 11 - Amendment of section 128-A

For sub-section (1) of section 128-A of the principal Act the following shall be substituted, namely--

"(1) Where a board has imposed a tax referred to in clause (xiii-B) of sub-section (1) of section 128, the duty imposed by the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, on any deed of transfer of immovable property shall, in the case of immovable property situated within the limits of such municipality, be increased by two per cent on the amount or value of the consideration with reference to which the duty is calculated under the said Act :

Provided that the board may, by special resolution, with the prior approval of the State Government, raise the aforementioned percentage of the increase in stamp duty up to five."

Section 12 - Amendment of section 62 of U.P. Act I of 1966

In section 62 of the Uttar Pradesh Avas Evam Vikas Parishad Adhiniyam, 1965, hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as the principal Act--

(i)       in sub-section (1), for the words "on the value of the property transferred or in the case of usufructuary mortgage on the amount secured by the instrument" the words "on the amount or value of the consideration with reference to which the duty is calculated under the said Act" shall be substituted;

(ii)      in sub-section (5), the following shall be added and be deemed always to have been added at the end, namely--

"The provisions of sections 6, 8 and 24 of the U.P. General Clauses Act, 1904, shall apply in relation to such cesser as they apply in relation to repeal and re-enactment."

Section 13 - Amendment of section 96

In sub-section (3) of section 96 of the principal Act, for the words "and of Chapter XIII of the Uttar Pradesh Nagar Mahapalika Adhiniyam, 1959", the following shall be substituted, namely--

"Chapter XIII of the Uttar Pradesh Nagar Mahapalika Adhiniyam, 1959, sections 178 to 186 of the U.P. Municipalities Act, 1916 (or the said sections as extended under section 338 thereof or under section 38 of the U.P. Town Areas Act, 1914), or, as the case may be, of sections 162 to 171 of the U.P. Kshettra Samities and Zila Parishads Adhiniyam, 1961."

 

Section 14 - Amendment of section 2 of U.P. Act XXXIV of 1958

For clause (d) of section 2 of the Uttar Pradesh (Regulation of Building Operations) Act, 1958, hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely :--

"(d) 'regulated area' means an area in respect of which a declaration under sub-section (1) of section 3 is for the time being in force;"

Section 15 - Amendment of section 3

Section 3 of the principal Act shall be renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof, and after sub-section (1) as so renumbered the following new sub-section shall be added, namely :--

"(2) The operation of Chapter XIII of the Uttar Pradesh Nagar Mahapalika Adhiniyam, 1959, sections 178 to 186 of the U.P. Municipalities Act, 1916 (or the said sections as extended under section 338 thereof or under section 38 of the U.P. Town Areas Act, 1914), sections 29, 30 and 32 of the U.P. Town Improvement Act, 1919, or, as the case may be of, sections 162 to 171 of the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Samities and Zila Parishads Adhiniyam, 1961, shall in respect of a regulated area remain suspended for the period during which the declaration relating to it under sub-section (1) remains in force, and the provisions of section 6 of the U.P. General Clauses Act, 1904, shall apply in relation to such suspension as if the suspension amounted to repeal of the said enactments by this Act."

Section 16 - Amendment of section 19

In clause (gg) of sub-section (2) of section 19 of the principal Act, for the words "obtaining of copies of" the words "inspection or obtaining of copies of" shall be substituted.

Section 17 - Amendment of section 3 of U.P. Act no. XXII of 1963

In the proviso to section 3 of the Uttar Pradesh Sthaniya Nikaya (Alpakalik Vyavastha) Adhiniyam, 1963, hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as the principal Act, for the words and figures "thirty-first day of December, 1966", the words and figures "thirtieth day of June, 1967" shall be substituted.

Section 18 - Amendment of section 5

In section 5 of the principal Act, for the words and figures "thirty-first day of December, 1966," the words and figures "thirtieth day of June, 1967," shall be substituted.

Section 19 - Deeming, validation, etc

The Uttar Pradesh Palika (Centralised) Services Rules, 1966, shall be deemed to have been made under the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Nagar Mahapalika Adhiniyam, 1959, and the U.P. Municipalities Act, 1916, as if the amendments made by this Act to the said Acts were always in force and be deemed to be and always to have been valid and shall, subject to any amendments made thereto, continue in force, and notwithstanding anything contained in the said Acts, the power to make amendments to the said rules may, during the period ending on September 4, 1967, be exercised retrospectively.

Section 20 – Repeal

The Uttar Pradesh Palika Sevayen (Kendriyakaran) (Prakirna Upbandha) Adhiyadesh, 1966 (U.P. Ordinance VII of 1966), is hereby repealed.