Land Pooling Policy-2022.

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© Government of Haryana No. 36-2022]  CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2022 (BHADRA 15, 1944 SAKA)

PART-I

Notifications, Orders and Declarations by Haryana Government

HARYANA GOVERNMENT

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING DEPARTMENT

Notification

The 22nd August, 2022

No. 7/17/2022-2TCP.— The Governor of Haryana is pleased to formulate a Land Pooling Policy for development, with active involvement of land owners in the development process.

1. The operational details, keeping in view the above policy, would be worked out by the respective departments and agencies.

2. This policy issues with concurrence of :–

(i) The Finance Department conveyed vide their U.O. No. 01/27/2018-5FD-III/17285 dated 28.07.2022;

(ii) Legal & Legislative Department conveyed vide their U.O. No. 6707-Leg-IV(misc)B/H/2022/841 dated 27.07.2022;

(iii) Council of Ministers Haryana conveyed vide their U.O. No.9/136/2022-2Cabinet dated 29.07.2022.

3. This policy is applicable with immediate effect.

HARYANA LAND POOLING POLICY-2022

The objective of the policy is to achieve the purpose of planned development including development of infrastructure and for the purpose obtain land through voluntary participation of land owners, interested to become partners in the said development.

1. SHORT TITLE:

This policy may be called the 'Haryana Land Pooling Policy' 2022.

2. DEFINITIONS:

i. 'Aggregator':- means a person registered under the provisions of clause 3 (1) of the Haryana Regulation of Property Dealers and Consultants Act, 2008 and rules made thereunder.

ii. 'Competent Authority': - means the authority competent to give approval to the project.

iii. 'Development organisation':- means the State Government in any department or any Board, Corporation, statutory authority or any other organisation owned and controlled by the State Government intending to obtain land for a development purpose.

iv. 'Development Plan':- means the development plan published by the State Government under the provisions of the Haryana Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development Act, 1963.

(680)PART I] HARYANA GOVT. GAZ., SEPT. 6, 2022 (BHDR. 15, 1944 SAKA) 681 v. 'Development Purpose':- means and includes planned urban residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and infrastructure development or any other purpose as may be decided by the State Government.

vi. 'Land':- means land free from all encumbrances offered for the specified development purpose by land owner and includes land under mortgage with a Bank or a financial institution subject to the condition such Bank or financial institution provides a no objection certificate for offer of the land for the specified development purpose by the land owner.

vii. 'Land owner':- means a land owner recorded as such in the land records willing to offer land under his/her ownership for the specified development purpose under the provisions of this Policy or a transferee to whom the Land Entitlement Certificate under this Policy has been transferred.

viii. 'Policy': means, where the context so requires, the Haryana Land Pooling Policy, 2022.

ix. 'Valuer' for the purposes of the Policy means a valuer empanelled by the State Government in the Revenue and Disaster Management Department under the provisions of the Policy dated 25.11.2021, as amended from time to time, of that Department.

3. GENERAL APPLICATION:

The terms referred to in this policy but are not defined herein shall have the same meaning as is assigned in the applicable Acts/Rules/Regulations/Code applicable to the Development organization.

4. MANDATE OF DEVELOPMENT:

i. Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikarn (HSVP) will have the mandate under this Policy for the development purpose for residential, commercial, institutional and infrastructure purposes in case of the areas situated within any urbanisable area in any published Development Plans under this policy.

ii. Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (HSIIDC) will have the mandate under this Policy for the development purpose for industrial, infrastructure or institutional purposes anywhere in Haryana under this policy.

iii. The State Government in any department or any Board, Corporation or other organisation owned and controlled by the State Government may be specifically mandated for any specified development purpose under this Policy, if the State Government so deems it necessary.

5. APPLICABILITY:

The policy will be applicable. –

i. to the land owner offering land for the project for the specified development purpose.

ii. to the aggregator who aggregates land under several land owners in agreement with such land owners for offering land in the area for the project for the specified development purpose.

iii. for land conforming to the land use specified in the Development Plan. It will also apply in respect of any other area in Haryana where the development purpose is infrastructure or industrial.

6. ASSESSMENT OF VIABILITY AND FEASIBILITY STUDY:

i. The Development organization will identify the area for the project or a land owner may voluntarily offer land in his/her ownership either directly or through an aggregator.

ii. For purpose of sub-clause (i), Development Organization will conduct assessment of the feasibility and viability for said project on the basis of the parameters as may be notified by the State Government in the Town and Country Planning Department for each class i.e. residential, commercial, institutional and industrial projects.

7. PUBLICATION:

i. The Development organization will issue a public advertisement through the following modes, informing the general public about the details of the project for the specified development purpose along with procedure for making an application offering land for the project for such development purpose in terms of this Policy;

a. In four leading newspapers (i.e two in English and two in Hindi Language) with circulation in the area of the project.

b. Hosting on website of the Development Organisation.

c. By pasting on the notice board of office of the Development organization, District Collector & Tehsildar and Block Development and Panchayat Officer concerned.

d. By notice issued to the Sarpanch in case of a Gram Panchayat and to the Mayor or President, as the case maybe, of a Municipality.

e. Any other mode considered necessary by the Development Organisation.

8. APPLICATION:

i. Any land owner may, either directly or through an aggregator, submit their application under this Policy, expressing interest in offering land for the project for the specified development purpose, within the period specified in the publication, which shall not be less than 60 days, and which may be extended by the Development organization, if they so deem it necessary, for further period not exceeding 30 days.

ii. The land owner shall submit his/ her application online on the website of the Development organization along with the details of the land offered for the project. No application submitted manually to the Development organization will be entertained and such application will be considered as summarily rejected.

iii. There shall be no application fee.

iv. For assistance in applying for the project, a toll-free helpline number may be provided by Development organization.

Note.— Format of application and allotment criteria for developed land to the land owner on completion of the project for the specified development purpose shall be specified by the Development Organisation in the publication.

9. VOLUNTARY APPLICATION:

Even in the absence of any publication under this Policy, land owner or an aggregator may offer land in his/her ownership voluntarily, through online mode to the State Government on the website of the Revenue & Disaster Management Department. There will be no time specified for submission of such application to the State Government and any Development Organisation may utilise the land so offered for any project for development purpose, as and when required. The offer of land under this clause shall be construed as requiring the State Government to purchase the land so offered under this Policy.

The land owner, directly or through an aggregator, shall also be free to offer land under his/her ownership for the project for the specified development purpose through the e-bhoomi portal of the State Government in which case the said offer shall be dealt with in terms of the Policy dated 6th February, 2017 of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department of State Government of Haryana.

10. AGGREGATOR

In case land is offered through an aggregator, the aggregator will be eligible to receive such remuneration as may be agreed between the landowners and such aggregator, provided that the remuneration shall not be less than 0.5%.

11. SCRUTINY OF APPLICATIONS:

i. The scrutiny of applications may be carried out by the Development Organisation and the results of such scrutiny with details thereof shall be published by the Development organization on its website. The Development Organisation, if it so deems necessary, may seek any clarification during the process of scrutiny on the offer of land made by the land owner. While undertaking scrutiny of applications, the Development Organisation may examine the feasibility and viability of the project for the development purpose for the land offered for the project by all applicants. The scrutiny of applications shall be completed by the Development Organisation within two months from the last date for submission of applications.

ii. The land owner shall be under an unconditional obligation to desist from creation of any encumbrance on the land from the date of application to the date of execution of the sale deed. In case the land owner intends to obtain a crop loan for raising crops on the land offered under this Policy, due intimation online and in writing shall be provided by the land owner with details of quantum of loan, the name of the Bank from which the crop loan has been obtained and the date of repayment of the loan.

12. INTIMATION OF APPROVAL OF PROJECT:

i. On examination of the necessity, feasibility and viability of the project, the Development Organisation will obtain the approval of the competent authority for implementation of the project in terms of the land offered for the project and land deemed required for project implementation. After the project is approved, the Development organization shall publish, on the website of the Development organization,PART I] HARYANA GOVT. GAZ., SEPT. 6, 2022 (BHDR. 15, 1944 SAKA) 683 the details of the land identified for implementation of the project, land owners of such land and the land forming part of each land owner in the project.

ii. Development organization will issue the intimation letter to each such land owner of land identified for project implementation and to the aggregator, if any, within a period of 15 days from the date of hosting on the website under sub-clause (i).

iii. In case of areas where the project for the specified development purpose has already been previously approved by the competent authority and only a balance part of the land for the project remains to be obtained by the Development Organisation, and applications offering land have been received, the head of the department in case of the State Government or the executive head of the Development organization will be competent to approve obtaining of land under thus Policy where the land so required is upto 10 acres.

iv. On publication of the approval of the project on the website, the Development Organisation shall cause an entry to be made against the relevant land parcel in the remarks column of the land records to the effect that the land has been offered to the Development Organisation for the project for the specified development purpose. On and after such entry in the land records, the Registrar or Sub-Registrar under the Indian Registration Act, 1908, shall seek the prior approval of the Development Organisation in case any document for any transaction in respect of the said land parcel is produced before such Registrar or Sub-Registrar.

13. LAYOUT PLAN:

i. The layout plan of the project for the specified development purpose shall be approved and published by the Development organization on its website within a period of two months from the date of hosting of the approval of the project on the website under clause 12.

ii. The plots available for allotment to land owners offering land under this Policy will be in proportion to the saleable land area of the project as per the approved layout plan and shall be earmarked in the layout plan published under sub-clause (i).

iii. The actual saleable area shall be within a range of plus or minus 5% of the norm of 55% of the total area in case the development purpose is residential, industrial or institutional with incidental commercial provision. In case the development purpose is completely commercial, the actual saleable area shall be within a range of plus or minus 3% of the norm of 35% of the total area.

iv. The equivalent saleable area for the project for residential purposes shall be taken as sum total of the area actually identified in the layout plan for residential purposes, two and a half times of the area actually identified in the layout plan for commercial purposes and one-half of the area actually identified in the layout plan for intuitional purposes.

v. The equivalent saleable area for the project for industrial purposes shall be taken as sum total of the area actually identified in the layout plan for industrial purposes, one and half times of the area actually identified in the layout plan for commercial purposes.

14. ALLOTMENT CRITERIA:

i. The allotment share of developed land to the land owners shall be based on the market value of undeveloped land contributed by the landowners to the total cost of the project for the Development organization.

ii. The market value of undeveloped land contributed by the landowner shall be based on the report of an empanelled valuer in terms of the Policy dated 25.11.2021 of the State Government in the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, as amended from time to time. The valuation shall be estimated for the undeveloped land. Incidental value arising on account of the proposed development purpose shall be ignored.

In case, the landowner raises a dispute on valuation made by valuer, then the procedure as provided in clause 5 (ii) (b) and clause 5 (ii) (f) of the "policy of fixation of market rate of land in the state for all other departments of the government, Boards, Panchyati Raj institutions and Urban Local Bodies" dated 25.11.2021.

iii. The cost of development of the project by the Development organization shall include the internal development charges, the external development charges and infrastructure development charges. The internal development charges shall be based on the norms specified by the Development organization. The external development charges (EDC) and infrastructure development charges (IDC) shall be as per norms for the indicated development purpose as specified by the Director, Town & Country Planning.

The norms shall be such as are in force on the date of intimation of approval of the project. In case the project is situated outside the controlled area for which norms for EDC and IDC have not been specified by the Director, Town & Country Planning, the norms as applicable to the nearest controlled area shall be applicable for the purpose.

iv. An interim annual support shall be provided to each landowner contributing land for the development project, as per Clause 21 of this policy. This cumulative interim support for all land owners for a period of three years shall be included in the total cost of the project.

v. Cost on account of stamp duty, conversion charges, scrutiny fees, registration fees and other statutory duties @8% of the total value of undeveloped land shall be included in the total cost of the project.

vi. Administrative charges to the extent of fifteen per cent of the cost of development and cumulative interim support shall be included in the total cost of the project by the Development Organization.

vii. The total cost of the project shall be the sum total of the value of undeveloped land contributed by all landowners, the cost of development, interim annual support and administrative charges.

viii. The allotment ratio of developed land to each landowner contributing land to the project shall be obtained by dividing the value of undeveloped land contributed by the landowner to the total cost of the project for the Development organization. This allotment ratio for each landowner shall be multiplied by the equivalent saleable area in the land available for the project as per the approved layout plan and rounded off to the nearest per cent to arrive at the developed land for allotment to each landowner.

ix. The Development organization shall take up only those projects where the allotment share of developed lands to land owners is not more than 60% of the equivalent saleable area of the project. In case, when the allotment share of land owners goes below 30% of the equivalent saleable area of the project, the land owners together will be eligible for allotment of minimum 30% of the equivalent saleable area of the project.

x. The Development Organisation shall publish on its website, the allotment share of developed land available to each land owner offering land for the project for the specified development purpose. The land owner or the aggregator, as the case may be, shall provide his/her consent to the allotment share within a period of 15 days from the date of publication on the website of the Development Organisation. For the purpose, the Development Organisation shall issue an advertisement in four leading newspapers informing land owners of the publication of allotment share details on their website and requiring them to submit their consent in 15 days.

The above allotment provision can be explained in Annexure-A by way of the illustration for a 50-acre project for plotted residential development in a hyper potential area.

15. EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT AND SALE DEED:

i. A land owner consenting to offer land for the project will be required to execute a sale deed within a period of 60 days from date of publication of allotment share details land under this Policy on the website of the Development Organisation. The Development Organisation shall, if it deems it necessary, extend the period for the execution of sale deeds by a further 30 days. In case the Development Organisation is unable to obtain the required land for the project for the specified development purpose in this time period, it may withdraw, by publication on the website of the Development Organisation and in two leading newspapers.

ii. Any expenses on the registration of the sale deed i.e registration fee, stamp duty and related incidental expenditure will be borne by the Development organization.

iii. In case, the land has been offered for the project through an aggregator, then such aggregator will be responsible for the acts specified herein.

16. HANDING OVER OF POSSESSION OF LAND BY LAND OWNER:

i. The land owner will hand over the clear possession of land to the representative of the Development organization, under writing on or before the execution of the sale deed.

ii. The execution of the sale deed shall be deemed to complete the process of handing over possession of land free from all encumbrances by the land owner. The land owner shall be solely liable to redeem any encumbrance not specifically declared by the land owner in terms of sub-clause 11 (ii) of clause or created on the land after the date of application or for which no NOC has been provided by the land owner from the Bank or financial institution and the Development Organisation will bear no responsibility or liability for discharging the same.

iii. The land will be mutated in name of Development organization immediately after execution of the sale deed.

17. FINAL APPROVAL OF PROJECT:

The Development Organisation will obtain final approval for the project for the specified development purpose before execution of sale deeds for the entire land area comprising the project. The final approval for the project will be notified on the website of the Development Organisation and informed electronically to all landowners contributing land for the project and aggregators, if any.

18. COMPLETION OF PROJECT:

i. The Development Organisation shall endeavour to complete the project for the specified development purpose within a period of three years from the date of final approval of the project. The completion of the project shall be notified on the website of the Development Organisation and also electronically inform the land owners and transferees or mortgagee of the project completion.

ii. On completion of the project and within one month of its notification on the website of the Development Organisation, the process of final allotment of developed plots or redemption of value of the plots shall be commenced by the Development Organisation.

iii. The allotment of plots shall be done through a random draw of lots in the earmarked area for land allotment for such purpose in the project area. The allotment of plots to the land owner shall be for a residential or industrial plot or multiple of such plots of standard size equal to or within a range of 10% of the entitled allotment share of developed plots.

iv. In cases where the entitlement as per the allotment share of the land owner for residential or industrial plot works out to be outside the 10% band of the standard size of the residential or industrial plot or integral multiple of such plots as per the layout plan, then only the redemption of value through monetary benefit for the entitled area less plot allotted area shall be provided. The monetary benefit shall be equal to the weighted average price for developed plots received in the auction conducted by the Development Organisation over a period of the first year from the initiation of the auction process.

v. In cases where the allotted area of all plots allotted to a land owner is greater than the entitled share of developed plot area as a result of falling within the 10% band of standard size of the residential or industrial plot or integral multiple of such plots as per the layout plan, the land owner shall pay a sum equal to the weighted average price for developed plots received in the auction conducted by the Development Organisation over a period of the first year from the initiation of the auction process. The letter of allotment with the terms and conditions of allotment shall make a provision to this effect.

vi. Letter of allotment for the allotted plots shall be issued to the land owner within a period of seven days from the draw of lots conducted by the Development Organisation and possession of the plot on ground granted within a period of ten days thereafter. All letters of allotment and grant of possession orders shall be hosted on the website of the Development Organisation.

vii. On grant of possession, the land owner shall be free to utilise the developed plot as he/she deems fit. The land owner may also request the Development Organisation to place such plot(s) on auction on the portal of the Development Organisation on the same terms and conditions as the auction of any other plot in the ownership of the Development Organisation and remit the proceeds on sale to the land owner. In this case, the land owner will be liable to pay 1% of the value received in the auction for such developed plot as administrative charges in lieu of the auction services to be extended to him. The land owner and bidder will be responsible for acceptance of auction price or handing over of possession or execution and registration of sale deed and Development Organization shall bear no obligation or liability in this regard. The land owner shall be liable to pay the administrative charges irrespective of whether the land owner accepts the final bid price.

viii. In case of allotment of a residential plot, the land owner or transferee shall have the right to seek allotment of a commercial plot, subject to its availability, in lieu of residential plot in the ratio of land area of 2.5:1 i.e. for 120 sq. metres of developed plot entitlement of residential, the land owner shall be eligible to receive 48 sq. m. of commercial plot. The land owner or transferee shall have to exercise this option within a period of 15 days of the notification of completion of the project under sub-clause (i).

ix. In case of allotment of an industrial plot, the land owner or transferee shall have the right to seek allotment of a commercial plot, subject to its availability, in lieu of industrial plot in the ratio of land area of 1.5:1. That means if he has eligibility of 100 sq. meters of industrial plot, the landowner may seek commercial plot of 66.6 sq. meters. The land owner or transferee shall have to exercise this option within a period of 15 days of the notification of completion of the project under sub-clause (i).

x. Where the Land Entitlement Certificate issued under clause 19 has been transferred before final allotment, in such case, the allotment letter will be issued in name of transferee in the records of the Development Organisation. In case, he Land Entitlement Certificate' has been pledged on mortgage before allotment, in such case, the final allotment letter will be issued in name of the said land owner and lien will be marked in favour of the mortgagee.

19. LAND ENTITLEMENT CERTIFICATE:

i. The Development organization will issue a 'Land Entitlement Certificate' for a residential or industrial plot, as the case may be, based on the allotment share of the applicant immediately on the date of execution of the sale deed.

ii. The 'Land Entitlement Certificate' shall, amongst other things, state the following:

a. Name of the land owner;

b. Name of the Development Organisation along with the project for the specified development purpose for which the land is proposed to be obtained;

c. The land area with details in accordance with the land records offered by the land owner under this Policy in respect to which the sale deed is executed by the land owner in favour of the Development organization;

d. The developed area (whether residential or industrial) in the project for the specified development purpose to which the land owner is entitled to under this Policy as per his/her allotment share.

e. Period of validity of the Land Entitlement Certificate.

f. The terms and conditions for allotment of developed plot (whether residential or industrial) or the redemption of its value.

iii. The 'Land Entitlement Certificate' can be transferred or mortgaged with any Bank or financial institution but any transfer of rights accruing from the Certificate, will be subject to obtaining prior permission from the Development organization. The responsibility for such transaction of transfer or mortgage will be solely that of the land owner-transferor. Parties involved including the mortgagee or transferee will be strictly bound by the terms and conditions of the Land Entitlement Certificate and the provisions of this Policy. The Development organization will not be responsible nor bear any liability for the transaction beyond the terms and conditions of the Land Entitlement Certificate. In case the land owner wishes to transfer the 'Land Entitlement Certificate' which is under mortgage, then he will be required to submit NOC from the mortgagee.

iv. The land owner and transferee or mortgagee shall be under an obligation to inform the Development Organisation about the transfer or mortgage immediately after the transaction and the Development Organisation shall update its record within a period of seven days of such information being received.

v. The transferee or mortgagee of 'Land Entitlement Certificate' will have the same rights and be subject to same obligations and terms and conditions as are applicable to the transferor/mortgagor landowner.

vi. The Development Organisation may, at any time , prior to the allotment of plot, and on the specific written request of the land owner, buy back the Land Entitlement Certificate. In such a case, the Development Organisation shall buy back the Land Entitlement Certificate on the total cost of the project per sq. m. for the developed area specified in the Land Entitlement Certificate.

vii. The 'Land Entitlement Certificate' will cease to have effect in law from date of issue of final allotment letter to the land owner or transferee of said certificate or on redemption of its value by the land owner or transferee, as the case may be.

viii. The record of Land Entitlement Certificate will be maintained by the Development Organization and hosted on its website.

20. ALLOTMENT- GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

i. The allotment of developed plot will be in square meters and shall be on freehold basis.

ii. The sub-division or fragmentation of the allotted plot will not be allowed.

iii. The construction over the plot will be permissible in accordance with the zoning plan and the provisions of the Haryana Building Code, 2017, as amended from time to time and applicable policy of the Development Organisation.

iv. The other terms and conditions of allotment shall be as per the standard terms and conditions of allotment of the Development Organisation applicable to all allottees.

21. ANNUAL INTERIM FINANCIAL SUPPORT:

i. The land owner or the transferee who is holding the "Land Entitlement Certificate" in accordance with the records of the Development Organisation will be entitled to following:

a. Interim support of Rs 1,00,000/- (one lac) or 1% of land value per annum for every one acre of land on pro-rata basis based on the land offered by the landowner concerned for the project, whichever is less, for the first three (03) years from date of issue of the original Land Entitlement Certificate. For purposes of clarity, the land value shall be such as arrived at under clause 15 (ii). In no case shall the interim support be less than Rs 30,000/- per annum per acre on pro-rata basis based on the land offered by the landowner concerned for the project.

b. In case development is not completed within a period of three (03) years from date of issue of original Land Entitlement Certificate then the interim support will be increased to Rs 1,25,000/- (one lac twenty five thousand) per annum per acre on pro-rata basis based on the land offered by the landowner concerned for the project, for the further period of two (02) years or till completion of the project whichever is earlier.

c. No interest or any other compensation will be payable for any delay in possession.

22. CANCELLATION OF PROJECT AND RETURN OF LAND:

i. If the project cannot be completed in five (05) years from date of issue of the original Land Entitlement Certificate, then following consequences will follow:

a. The project for the specified development purpose will be cancelled.

b. The land will be transferred back to the land owner or the transferee by execution of a registered sale deed on deposit of the Land Entitlement Certificate with the Development Organisation by the land owner or transferee. The cost of registration including stamp duty, registration fee and other incidental expenditure shall be borne by the Development Organisation.

c. The land will be returned on 'as is where is basis' to the said land owner or to his transferee. In case of mortgage, the mortgagee will be entitled to get a lien on the land in the revenue record at time of cancellation of sale deed subject to terms stipulated in clause (c) in this clause.

d. An additional compensation of Rs 5 lakh per acre shall be provided to the land owner or transferee.

ii. If land owners or transferees holding Land Entitlement Certificates for at least 75% of the project land agree to provide additional time to the Development Organisation, then the Development Organisation shall be granted additional time period of 1 year for the completion of the project.

iii. In case, it is found that the land is not free from encumbrances or is under litigation which hinders the sale of land, the Development Organization will have the right to exit from the agreement entered into in respect of said disputed land. All the liabilities of such exit shall be borne by the land owner including refund of Annual Interim Financial Support and additional compensation with 9% P.A interest to the Development organization and monetary compensation.

23. LAND OF GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL BODIES DEPARMENT:

In case the land forming part of approved project is owned by the Panchayat/ Municipal authority/ Municipal Corporation, Government Department and/or its agencies, it will be transferred to the Development Organization on the same terms and conditions as any other land owner.

24. BUY-BACK:

The Development organization may buy back the allotted plot from said land owner, if he is unable to sell the allotted plot in one year period from the date of possession in that case. The said buy back will be made weighted average auction price less ten per cent calculated by the Development Organisation.

25. MISCELLANEOUS:

i. On the date of approval of the project by the Development Organisation and publication of the project approval on the website of the Development Organisation under clause 12 of this Policy, no application for grant of licence under the Haryana Urban Areas (Regulation and Development) Act, 1975, will be entertained by the Director, Town & Country Planning, Haryana, Chandigarh in respect of the area forming part of the said approved project.

ii. The Development Organisation shall have the right to take recourse to the provisions of 'The Haryana Consolidation of Project Land (Special Provision) Act- 2017' with the prior approval of Government for acquiring any balance or left over pockets of land in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 2017.

ARUN GUPTA, Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana, Town and Country Planning Department.

9860—C.S.—H.G.P., Pkl.