| (1) |
The Chairperson
may define a line on one or both sides of any public street in accordance with
the bye-laws made in this behalf and may, with the previous sanction of the Council,
redefine at any time any such regular line: Provided
that, before according sanction the Council shall by public notice afford reasonable
opportunity to the residents or premise abutting on such public street to make
suggestions or objections with respect to the proposed redefined line of the street
and shall consider all such suggestions or objections which may be made within
one month from the date of the publication of the said notice:
Provided further that the regular line of any public street operative under any
law in force in any part of New Delhi immediately before the commencement of this
Act shall be deemed to be a line defined by the Chairperson under this sub-section.
|
| (2) | The
line for the time being defined or redefined shall be called the regular line
of street. |
| (3) |
No person
shall construct or reconstruct any building or a portion thereof or any boundary
wall or other structure whatsoever within the regular line of a street except
with the written permission of the Chairperson: Provided
that if within sixty days after the receipt of application from any person for
permission to construct or reconstruct a boundary wall or portion thereof, the
Chairperson falls to take steps to acquire the land within the regular line or
the street in the accordance with section 212, then that person may, subject to
any other provisions of this Act and the bye-laws made there under, proceed with
the work of construction of reconstruction of such boundary wall or portion thereof.
|
| (4) |
When the
Chairperson grants permission for the construction or reconstruction of any building
or any boundary wall or other structure within the regular line of a street, he
may require the owner of the building to execute an agreement binding himself
and his successors-in-interest not to claim compensation in the event of the Chairperson
at any time thereafter calling upon him or any of his successors by written notice
to remove any work carried out in pursuance of such permission and to pay the
expenses of such removal if, in default, such removal is carried out by the Chairperson
and may for that purpose require such owner to deposit in the New Delhi Municipal
Fund such sum as may be determined by him. |
| (5) | The
Chairperson shall maintain-
| a) |
A register
containing such particulars as may be specified by him in this behalf with plans
attached thereto showing all public streets in respect of which the, regular line
of the street has been defined or redefined and containing any other particulars
which the Chairperson may deem necessary: |
| b) |
A register
of all agreements executed under sub-section (4) and of all deposits made thereunder. |
|
| (6) |
All such
registers shall be open to inspection by any person on payment of such fee as
may be prescribed by the Chairperson with the sanction of Council. |
| (7) |
Any agreement
entered into in pursuance of sub-section (4) shall be in writing, shall be registered
under the Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), and shall be deemed to be an agreement
in respect of the land to which it relates and any condition contained in such
agreement shall be deemed to be an obligation annexed to the ownership of the
said land and enforceable against the successors-in-interest of the owner of such
land. |