Title : Prohibition on Transfer of Urban Property
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, but subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 5 and sub-section (4) of section 10, no person shall transfer by way of sale, mortgage, gift, lease for a period exceeding ten years, or otherwise, any urban or urbanisable land with a building (whether constructed before or after the commencement of this Act) or a portion only of such building for a period of ten years of such commencement or from the date on which the building is constructed, whichever is later except with the previous permission in writing of the competent authority. (2) Any person desiring to make a transfer referred to in sub-section (1), may make an application in writing to the competent authority in such form and in..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Second Appeal to High Court
State : Central
Year : 1976
Subject to the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908, applicable to appeals from original decrees, an appeal shall lie to the High Court from the decision of the Tribunal under section 12. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Penalty for Concealment, Etc., of Particulars of Vacant Land
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) If the competent authority, in the course of any proceedings under this Act, is satisfied that any person has concealed the particulars of any vacant land, or of any other land on which there is a building, whether or not with a dwelling unit therein, held by him or furnished inaccurate particulars of such land or of the user thereof, it may, after giving such person an opportunity of being heard in the matter, by order in writing direct that, without prejudice to any other penalty to which he may be liable under this Act, such person shall pay, by way of penalty, a sum which shall not be less than, but which shall not exceed twice, the amount representing the value of the vacant land or of such other land or both, as the case may be, in respect of which the particulars have been..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Preliminary
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) This Act may be called The Urban (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976. (2) It applies in the first instance to the whole of the States of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal and to all the Union territories and it shall also apply to such other State which adopts this Act by resolution passed in that behalf under clause (1) of Article 252 of the Constitution. (3) It shall come into force in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal and in the Union Territories at once and in any other State which adopts this Act under clause (1) of Article 252 of the Constitution, on the date of such..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Short Title, Application and Commencement
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) This Act may be called The Urban (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976. (2) It applies in the first instance to the whole of the States of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal and to all the Union territories and it shall also apply to such other State which adopts this Act by resolution passed in that behalf under clause (1) of Article 252 of the Constitution. (3) It shall come into force in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal and in the Union Territories at once and in any other State which adopts this Act under clause (1) of Article 252 of the Constitution, on the date of such..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Definition
State : Central
Year : 1976
In this Chapter, "plinth area", in relation to-- (i) a dwelling unit in a building consisting of only one floor, means the area of the dwelling unit at the floor level and includes the thickness of the outer walls thereof; (ii) a dwelling unit in a building consisting of two or more floors, means the area of the dwelling unit at the floor level where the dwelling unit is proposed to be situated and includes the thickness of the outer walls thereof and the proportionate area intended for any common service facility at the floor level aforesaid. Explanation.--For the purposes of this clause, "common service facility" shall have the same meaning as in sub-clause (ii) of the Explanation below sub-section (3) of section 4. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Jurisdiction of Competent Authorities and Tribunals in Special Cases
State : Central
Year : 1976
Where under sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) of section 7, the State Government or the Central Government, as the case may be, determines the competent authority or where, for the reason that the extent of the vacant land granted within the jurisdiction of two or more Tribunals is equal, an appeal has been preferred to any one of the Tribunals under sub-section (4) of section 12, then, such competent authority or Tribunal, as the case may be, shall, notwithstanding that any portion of the vacant land to which the proceedings before the competent authority or the appeal before the Tribunal relates, is not situated within the area of its jurisdiction, exercise all the powers and functions of the competent authority or Tribunal, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over such portion..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Returns and Reports
State : Central
Year : 1976
The competent authority shall furnish to the State Government concerned such returns, statistics, accounts and other information as the State Government may, from time in time, require. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Powers of Competent Authority
State : Central
Year : 1976
The competent authority shall have all the powers of a civil court, while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, in respect of the following matters, namely :-- (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document; (c) receiving evidence on affidavits; (d) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office; (e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents; and (f) any other matter which may be prescribed. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Appeal
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) Any person aggrieved by an order made by the competent authority under this Act, not being an order under section 11 or an order under sub-section (1) of section 30, may, within thirty-days of the date on which the order is communicated to him, prefer an appeal to such authority as may be prescribed (hereinafter in this section referred to as the appellate authority): Provided that the appellate authority may entertain the appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time. (2) On receipt of an appeal under sub-section (1), the appellate authority shall, after giving the appellant an opportunity of being heard, pass such orders thereon as it deems fit as expeditiously as..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section