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Development work

Development work, construction of the under-ground market is not intended and meant to destroy the intrinsic character of a public park but on the contrary, the scheme is to re-locate and re-develop the park as a public park as a place for public recreation. Construction of underground market is held to be development work, Calcutta Youth Front v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1988 SC 436 (439). [Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 (59 of 1980), s. 353(2) Expl.]Development works, construction of schools, hospitals and community centres and other community buildings do not come within the purview of the term 'development works', D.L.F. Qutab Enclave Complex Educational Charitable Trust v. State of Haryana, (2003) 5 SCC 622 (634). [Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Rules 1976, R. 2(b)]...


Amenity

Amenity, the expression 'amenity' as defined in Rule 2(b) of the Rules is wider than 'development works', DLF Qutab Enclave Complex Educational Charitable Trust v. State of Haryana, (2003) 5 SCC 622 (634): AIR 2003 SC 1648. [Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Rules 1976, R. 2(b)]Amenity, includes roads, water supply, street lighting, drainage, sewerage, public building, horticulture, landscaping and any other public utility service, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh v. Shantikunj Investment Pvt. Ltd., AIR 2006 SC 1270. [Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 2006]Construction of schools, hospitals, community centres, community buildings falls within the meaning of amenity, DLF Qutab Enclave Complex Educational Charitable Trust v. State of Haryana, (2003) 5 SCC 622.Means something tangible or intangible that increase the enjoyment of real property, such as location, view, landscaping, security, or access to recreational facilities, Black Law Dictionary, 7th E...


industrialize

To make industrial to develop so that most of the working population is engaged in non agricultural labor to develop economically of nations or geographical areas as to industrialize underdeveloped nations...


Re-development areas

Re-development areas. By ss. 34 et seq. of the (English) Housing Act, 1936, a local authority may acquire an area of land by agreement or compulsorily for houses for the working classes if after an inspection for the purposes of detecting overcrowding under s. 1 of the Act or otherwise the authority is satisfied that the area contains fifty or more working class houses, of which at least one-third are overcrowded or unfit for human habitation, and that the industrial and social conditions of the district are such that the area should be used for working-class houses and that the area should be re-developed as a whole for their accommodation. The authority must in those conditions prepare a re-development plan by reference to a map to be submitted to the Minister of Health for approval, and the Minister must hold a public inquiry if there is any objection, before giving or withholding or modifying the plan; in any other case approval may be given, qualified or withheld at the Minister''...


Sloyd

Lit skilled mechanical work such as that required in wood carving trade work hence a system usually called the sloyd system of manual training in the practical use of the tools and materials used in the trades and of instruction in the making and use of the plans and specifications connected with trade work The sloyd system derives its name from the fact that it was adopted or largely developed from a similar Swedish system in which wood carving was a chief feature Its purpose is not only to afford practical skill in some trade but also to develop the pupils mentally and physically...


Mine

Mine [fr. mwyn or mwy, Wel., fr. maen, a stone], an excavation or cavern in the earth; an excavation made for the purpose of getting coal or other minerals.The inspection and regulation of mines other than coal mines is provided for by the Metalliferous Mines Regulation Acts, 1872 and 1875. As to the corresponding provisions in the case of coal mines, see COAL MINES.Coal mines only were rateable under 43 Eliz. c. 2, but the Rating Act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 54), has made all mines rateable.Neither mines under railways [see (English) Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 20), ss. 77-85], nor under waterworks [see (English) Waterworks Clauses Act, 1847 (10 Vict. c. 17), ss. 18-27], pass to the respective companies, unless expressly purchased. See also (English) Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Acts, 1923, 1925, and 1934; the (English) Coal Mines Act, 1926 (c. 17), and the (English) Mining Industry Act (c. 28). By the (English) Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1908, as...


hud

hud the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; established in 1965, HUD works to create a decent home and suitable living environment for all Americans; it does this by addressing housing needs, improving and developing American communities, and enforcing fair housing laws. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...


Moron

A mentally retarded person whose intellectual development proceeds normally up to about the eighth year of age and is then arrested so that there is little or no further development an adult having the mental development of an 8 to 12 year old A moron is considered capable of doing routine work under supervision...


Open space

Open space, means it is only with reference to the country that the word 'open' carries the meaning 'free from wood building etc.' Accepting the several meanings of the word 'open' the existence of 7 or 8 scattered trees within the space sixty feet wide all round would not render the entire space any less an open space within the meaning of that expression in the proviso to rule 18(a) of the Madras Places of Public Resort Act II of 1888. It is equally clear that the existence of say one free at one corner of the space would not prevent the space being an open space, Nachimuthu v. Ramaswami Chettiar, 69 MLW 887: (1956) 2 MLJ 556 (DB).By the (English) Metropolitan Open Spaces Acts of 1877 and 1881, the (English) Metropolitan Board of Works (succeeded by the London County Council, under s. 40, sub-s. 8, of the (English) Local Government Act, 1888) had power to acquire and to hold of the use of the public any open spaces within the metropolis. These Acts were extended, with amendments, to ...


Obtaining minerals

Obtaining minerals, the word 'obtain' is used to cover the various processes necessary to get the mineral and would include the processes covered by the expressions 'winning', 'working', getting, etc., M/s. Gujarat Pottery Works Private Ltd. v. B.P. Sood, AIR 1967 SC 964. [Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1948, s. 3(b)]...


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