TS-bPASS – Approval of layouts in Gram Panchayats – Regulation of unauthorised layouts

GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA
MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION & URBAN DEVELOPMEN DEPARTMENT
Memo No.7740/Plg.III/MAUD/2021 Dated: 08.06.2021

Sub: TS-bPASS – Approval of layouts in Gram Panchayats – Regulation of unauthorised layouts – Instructions issued –Reg.

Ref: TSbPASS Act / Act 12 of 2020

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Government of Telangana has enacted the TS-bPASS Act, which is applicable to all municipalities and municipal corporations in the state. The Act introducesa mechanism for hassle free layout / building approval through an online system, based on self-certification and strict enforcement against unauthorized layouts.

2.  Gram Panchayats are not yet covered in TS-bPASS. It is observed that a number of unauthorized layouts are cropping up in these areas, necessitating strict regulation to prevent such unauthorized layouts. Therefore, it is considered necessary to bring layout approvals in Gram Panchayat areas also under TS-bPASS.

3.   Commissioner, Panchayat Raj shall ensure that all the new layout approvals in Gram Panchayats shall be processed through TS-bPASS only. The existing layout approval system through DPMS and E-Panchayat shall be linked to TS-bPASS immediately.

4. As per TS-bPASS Act, all layout proposals will be placed before District Layout Committee chaired by District Collector. On recommendations of District Layout Committee, the layout proceedings will be issued online in the name of Executive Officer, Gram Panchayat.

5.  District Task Force (DTF)constituted under the chairpersonship of District Collector shall take strict action on all ongoing unauthorized layouts covering both rural and urban areas of the District. In case of existing unapproved layouts,notices shall be issued to developers of such layouts to get approval or regularize their layouts under TS-bPASS within two months failing which enforcement action shall be taken as per rules.

6.  The District Collectors shall ensure that enforcement squads conduct regular inspection and take timely enforcement action against unauthorized layouts and ensure that no new unauthorized layout comes up in their jurisdiction.

7.   The Commissioner & IG Stamps and Registration shall ensure that instructions issued earlier regarding non-registration of plots in unauthorized layouts is followed scrupulously by all Sub Registrars.

8.  The Commissioner, Panchayat Raj / Director of Town & Country Planning / Commissioner & Inspector General of Stamps and Registration shall take necessary action accordingly.

SOMESH KUMAR

CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

To
The Commissioner, Panchayat Raj, Hyderabad
The Director of Town & Country Planning, Hyderabad
The Commissioner & Inspector General, Stamps & Registration, Hyderabad
All the District Collectors
All the District Panchayat Officers
Copy to:
The Principal Secretary, MA&UD Deptt., Hyderabad
The Principal Secretary, PR&RD Deptt., Hyderabad
The CDMA, Hyderabad
OSD to Minister (MA&UD)
OSD to Minister (PR&RD)
SC/SF

//FORWARDED ::BY:: ORDER//

SECTION OFFICER

CATTLE TRESPASS (ANDHRA PRADESH EXTENSION AND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1959

CATTLE TRESPASS (ANDHRA PRADESH EXTENSION AND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1959
16 of 1959

[12th February, 1959]

CONTENTS

1. Short title, extent and commencement
2. Definitions
3. Extension of Central Act I of 1871 to transferred territories
4. Deleted
5. Deleted
6. Addition of new Section 41 in Central Act I of 1871
7. Power to remove difficulty
8. Repeal of Hyderabad Act V of 1337 F

An Act to extend the Cattle Trespass Act, 1871 to certain territories in the State of Andhra Pradesh and further toamend it in its application to that State. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the Tenth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-

1. Short title, extent and commencement :-

1. This Act may be called the Cattle Trespass(Andhra Pradesh Extension and Amendment) Act, 1959.
2. It extends to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.
3. This section shall come into force at once; and the rest of this Act shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, appoint.

2. Definitions :-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--

1. "Andhra area" means the territories of the State of Andhra Pradesh which immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in the State of Andhra;
2. "transferred territories" means the territories specified in sub- section (1) of Section 3 of the StatesReorganisation Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956).

3. Extension of Central Act I of 1871 to transferred territories :- The Cattle Trespass Act, 1871 (Central Act I of 1871), as in force at thecommencement of this Act in the Andhra area (hereinafter referred to as 'the principal Act'), and as amended by sections 4, 5 and 6 is hereby extended to, and shall be in force in, the transferred territories.

4. :-Amendments to Sections 1 and 3 incorporated in the principal Act which is extract below

5.:-Amendments to Sections 1 and 3 incorporated in the principal Act which is extract below

6. Addition of new Section 41 in Central Act I of 1871 :- After Section 31 of the principal Act, the following section shall be added, namely:-

"32. Power to make rules:-

1. The State Government may, by notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette make, rules to carry out thepurposes of this Act.
2. All rules made under this section shall, as soon as may be, after they are made, be placed on the table of the Legislative Assembly and shall be subject to such modifications, whether by way of repeal or amendment, as the Legislative Assembly may make within fourteen days thereafter during the session in which they are so placed."

7. Power to remove difficulty :-If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act or of the principal Act as extended by this Act, in their application to the transferred territories, the State Government may, by order, make such provision or give such directions as appear to them to be necessary or expedient for removing difficulty.

8. Repeal of Hyderabad Act V of 1337 F :- The Hyderabad CattleTrespass Act, 1337 F. (Hyderabad Act V of 1337 F.), is hereby repealed: Provided that such repeal shall not affect the previous operation of the said Act or any right, title, obligation or liability already acquired,accrued or incurred thereunder, and subject thereto, anything done or any action taken in the exercise of any power conferred by or under the said Act shall be deemed to have been done or taken in the exercise of the power conferred by or under the principal Act as extended by this Act, as if that Act were in force in the transferred territories on the date on which such thing was done or action was taken.