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Andhra Pradesh Urban Areas (Development) Act, 1975
Andhra Pradesh Urban Areas (Development) Act, 1975
Sections
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER I
Section 11. Short title extent and commencement.
Section 12. Definitions.
Section 2
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER II
Section 43. Constitution of Urban Development Authority.
Section 34. Appointment of Secretary, Chief Accounts Officer, Town Planner and Engineer.
Section 44A. Government's Power to regulate the methods of recruitment, conditions of service etc., of Officers appointed under Sec. 4.
Section 44B. Constitution of a Urban Development Authorities Service for the State for any class of officers and employees of the Authorities.
Section 4B5. Object and powers of the Authority.
Section 5
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER III
Section 106. Civic survey of, and Master Plan for development area.
Section 67. Zonal development plans.
Section 78. Procedure to be followed in preparation and approval of plans.
Section 89. Submission of plans to Government for approval.
Section 910. Date of operation of plan.
Section 1011. Certain plans already prepared and sanctioned deemed to have been prepared and sanctioned under this Act.
Section 1112. Modifications to plan.
Section 12
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER IV
Section 1813. Declaration of development areas and development of land in those and other areas.
Section 1314. Application for permission.
Section 1415. Use of the land and buildings in contravention of plans.
Section 1516. Act not to apply for certain development works.
Section 1617. Plans to stand modified in certain cases.
Section 17
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER V
Section 2418. Compulsory acquisition of land.
Section 1819. Disposal of land by the Authority or the local authority concerned.
Section 1920. Government vacant land.
Section 2021. Powers of Authority to develop land in non-development area.
Section 21
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VI
Section 2922. Fund of the Authority.
Section 2223. Budget of the Authority.
Section 2324. Accounts and audit.
Section 2425. Annual Report.
Section 2526. Pension and Provident funds.
Section 2627. Levy of the development charges.
Section 2728. Rates of development.
Section 2829. Assessment and recovery of development charges.
Section 2930. Constitution of tribunal and officers and servants of the tribunal.
Section 3031. Appeal and revision.
Section 31
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER VIII
Section 4032. Powers of the Authority in cases of defaults.
Section 3233. Powers of the Authority to require local authority to assume responsibility for amen ties in certain cases.
Section 3334. Control by Government.
Section 3435. Returns and information.
Section 3536. Power of Government to transfer the Powers of the Councils, Panchayats, Zilla Parishads, etc., to the Authority.
Section 3637. Replacement of members of the Authority in certain cases.
Section 3738. Power of Government to appoint a Special Officer.
Section 38
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER IX
Section 4839. Constitution of Art Commission for the State.
Section 39
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER X
Section 5040. Power of entry.
Section 4041. Penalties.
Section 4142. Order of demolition of building.
Section 4243. Power to stop unauthorised development.
Section 4344. Offences by companies.
Section 4445. Fines when realised to be paid to Authority or local authority concerned.
Section 4546. Composition of offences.
Section 4647. Members and officers to be public servants.
Section 4748. Jurisdiction of Courts.
Section 4849. Sanction of prosecution.
Section 4950. Magistrate's power to impose enhanced penalties.
Section 50
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XI
Section 6251. Service of notices etc.
Section 5152. Public notice how to be made known.
Section 5253. Notices, etc., to fix reasonable time.
Section 5354. Authentication of orders and documents of the Authority.
Section 5455. Protection of action taken in good faith.
Section 5556. Power to delegate.
Section 5657. Effect of other laws.
Section 5758. Power to make rules.
Section 5859. Powers to make regulations.
Section 5960. Dissolution of the Authority.
Section 6061. Repeal and Savings.
Section 61
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"content": "(a) exclude from a development area any area comprised therein ; or\n(b) include in a development area any other area.\n(b) Any development in the area covered by such town planning schemes shall be in accordance with the provisions of the schemes as sanctioned by the Government.\n(c) Where in regard to the matters specified in subsection (7) and of this sub-section there is a difference of opinion between the local authority concerned and the Authority, the matter shall be referred to the Government, whose decision thereon shall be final.",
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"content": "(a) the carrying out of works for the maintenance, improvement or other alterations of any building being works which affect only the interior of the building or which do not materially affect the external appearance of the building ;\n(b) the carrying out by any local authority or by any department of the Government, of any works for the purposes of inspecting, repairing or renewing any drains, sewers, mains, pipes, cables or other apparatus including the breaking open of any street or other land for that purpose ;\n(c) the excavations (including wells) made in the ordinary course of agricultural operations ; and\n(d) the construction of unmetalled road intended to give access to land solely for agricultural purposes.",
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"content": "(a) any land acquired by the Government and transferred to it, without undertaking or carrying out any development thereon ; or\n(b) any such land after taking or carrying out such development as it thinks fit; to such persons in such manner and subject to such terms and conditions as it considers expedient for securing the development of the area concerned according to plan.",
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"content": "[20A. Sale of Government lands by public auction and their administration.\n(a) form into a co-operative society ; and\n(b) submit a declaration to the Authority in such form and in such manner and containing such particulars as may be prescribed.\n(a) the manner in which the association of the owners of vacant land is to be formed, the election of a Board of Managers from among the owners, the number of persons constituting the board, the number of members of such board to retire annually, the powers and duties of the board, honorarium, if any, of the members of the board, the method of removal from the office of members of the board, the powers of the board to engage the services of a manager and delegation of powers and duties to such manager.\n(b) manner of calling meetings of the owners of vacant lands and the quorum for such meetings.\n(c) election of a President and for presiding over the meetings of the Board and of the association in the absence of the President ;\n(d) elections of a Secretary who shall keep minutes book wherein resolutions shall be recorded ;\n(e) election of a treasurer who shall keep the financial records and books of accounts ;\n(f) maintenance, repair and replacement of the common areas and facilities and payment thereof;\n(g) manner of collecting from the owners their share of the common expenses and\n(h) any other matter considered to be necessary for the administration of the property.]",
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"content": "(a) all money received by the Authority from the State and Central Governments, by way of grants, loans, advances or otherwise :\n(b) all moneys borrowed by the Authority from sources, other than Government, by way of loan or debentures ;\n(c) all fees and charges received by the Authority under this Act ;\n(d) all moneys received by the Authority from the disposal of lands, buildings and other properties, moveable, and immoveable ; and\n(e) all moneys received by the Authority by way of rents and profits or in any manner or from any other source.",
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"title": "28. Rates of development.",
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"content": "(i) Industrial ;\n(ii) Commercial ;\n(iii) Residential ;\n(iv) Agricultural; and\n(v) Miscellaneous.\n(b) In classifying the use of land and building under any of the categories mentioned in clause (a), the predominant purpose for which such land and building are used shall be the main basis for such classification.\n(a) in the case of development of land, at a rate to be prescribed per hectare for that area ;\n(b) in the case of development of building, at a rate to be prescribed per square metre of floor area for that area ;",
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"content": "(a) where permission under this Act has not been granted for carrying out the said development, the Authority may postpone the assessment of the development charges;\n(b) where the application relates to the carrying out of any development the Authority may refuse to assess the amount of development charges payable by such person concerned unless it is satisfied that the applicant has an interest in the land or building sufficient to enable him to carry out such development or that the applicant is able to obtain such interest and that the applicant shall carry out the development within such period as the Authority may determine ;\n(c) where the application relates to the institution or change of any use, the Authority may refuse to assess the amount of development charges in respect thereof unless it is satisfied that the use will be instituted within such period as it considers appropriate.\n(b) All development charges payable in respect of any land or building by any person shall, together with interest due upon the date of realisation, be recoverable from such person or his successor-in-interest in such land or building as arrears of land revenue.",
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"content": "(a) in the case of an order or decision of assessment of development charges :-\n(i) confirm, reduce, enhance, or annul such assessment;\n(ii) set aside such assessment and direct the Authority to make a fresh assessment after such further inquiry as may be directed ; or\n(iii) pass such other orders as it may think fit, or\n(b) in the case of any other order or decision, confirm, cancel or vary such order or decision ;\n(i) in the Cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad the City Civil Court; and\n(ii) elsewhere, the principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction.",
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"number": "34",
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"content": "(a) to call for any extract from any proceedings of the Authority or other committee constituted under this Act, record, correspondence, plan or other documents ;\n(b) to call for any return, estimates, statement of accounts or statistics ;\n(c) to call for any report;",
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"number": "35",
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"number": "36",
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"number": "37",
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"content": "(i) all the powers and functions of the Authority of its Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall, during the period specified in the notification under sub-section (1), be exercised and performed by the Special Officer; and\n(ii) all property vested in the Authority shall, during period specified in the notification vest in the Government.",
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"content": "(i) the restoration and conservation of urban design and ox the environment in the development areas :\n(ii) the planning and development of future urban design and of the environment ;\n(iii) the restoration and conservation of archaeological and historical sites and sites to high scenic beauty ;\n(iv) the grants, concessions and other modes of compensation for purchase or acquisition that should be made for the purpose by the Government or any Authority and the conditions subject to which such grants, concessions and compensation should be made ; and\n(v) any other matter referred to the Commission by the Government.",
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"number": "50",
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"number": "40",
"title": "40. Power of entry.",
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"content": "(a) making any enquiry, inspection, measurement or survey or taking levels of such land or building ;\n(b) examining works under construction and ascertaining the course of sewers and drains ;\n(c) digging or boring into the sub-soil ;\n(d) setting out boundaries and intended lines of work ;\n(e) making such levels, boundaries and lines by placing marks and cutting trenches ;\n(f) ascertaining whether any land is being or has been developed in contravention of the Master Plan, or Zonal Development Plan or without the permission referred to in Section 13 or in contravention of any condition subject to which such permission has been granted ; or\n(g) doing any other thing necessary for the efficient administration of this Act;\n(i) no such entry shall be made except between the hours of 6 A.M. and 6 P.M. and without giving reasonable notice to the occupier, or if there be no occupier, to the owner of the land or building ;\n(ii) sufficient opportunity shall in every instance be given to enable women, if any, to withdraw from such land or building ;\n(iii) due regard shall always be had, so far as may be compatible with the exigencies of the purpose for which the entry is made, to the social and religious usages of the occupants of the land or building entered.",
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"number": "41",
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"number": "42",
"title": "42. Order of demolition of building.",
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"content": "(i) in relation to a development area, any officer of the Authority empowered by it in this behalf ;\n(ii) in relation to any other area within the local limits of a local authority, the competent authority thereof, may in addition to any prosecution that may be instituted, under this Act, make an order directing that such development shall be removed by demolition, felling or otherwise by the owner thereof or by the person at whose instance the development has been commenced or is being carried out or has been completed, within such period being not less than five days and not more than fifteen days from the date on which a copy of the order of removal, with a brief statement of the reasons therefore, has been delivered to the owner or that person as may be specified in the order ; and on his failure to comply with the order, the officer of the Authority or, as the case may be, the competent authority may remove or cause to be removed the development and the expenses of such removal shall be recovered from the owner or the person at whose instance the development was commenced or was being carried out or was completed as arrears of land revenue ;",
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"number": "43",
"title": "43. Power to stop unauthorised development.",
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"content": "(i) in relation to development area, the Authority or any officer of the authority empowered by it in this behalf ;\n(ii) in relation to any other area specified in sub-section (7) of Section 13 within the local limits of a local authority, the competent authority thereof, may in addition to any prosecution that may be instituted under this Act, make an order requiring the development to be discontinued on and from the date of the service of the order, and such order shall be complied with accordingly.\n[43A. Power to seal unauthorized construction/development or premises.\n(a) under an order made by the authority or the local authority, or (b) under an order of the Appellate Tribunal on the Appeal made in this behalf.] 44. Offences by companies. - (1) If the person committing an offence under this Act is a company, every person, who, at the time the offence was committed was in-charge of, and was responsible to, the company for the conduct of the business of the company, as well as the company, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly :\n(b) under an order of the Appellate Tribunal on the Appeal made in this behalf.]",
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"number": "44",
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"content": "(a) \"company\" means a body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals ; and\n(b) \"director\" in relation to a firm means a partner in the firm.",
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"number": "45",
"title": "45. Fines when realised to be paid to Authority or local authority concerned.",
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"number": "46",
"title": "46. Composition of offences.",
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"content": "(i) in the case of an offence referred to in sub-section (2) of Section 41, by the Director of Town Planning or any officer authorised by him in this behalf by a general or special order; and\n(ii) in any other case, by the Authority, or as the case may be, the local authority concerned or any person authorised by the authority or such local authority by general or special order in this behalf.",
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"number": "47",
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"number": "48",
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"number": "49",
"title": "49. Sanction of prosecution.",
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"number": "50",
"title": "50. Magistrate's power to impose enhanced penalties.",
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{
"number": "62",
"title": "CHAPTER XI",
"chapter": "CHAPTER XI",
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"number": "51",
"title": "51. Service of notices etc.",
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"content": "(a) where the person to be served in a company, if the document is addressed to the Secretary of the said company at its registered office or at its principal officer or place of business and is either-\n(i) sent by registered post; or\n(ii) delivered at the registered office or at the principal office or place of business of the said company ;\n(b) where the person to be served is a partnership firm, if the document is addressed to the said partnership firm at its principal place of business, identifying it by the name or style under which its business is carried on, and is either-\n(i) sent by registered post; or\n(ii) delivered at the place of business ;\n(c) where the person to be served is a public body or a corporation or society other body, if the document is addressed to the Secretary, Treasurer to other Head Officer of that body, corporation or society at its principal office, and is either-\n(i) sent by registered post ; or\n(ii) delivered at the said office ;\n(d) in any other case, if the document is addressed to the person to be served ; and\n(i) is given or tendered to him ;\n(ii) is sent by registered post to the person ; or\n(iii) if such person cannot be found, is a affixed on some conspicuous part of his last known place of residence or business, if within any development area or given or tendered to some adult member of his family or is affixed on some conspicuous part of the land or building to which it relates.\n(a) if the document so addressed is sent to be delivered in accordance with clause (b) of sub-section (1) ; or\n(b) if the document so addressed or a copy thereof so addressed is delivered to any person on the land or building or where there is no person on the land or building to whom it can be delivered is affixed to some conspicuous part of the and or building ;",
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"number": "52",
"title": "52. Public notice how to be made known.",
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"content": "",
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"number": "53",
"title": "53. Notices, etc., to fix reasonable time.",
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"content": "",
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"number": "54",
"title": "54. Authentication of orders and documents of the Authority.",
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"content": "",
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"number": "55",
"title": "55. Protection of action taken in good faith.",
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"content": "",
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{
"number": "56",
"title": "56. Power to delegate.",
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"content": "",
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{
"number": "57",
"title": "57. Effect of other laws.",
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"content": "(a) when permission for development in respect of any land has been obtained under this Act, such development shall not be deemed to be unlawfully undertaken or carried out by reason only of the fact that permission, approval or sanction required under such other law for such development has not been obtained.\n(b) when permission for such development has not been obtained under this Act, such development shall not be deemed to be lawfully undertaken or carried out by reason only of the fact that permission, approval or sanction required under such other law for such development has been obtained.",
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"number": "58",
"title": "58. Power to make rules.",
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"content": "(a) the powers and functions of the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman ;\n(b) the salaries, allowances and conditions of service of the whole time paid members of the Authority ;\n(c) the control and restrictions in relation to appointment of officers and other employees ;\n(d) the stages by which the development of any particular features of a zone may be carried out;\n(e) the form and content of Master Plan or Zonal Development Plan, as the case may be, and the procedure to be followed in connection with the preparation, publication, submission and approval of such plan and the form, and the manner of publication, of the notice relating to any such plan in draft;\n(f) the form and manner in which notice under subsection (3) of Section 12 shall be published ;\n(g) the local inquiries and other hearing that may be held before a plan is approved ;\n(h) the fee to be paid on an application for permission under Section 14 and the factors and circumstances to be taken into consideration in determining such fee ;\n(i) the manner in which Government vacant lands shall be dealt with after development ;\n(j) the procedure to be followed by the Director of Town Planning under Section 42 or Section 43 ;\n(k) The procedure for the levy of development charges and exemption from it on any development or institution or charge of any use of any land or building ;\n(l) the prescription of rates, calculation, assessment and collection of the development charges ;\n(m) the procedure for referring any matter to the Government under Section 33 for settlement of terms and conditions subject to which local authority may be required to assume responsibility for amenities in any area ;\n(n) the regulation of the procedure to be followed by the Tribunal and other matters relating thereto ;\n(o) the sum of money that may be kept in current account :\n(p) the procedure to be followed for borrowing money by way of loans or debentures and their repayment ;\n(q) the form of the budget of the Authority and the manner of preparing the same :\n(r) the form of the balance-sheet and statement of accounts ;\n(s) the form of the annual report and the date on or before which it shall be submitted to the Government ;\n(t) the manner of constitution of the pension and provident funds for whole-time paid members, and officers and other employees of the authority and the conditions subject to which such funds may be constituted ;\n(u) the powers and functions of, and the procedure to be followed by the Art Commission ;\n(v) any other matter which has to be, or may be made by rules.",
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"number": "59",
"title": "59. Powers to make regulations.",
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"content": "(a) the summoning and holding of meetings of the Authority, the time and place where such meetings are to be held, the conduct of business at such meetings and the number of members necessary to form a quorum thereat;\n(b) the summoning and holding of meeting of a committee constituted under sub-section (2) of Section 5, the time and place where such meetings are to be held, the conduct of business at such meetings, and the number of members necessary to form quorum thereat and the fees and allowances payable to the members for attending the meetings or any other works of the Authority ;\n(c) the powers and duties of the Secretary, Chief Accounts Officer, Town Planner, Engineer any other officers of the Authority ;\n(d) [* * * *]\n(e) the procedure for the carrying out of the functions of Authority under Chapter III ;\n(f) the form in which any application for permission under Sections 13 and 14 shall be made and particulars to be furnished in such application ;\n(g) the terms and conditions subject to which user of lands and buildings in contravention of plans may be continued ;\n(h) the manner of communicating the ground of refusal of permission for development ;\n(i) the form of the register of applications for permission and the particulars to be contained in such registers ;\n(j) the management of the properties of the Authority ;\n(k) the time and manner of payment of development charges ; and\n(l) any other matter which has to be, or may be determined by regulations.",
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"number": "60",
"title": "60. Dissolution of the Authority.",
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"content": "(a) all properties, funds and dues which ate vested in or realisable by the Authority shall vest in, or be realisable by the Government;\n(b) all Government vacant lands placed at the disposal of the Authority shall revert to the Government:\n(c) all liabilities which are enforceable against the authority shall be enforceable against the Government; and\n(d) for the purpose of carrying out any development which has not been fully carried out by the Authorities and for the purpose of realising properties, funds and dues referred to in clause (a) the functions of the Authority shall be discharged by the Government ;",
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"number": "61",
"title": "61. Repeal and Savings.",
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"content": "(a) the provisions of Chapter XIII of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporations Act, 1955, shall stand repealed ;\n(b) anything done or any action taken (including any appointment, delegation, notification, order, scheme, permission, rule, bye-law, regulation or form made, granted or issued) under any provision of the aforesaid Act, shall so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue in force and be deemed to have been done or taken under the provisions of this Act unless and until it is superseded by anything done or any action taken under the said provisions.",
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"Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh Urban Areas (Development) Act, 1975",
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}