Jaipur
Several provisions in the proposed law are aimed at circumventing the high court order, which makes zonal plan for regularisation. The high court order had come after a petition was filed by Gulab Kothari.
Updated : Dec 01, 2017, 06:50 AM IST
How to circumvent a court order? No one knows it better than the lawmakers. Therefore, it was not surprising when Vasundhara Raje government decided to bring in a new law - Rajasthan Regional and Urban Planning Act.
There were apprehensions and rightly so that the government was bringing this law to facilitate illegal constructions and encroachments in the election year.
Several provisions in the proposed law are aimed at circumventing the high court order, which makes zonal plan for regularisation. The high court order had come after a petition was filed by Gulab Kothari.
However, going against the letter and spirit of the high court order, the state government has proposed zonal development plans within the master plans of various cities. Keeping this in mind, the government is implementing the state level act.
The UDH and the Law department have arrived at consensus regarding draft of the new bill. Soon, it will be introduced through an ordinance. All master plans would be notified under this act, subsequently zonal development plans will be prepared as part of the master plans.
However, the experts believe that the whole exercise was to evade the court’s restrictions. With this act, the government can create regional plan and master plan of an urban area. However, it would depend on how the court views this new act even though the government considers it a master stroke.