R.1 Short title, commencement and application

       (a) These rules may be called the Urban Development Authority (Hyderabad) Rules, 1977.
       (b) They shall come into force with effect from the date of publication of these rules in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette.
       (c) They shall apply to the Development areas as notified under sub-section (1) of Section 13 of the Andhra Pradesh Urban Areas (Development) Act, 1975.

R.2 Definitions

       In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires
       (a) Act means, the Andhra Pradesh Urban Areas (Development) Act, 1975;
       (b) Authority means, the Urban Development Authority for the Hyderabad Development Area constituted under sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Act;
       (c) Commerce means carrying on any trade or business, sale or exchange of goods of any type whatsoever, and includes the running, with a view to make profit, of hospitals, nursing homes, infirmaries and educational Institutions, and running of eating and lodging houses, and sarais not attached to any educational institution, and the word Commercial shall be construed accordingly;
       (d) Commercial use in relation to land and building includes the use of such land or building or a part

R.2(A) .

The terms of office of the members including the Chairman, who are appointed or nominated as the case may be, under sub-section (3) of Section 3 of Andhra Pradesh Urban Areas (Development) Act, 1975, shall be one year initially from the date of such appointment or nomination, which may be extended by the Government from time to time.

R.3 Powers and Functions of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman

       (1) The Chairman shall be member and Chairman of all committees or sub-committees and in the absence of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman shall so presideIn case of equality of votes, the Chairman or Vice-Chairman, whosoever presides shall have a casting vote in all the meetings of the Authority or its committees or sub-committees.
       (2) In the absence of the Vice-Chairman on account of leave or any other cause, the Chairman may, in exercise of the powers under Section 4(1) of the Act, delegate the powers and functions of the Vice-Chairman to such other office of the Authority or may himself assume the said functions till the Vice-Chairman joins duty or till the Government make alternative arrangements.
       (3) The Chairman shall have overall supervision over the affairs of the Authority; and Vice-Chairman shall, subject to the overall supervision o

R.4 Conditions of Service of Chairman and Vice-Chairman

       (1) Chairman;
       (i) When a Chairman is appointed on payment of remuneration, he/she shall be paid such salary and allowances as may be determined by the Government.
       (ii) The Chairman shall not undertake any work unconnected with his/her office without the prior sanction of the Government.
       (iii) If the Chairman is in the service of the Government, the Authority shall make such contribution towards his/her leave, allowances, pension and provident fund of the Chairman, as may be determined by the GovernmentIf the Chairman is not in the service of the Government, the conditions of service of the Chairman in regard to leave, provident fund, discipline and conduct shall be regulated by the Government.
       (2) Vice-Chairman
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R.5 Disqualifications for membership

       (1) A person other than a person appointed as a member by virtue of his office, shall be disqualified for being chosen as, or for being a member of the Authority
       (i) if he holds any office of profit under the Authority; or
       (ii) if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; or
       (iii) if he is an undischarged insolvent; or
       (iv) if he has been convicted by a Criminal Court of an offence involving moral turpitude punishable with imprisonment for a period exceeding six months.
       (2) If any member of the Authority other than a person appointed as a member virtue of his office, during the terms for which he has been appointed or nominated shall be disqualified for being a member of the Auth

R.6 Attendance at meetings of the Authority

       (1) The quorum for meetings of the Authority shall be one-third of the number of members of the Authority or five, whichever is less.
       (2) Every member of the Authority is expected to attend every meeting, unless prevented from doing so due to unavoidable reasons.
       (3) The Authority may permit any member other than the Vice-Chairman or acting Vice-Chairman to absent himself from meetings of the Authority for bona fide reasons to be recorded, while granting such permission.
       (4) If any member absents himself for three executive meetings over a period of three months, without being permitted to do so by the authority he shall cease to be a member of the Authority:
       Provided that any such member may be restored to membership of the Authority by resolution

R.7 Minimum number of members required for enabling the authority to function

       In case the Government do not find it possible to nominate all the members of the Authority as prescribed in sub-section (3) of Section 3 of the Act, or to fill casual vacancies which may have arisen, the Authority may still function, provided there are at least five members of the Authority at the time of the meeting.

R.8 Filling of casual vacancies

       Any casual vacancy in the composition of the Authority shall be filled by nomination or appointment by the Government in the manner provided in sub-section (2) of Section 3 of the Act, within two months from the date of such vacancy, or as soon as possible, thereafter Any person so appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of the term of the member in whose place he is appointed or nominated.

R.9 Powers of the Authority in relation to creation of posts, appointment of officers and other employees and incurring of non-recurring expenditure

       (1) The posts of Secretary, Chief Accounts Officer, Town Planner and Engineer shall be filled by such persons as may be selected by the Authority with the prior approval of the Government.
       (2) The Authority may create such posts as it considers necessary for the efficient performance of its functions and may abolish any posts so created:
       Provided that the scales of pay and allowances of all the posts in the Authority shall be fixed by the Authority only with the concurrence of the Government, that for the creation of and appointments to posts the minimum of the scale of which is above is Rs.430 p.mthe Authority shall obtain the prior sanction of the Government.
       (3) Appointment to the posts under the Authority, whether part-time or full time, shall be governed by the recruitment rules to be ma

R.10 The stages by which the development of any particular feature of a zone may be carried out

       As soon as possible after the preparation of the Zonal Development Plan under Section 7, the Authority shall fix priorities for development of the planning zone, the agency or agencies which shall be responsible for the development of the planning zone, and the order or stage in which the development should take place.

R.11 Procedure for preparation of present Land Use Map

       (1) The civic survey to be carried out by the Authority under sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the Act may include survey and analysis of the Hyderabad Development area and its vicinity areas with reference to physical and socio-economic aspects.
       (2) As soon as may be, the authority shall prepare a present Land Use Map and a Land Use Register in the form prescribed below indicating the present use of every piece of land in the development area Sl.No.
        Name of
       ward
       locality
        Block No.
       Street
        Survey
       No.
        Nature
  &n

R.12 Procedure for preparation and publication of Master Plan

       (1) As soon as may be, after the declaration of the development area, the Authority shall prepare a Master Plan for the development area or any part thereof.
       (2) The Master Plan shall
       (i) indicate broadly the manner in which the lands covered under development area are proposed to be used;
       (ii) allocate areas or zones of land--
       (a) for residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural use or purposes;
       (b) for public and semi-public open spaces, parks and playgrounds;
       (c) for such other purposes as the Authority may think fit;
       (iii) indicate, define and provide for--
       

R.13 Modifications to the Master Plan

       (1)In case the Authority desires to make any modification in the Land Use Map or Master Plan under sub-section (1) of Section 12 of the Act, a public notice shall be issued in a prominent place in atleast three local Telugu, Urdu and English newspapers by the Authority.
       (2) The Authority shall invite, in Form No.III appended to these rules objections and suggestions to be given in Form No.IV appended to these rules from any person or local authority affected directly or indirectly with respect to the Master Plan Land Use Map proposed to be modified.
       (3) Soon after the objections and suggestions are received by the Authority, the Authority shall conduct local enquiries and other hearings, if necessary, and given an opportunity to the person affected (whether directly or otherwise) to be held on a specified date or dates before the modific

R.13(A) Modifications to the Master Plan by the Government

       (1) In case the Government desire to make any modification to the Master Plan under sub-section (2) of Section 12 of the Act, a notification shall after consultation with the authority be published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette in such form as the Government may deem fit inviting objections and suggestions from any person or local authority affected directly or indirectly with respect to the Master Plan proposed to be modified giving fifteen days time for the receipt of such objections and suggestions.
       (2) Soon after the objections and suggestions are received by the Government, the Government may, if necessary, have local enquiries conducted and give an opportunity to the persons affected to state their objections before the modifications are approved and published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette.
       

R.14 Procedure for preparation and notification of Zonal Development Plans

       The Procedure laid down in Rules 12 and 13 for the preparation, approval and publication of the draft Master Plan modifications, thereto, shall also be applicable in respect of the preparation, approval and publication of the draft Zonal Development Plan and the modifications thereto.

R.15 Fee payable on application for permission of the Development of land

       (1) No application for permission under Section 14 (except under the proviso to sub-section (2) of Section 14 of the Act shall be deemed valid unless the person giving an application has paid to the Authority, in advance the fees determined by the Authority from time to time for the grant of permission, and a receipt in token of payment of such fee is attached to the application.
       (2) The factors and circumstances to be taken into consideration in determining such fee shall be prescribed by regulations made under the Act from time to time.
       (3) Any Government vacant lands which have been developed by the Authority or by any local authority under Chapter V of the Act may be handed over for maintenance either to the local authority concerned or to some other organisation or bodyThe said local authority or other organisation or body shall mai

R.16 Maintenance of Bank Accounts

       (1) There shall be kept in a current account with any State owned Bank to be opened in the name of the "Vice-Chairman Urban Development Authority, Hyderabad" such sum of money out of the Fund of the Authority as shall not ordinarily exceed rupees five lakhs at any one time.
       (2) The Accounts shall be operated upon either by the Vice- Chairman or by any two whole time paid officers of the Authority, who may be nominated by the Vice-Chairman from time to time.
       (3) Any sum of money in the Fund of the Authority as it found surplus to the requirements, on a reasonable forecast over the sum referred to sub-rule (1) shall be invested by the Vice- Chairman (or any officer of the Authority, authorised by the Vice-Chairman in this behalf) in such manner as the Authority may think fit.

R.17 Form of the Budget of the Authority and annual report and the manner of the preparing the same

       The Budget Estimates and the Annual Reports of the Authority shall be prepared in such form as is considered appropriate by the Authority till such time as a separate manual indicating the procedure to be followed for preparing the Budget estimates and Annual report is finalised
       Provided that the manual shall be submitted to the Government for approval within a period of one year from the date of which these rules come into force.

APPENDIX.1 APPENDIX

       Form 1 FORM
       FORM
       FORM No-1
       [ See Rule 12(4) ]
       The Draft Land Use Map prepared by the Urban Development Authority, Hyderabad a copy of which is attached hereto for the area described in Schedule below, is hereby published.
       (2) The map depicting various land uses may be inspected without charge during office hours at the office of Urban Development Authority.
       Any person affected by the Land Use Map may communicate in writing to the Vice-Chairman, Urban Development Authority, Hyderabad the objection relating thereto.
       Urban Development Authority, Hyderabad.
       Dated: