The following Act of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature received the assent of the Governor on the 16th April, 2008 and the said assent is hereby first published on the 19th April, 2008 in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette for general information. [Act No.8 of 2008]An Act to provide for the establishment of Metropolitan Development Authority for the purposes of Planning, Co-ordination, Supervising, Promoting and Securing the Planned Development of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto : Whereas, it is expedient to provide for the establishment of a Metropolitan Development Authority for the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region for the purposes of planning, co-ordination, supervising, promoting and securing the planned development of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Republic of India, as follows :

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S.9 Staff of the Metropolitan Development Authority

S.10 Pension and Provident Fund

S.11 Preparation and contents of Metropolitan Development Plan and Investment Plan

S.12 Power to undertake preparation of Area Development Plans/Action Plans

S.13 Submission of Plan to Government for sanction

S.14 Sanction of Plan by Government

S.15 Modifications to the Metropolitan Development Plan and Investment plan

S.16 Constitution of the United Metropolitan Transport Authority

S.17 Powers and functions of the Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority

S.18 All development powers of land to vest with Metropolitan Development Authority

S.19 Development permission mandatory for undertaking development

S.20 Application for Land Development Permission

S.21 Lapse of Development Permission

S.22 Revoking of permission

S.23 Deviations during development/undertaking of layout works and unauthorized development/constructions

S.24 Land Pooling Scheme

S.25 Private sector Land Pooling Scheme

S.26 Cost of Land Pooling Scheme

S.27 Notification and effect of Land Pooling Scheme

S.28 Power to undertake development scheme

S.29 Preparation of development scheme

S.30 Publication of area development plan/development scheme and approval

S.31 Power of the Metropolitan Development Authority in case of default

S.32 Power to acquire land under the Land Acquisition Act 1894

S.33 Transfer of Government lands to the Metropolitan Development Authority

S.34 Acquisition of land by way of Negotiated Settlement

S.35 Acquisition of land by way of Transferable Development Right

S.36 Acquisition of land and built up space by way of Accommodation Reservation

S.37 Disposal of land and other property by the Metropolitan Development Authority

S.38 Creation and management of Development Land Bank

S.39 Creation of Metropolitan Development Fund

S.40 Metropolitan Development Fund and its application

S.41 Contribution by the Urban Local Authority

S.42 Power to levy specific Cess for capital infrastructure projects

S.43 Budget of the Metropolitan Development Authority

S.44 Annual and Plan Report

S.45 Levy of Development Charge

S.46 Assessment and Recovery of Development Charge

S.47 Levy of user charges

S.48 Recovery of arrears

S.49 Control by Government

S.50 Returns and information

S.51 Power of entry and power of Metropolitan Development Authority to demarcate alignments and reservations as per Statutory Plan

S.52 Power to delegate

S.53 Effect of other laws

S.54 Certain Plans already prepared and sanctioned deemed to have been prepared and sanctioned under this Act

S.55 Power to give directions

S.56 Power to make rules

S.57 Power to make regulations

S.58 Dissolution of Hyderabad Urban Development Authority and vesting in the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority

S.1 Short title and Commencement

S.2 Definitions

S.3 Declaration of Hyderabad Metropolitan Region

S.4 Constitution of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority

S.5 Constitution of Executive Committee

S.6 Powers and Functions of the Metropolitan Development Authority

S.7 Power of Metropolitan Development Authority to appoint Committees, engage auditors and consultants and constitute functional units

S.8 Metropolitan Development Authority ordinarily not to provide for matters falling within obligatory and discretionary duties of local bodies except for integrated development of the Development Area