Constitution of India, 1949
243ZE. Committee for Metropolitan
Planning. —
(1) There shall be constituted in every Metropolitan, area a
Metropolitan Planning Committee to prepare a draft development plan for the
Metropolitan area as a whole.
(2) The Legislature of a State may, by law, make with respect
to—
(a) the composition of the Metropolitan
Planning Committees;
(b) the manner in which the seats in such
Committees shall be filled:
Provided that not less than two-thirds of the
members of such Committee shall be elected by, and from amongst, the elected
members of the Municipalities and Chairpersons of the Panchayats in the,
Metropolitan area in proportion to the ratio between the population of the
Municipalities and of the Panchayats in that area;
(c) the representation, in such Committees of
the Government of India and the Government of the State and of such
organizations and institutions as may be deemed necessary for carrying out the
functions assigned to such Committees;
(d) the functions relating to planning and
coordination for the Metropolitan area which may be assigned to such
Committees;
(e) the manner in which the Chairpersons of
such Committees shall be chosen.
(3) Every Metropolitan Planning Committee shall, in preparing
the draft development plan,—
(a) have regard to—
(i) the plans prepared by the Municipalities
and the Panchayats in the Metropolitan area;
(ii) matters of common interest between the
Municipalities and the Panchayats, including co-ordinated spatial planning of
the area, sharing of water and other physical and natural resources, the
integrated development of infrastructure and environmental conservation;
(iii) the overall objectives and priorities
set by the Government of India and the Government of the State;
(iv) the extent and nature of investments
likely to be made in the Metropolitan area by agencies of the Government of
India and of the Government of the State and other available resources whether
financial or otherwise;
(b) consult such institutions and
organizations as the Governor may, by order, specify.
(4) The Chairperson of every Metropolitan Planning Committee
shall forward the development plan, as recommended by such Committee, to the
Government of the State.