Town and Regional Planning Act, 1934

Compensation in certain cases for abortive work or expense.

66.—(1) Whenever a person, on account of or in reliance on a provision contained in a planning scheme, has done work or incurred expense on or in relation to property owned or occupied by him (whether such work or expense was done or incurred voluntarily or in pursuance of an obligation imposed by such planning scheme) and such work or expense becomes wholly or partly abortive by reason of a revocation, amendment or avoidance of the said provision by a subsequent planning scheme, such person shall be entitled on making an application under this section to recover from the responsible authority compensation in respect of such work or expense in so far as the same so becomes abortive.

(2) Whenever a person incurs costs and expenses in making a claim for compensation or resisting a claim for betterment on account of a provision contained in a planning scheme and such provision is so revoked, amended or avoided by a subsequent planning scheme that the incurring of such costs and expenses becomes wholly or partly abortive, such person shall, save as is otherwise provided by this Act, be entitled on making application under this section to recover from the responsible authority compensation in respect of such costs and expenses in so far as the same so becomes abortive.

(3) Every application for the payment of compensation under this section shall be made to the responsible authority within twelve months after the coming into operation of the planning scheme effecting the revocation or amendment by reason of which such compensation becomes payable.