Town and Regional Planning Act, 1934

Compensation in certain cases where resolution is revoked.

65.—(1) Whenever—

(a) a planning authority passes a resolution for the making of a planning scheme (in this section referred to as the proposed scheme) which if made would revoke or amend a previous planning scheme, and

(b) such resolution is revoked by the Minister, and

(c) any person has, after the passing of such resolution and before such revocation, refrained from doing any work in an area to which such previous planning scheme related and the proposed scheme if made would relate, and

(d) either such person applied to such planning authority, after the passing of such resolution and before such revocation, for a special permission in respect of such work and such special permission was refused, or such person so refrained in pursuance of a special prohibition made after the passing of such resolution and before such revocation, and

(e) such person suffered loss by refraining from doing such work,

such person shall, on making an application under this section, be entitled to be paid by such planning authority by way of compensation the amount of such loss.

(2) Every application for the payment of compensation under this section shall be made to the responsible authority within twelve months after the date of the order by which the revocation mentioned in the next preceding sub-section of this section was effected.