GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL

CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI

THE DELHI INDUSTRIAL

DEVELOPMENT,
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
ACT, 2010
 “THE DELHI INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE ACT, 2010”
(DELHI ACT 08 OF 2010)

(As passed by the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi on
the 30 th March, 2010)

[13th May, 2010]

An Act to make special provision for securing the orderly establishment of

industrial areas, industrial estates and flatted factories complexes in the National

Capital Territory of Delhi, and to assist generally in the organization, including

operation and maintenance thereof, and for the purpose to reconstitute and empower

Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd., a company

incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 ( 1 of 1956), and for purposes connected

therewith or incidental thereto.

BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of

Delhi in the Sixty - first year of the Republic of India as follows:-

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 CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

1. Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may be

called the Delhi Industrial Development, Operation and Maintenance Act,

2010.

(2) It extends to the whole of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by

notification in the official Gazette, appoint.

2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) “amenity” includes road, supply of water or electricity, street lighting,

drainage, sewerage, green cover including plantation of trees and development

of parks, conservancy and such other convenience as the Government may, by

notification in the official Gazette specify to be an amenity for the purposes

of this Act;

(b) “approved” means approved by the authority having jurisdiction;

(c) “building” means any structure for whatsoever purpose and of whatsoever

materials constructed and every part thereof whether used as human habitation

or not and includes foundation, plinth, walls, floors, roofs, chimneys,

plumbing and building services, fixed platforms, verandaha, balcony, cornice

or projection, part of a building or anything affixed thereon or any wall

enclosing or intended to enclose any land or space and signs and outdoor

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 display structures. Tents, shamianahs, tarpaulin shelter etc. erected for

temporary and experimental measures with the permission of the Authority

shall not be considered as building;

(d) “Collector” means the Deputy Commissioner of a revenue area of Delhi, and

includes any officer specially appointed by the Government to perform the

functions of a Collector under this Act;

(e) “Corporation” means the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure

Development Corporation Ltd., a company incorporated under the provisions

of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956);

(f) “Delhi” means the National Capital Territory of Delhi;

(g) “development” with its grammatical variations, means the carrying out, of

building, engineering, quarrying or other operations in, or over or under land,

or the making of any material change in any building or land and includes

redevelopment, but does not include mining operations; and ‘to develop’ shall

be construed accordingly;

(h) “engineering operations” include the formation or laying out of means of

access to a road or the laying out of means of water supply, drainage and

sewerage, construction, operation and maintenance of common Effluent

Treatment Plants, or laying out of means of supply of electricity, street

lighting, plantation of trees and development of parks, conservancy and such

other operation as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette

specify to be an engineering operation for the purpose of this Act;

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(i) “flatted factories complex” means any site selected and notified by the

Government, where the Corporation builds flatted factories and other

buildings and makes them available for any industries or class of industries or

any existing flatted factories complex included in Part-B of the Schedule;

(j) “Government” means the Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital

Territory of Delhi appointed by the President under Article 239 and

designated as such under Article 239AA of the Constitution;

(k) “industrial area” means any area declared to be an industrial area by the

Government by notification in the official Gazette, whether already

developed or is to be developed for the purpose of accommodating industrial

units;

(l) “industrial building” include any building or part of building or structure, in

which products or materials of all kinds and properties are fabricated,

assembled or processed, refineries, mills, dairies, factories, etc;

(m) “industrial estate” means any site selected and notified by the Government,

where the Corporation builds factories and other buildings and makes them

available for any industries or class of industries or any existing industrial

estate or area included in Part A of the Schedule;

(n) “land” the expression land shall have the meaning respectively assigned to it

in section 3 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894(1 of 1894);

(o) “Lieutenant Governor” means the Administrator of the National Capital

Territory of Delhi appointed by the President under article 239 of the

Constitution;

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(p) “means of access” includes a road or any means of access, whether private or

public, for vehicles or for foot passengers, every building / plot shall abut on a

public / private means of access like streets / roads duly formed;

(q) “person interested” shall have the meaning assigned to it in section 3 of the

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894);

(r) “premises” means any land or building or part of a building and includes-

(i) the garden, grounds and out-houses, if any, appertaining to such

building or part of a building; and

(ii) any fitting affixed to such building or part of a building for the
more beneficial enjoyment thereof;

(s) “ prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(t) “regulations” means regulations made by the Corporation under this Act;

(u) “Schedule” means the Schedule appended to this Act.

CHAPTER – II

EMPOWERMENT OF THE CORPORATION AND ITS

FUNCTIONS UNDER THIS ACT

3. Empowerment.- For the purpose of securing and assisting in the rapid and

orderly establishment and organisation of industries in industrial areas,

industrial estates and flatted factories complexes and for operation and

maintenance of industrial areas, industrial estates and flatted factories

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 complexes in Delhi, the Corporation shall, after the commencement of this

Act, be empowered by the Government by notification in the official Gazette

and by such amendments to the Memorandum of Association of the

Corporation as may be necessary.

4. Functions.- The functions of the Corporation shall be-

(i) generally to promote and assist in the rapid and orderly establishment,

growth and development of industries in Delhi, and

(ii) in particular, and without prejudice to the generality of clause (i) ,to-

(a) establish, operate, maintain and manage industrial estates at

place selected and notified by the Government including the

existing industrial areas, industrial estates and flatted factory

complexes being maintained by the Municipal Corporation of

Delhi constituted under section 3 of the Delhi Municipal

Corporation Act, 1957 (66 of 1957). All industrial estates/

areas of Delhi will stand transferred to the Corporation for this

purpose within prescribed time frame;

(b) develop industrial areas selected and notified by the

Government for the purpose and make them available for

undertakings to establish themselves;

(c) build, flatted factories complexes at sites selected and notified

by the Government for the purpose and make them available

for any industries and class of industries;

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 (d) redevelopment of clusters of industrial concentration in non-

conforming areas identified and notified for redevelopment by

the Government;

(e) undertake schemes or works, either jointly with other corporate

bodies or institutions, or with Government or local authorities,

or on an agency basis, in furtherance of the purposes for which

the Corporation is established and all matters connected

therewith;

(f) all functions listed in the objects clause of the Memorandum of

Association of the Corporation;

(g) any other function as the Government may, by notification in

the official Gazette and by such amendments to the

Memorandum of Association of the Corporation as may be

necessary, prescribe for the purposes of this Act;

(h) the Corporation shall make such amendments to the

Memorandum of Association as may be necessary to

incorporate the functions under this section which are not part

of the Memorandum of Association.

5. General Powers of the Corporation.- Subject to the

provisions of this Act, the Corporation shall have power -

(a) to acquire and hold such property, both movable and immoveable as

the Corporation may deem necessary for the performance of any of its

functions under section 4 and to lease, sell, exchange or otherwise

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 transfer any property held by it on such conditions as may be

prescribed by the Government;

(b) to provide or cause to be provided amenities and common facilities in

industrial estates, industrial areas and flatted factories complexes and

construct and maintain or cause to be maintained works and buildings

therefor;

(c) to construct buildings for the housing of the employees of such

industries;

(d) to allot factory sheds, industrial plots or such buildings or parts of

buildings, including residential tenements to suitable persons in the

industrial areas, estates and flatted factories complexes established or

developed by the Corporation in terms of the allotment policy

prescribed by the Government;

(e) to modify or rescind such allotments as provided in clause (d) above

including the right and power to evict the allottees concerned on

breach of any of the terms or conditions of their allotment in terms of

the policy guidelines prescribed by the Government;

(f) to constitute advisory committee to advise the Corporation;

(g) to engage suitable consultants or persons having special knowledge or

skill to assist the Corporation in the performance of its functions;

(h) subject to the previous permission of the Government to delegate any

of its powers generally or specially to any of its committee or officers

and to permit them to redelegate specific powers to their subordinates;

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 (i) to enter into and perform all such contracts as it may consider

necessary or expedient for carrying out any of its functions; and

(j) to recover development charges from the individual industries and

beneficiaries located in the clusters of industrial concentration for

which redevelopment is undertaken by the Corporation;

(k) to do such other things and perform such acts as it may think necessary

or expedient for the proper conduct of its functions and the carrying

into effect the purposes of this Act.

6. Power to levy service charges.- Notwithstanding anything

contained in any contract or in any law for the time being in force, it shall be

lawful for the Corporation to levy fees or service charges to cover its expenses

on maintenance of roads, drainage, water-supply, construction, operation and

maintenance of Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) and such other

services and amenities as may be provided by it, including provision of street

lighting, at such rates as may be prescribed by the Government, from time to

time. Such fees or charges may be levied on the plot holders or other persons

receiving benefit of the services or amenities.

7. Directions by the Government.- The Government may issue to the

Corporation such general or special directions as to policy as it may think

necessary or expedient for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of this

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 Act, and the Corporation shall be bound to follow and act upon such

directions.

CHAPTER – III

FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT

8. Creation of Industrial Development, Operation and

Maintenance Fund.- (1) The Corporation shall have and maintain a

fund known as the “Industrial Development, Operation and Maintenance

Fund” (here in after referred to as “Fund”) for the discharge of its functions

under this Act, to which shall be credited -

(a) all monies received by the Corporation from the Government by way of

grants, subventions, loans, advances or otherwise;

(b) all fees, costs and charges received by the Corporation under this Act;

(c) ground rent collected with effect from the date on which this Act comes

into effect from industrial plots and sheds by the Delhi Development

Authority constituted under the Delhi Development Act, 1957 (61 of

1957), the Corporation and the Industries Department of the Government;

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 (d) all monies received by the Corporation from the disposal of lands,

buildings and other properties movable and immovable, as may be

prescribed;

(e) all monies received by the Corporation by way of rents and profits or in

any other manner or from any other source as may be prescribed.

(2) All monies received with effect from the date on which this Act comes

into effect from conversion of industrial plots and sheds from leasehold to

freehold by the Industries Department of the Government, Delhi Development

Authority constituted under the Delhi Development Act 1957 (61 of 1957)

and the Corporation.

9. Application of the Fund.- The Corporation shall have the authority to

spend such sums from the Fund for the purposes as may be prescribed.

10. Grants, subventions, loans and advances to the

Corporation.- The Government may, after due appropriation made by

the Legislative Assembly of Delhi by law in this behalf, make such grants,

subventions, loans and advances to the Corporation as it may deem necessary

for the performance of the functions of the Corporation under this Act; and all

grants, subventions, loans and advances made shall be on such terms and

conditions as the Government may, after consulting the Corporation,

determine.

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11. Budget and programme of work.- (1) The Corporation

shall, by such date in each year as may be prescribed, prepare and submit to

the Government for approval an annual financial statement and the

programme of work including operation and maintenance of industrial areas,

industrial estates and flatted factories complexes for the succeeding financial

year.

(2) The annual financial statement shall show the estimated receipts and

expenditure during the succeeding financial year in such form and detail as

may be prescribed.

(3) The Corporation shall be competent to make variations in the

programme of work in the course of the year provided that all such variations

and reappropriations out of the sanctioned budget are brought to the notice of

the Government by a supplementary financial statement.

12. Accounts and audit.- (1) The Corporation shall maintain separate

bank account and books of account and other books in respect of the Fund in

relation to its business and transactions in such form, and in such manner, as

may be prescribed.

(2) The accounts of the Corporation maintained under this Act shall be

audited by the auditor appointed in accordance with the provisions of sub-

section (3) of section 19 of the Comptroller and Auditor-General’s (Duties,

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 Powers and Conditions of Service) Act, 1971 (56 of 1971) or by any other

auditor appointed by the Government.

(3) As soon as the accounts of the Corporation are audited, the

Corporation shall send a copy thereof together with the copy of the report of

the auditor thereon to the Government for laying it in the Legislative

Assembly of Delhi.

13. Concurrent and special audit of accounts.-

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the last preceding section, the

Government may order that there shall be concurrent audit of the accounts of

the Corporation by such person as it thinks fit. The Government may also

direct a special audit to be made by such person as it thinks fit of the accounts

of the Corporation relating to any particular transaction or class or series of

transactions or to a particular period.

(2) When an order is made under sub-section (1), the Corporation shall

present or cause to be presented for audit such accounts and shall furnish to

the person appointed under sub-section (1) such information as the said person

may require for the purpose of audit.

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 CHAPTER - IV

APPLICATION OF THE PUBLIC PREMISES

(EVICTION OF UNAUTHORISED OCCUPANTS) ACT,
1971 TO CORPORATION PREMISES

14. Application of the Public Premises (Eviction of

unauthorized occupants) Act, 1971 to Corporation

premises.- (1) The Government may, by notification in the official

Gazette, provide from such date as is stated therein that the Public Premises

(Eviction of unauthorized occupants) Act, 1971 (40 of 1971) shall apply to

premises belonging to, vesting in, or leased by, the Corporation as that Act

applies in relation to Government premises, but subject to the provisions of

sub-section (2).

(2) On a notification being issued under sub-section (1), the aforesaid Act

and the rules made thereunder shall apply to premises of the Corporation with

the following modifications, that is to say:-

(a) the Government shall appoint an officer who is holding or has held

office whether under the Government or the Corporation, which in

the opinion of the Government is not lower in rank than that of a

Sub-Divisional Magistrate or an Executive Engineer, to be the

competent authority for the purposes of the aforesaid Act and one

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 or more officers may be appointed as competent authorities for

different areas or for the same area;

(b) references to “public premises” in that Act and the rules shall be

deemed to be references to premises of the Corporation.

CHAPTER V

UNUTILISED SURPLUS LANDS IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS

15. Acquisition of unutilized surplus lands in industrial areas

and allotment to other industries.-(1) With a view to ascertaining

whether any industrial area, industrial estate or flatted factories complex

developed by the Corporation originally or any other Government agency in

the past or non-conforming clusters having industrial concentration notified

by the Government for redevelopment has been fully utilized for industrial

purposes or not, the Government may direct the Corporation to submit to it a

six-monthly report containing the following information in respect of such

area, namely-

(a) the total number of plots or flats and the area of each plot or

flat in the industrial area, industrial estate or flatted factories

complex, as the case may be;

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 (b) the number of plots or flats allotted to the plot or flat holders

and the number of plots or flats, as the case may be, still in

possession of the Corporation;

(c) the date on which possession of each plot or flat was delivered

to the plot or flat holder, the period for which the plot or flat is

allotted and the premium or rent paid or payable by the plot or

flat holder;

(d) unutilized buildable area in each plot, having due regard to the

building regulations of the Corporation or the local authority

concerned within whose jurisdiction the industrial area or

industrial estate is situated;

(e) how much unutilized area of each plot is capable of sub-

division and whether the unutilized area can be utilized for

accommodating another industry, after sub-division;

(f) the period for which the area of any plot (whether whole or

part) remained unutilized from the date of delivery of

possession to the plot holder and the reasons therefor as stated

by the plot holder.

(2) Upon receipt of such directions, the Corporation shall issue notices to

the plot holder, in the industrial area or industrial estate calling upon them to

furnish to it the information in the prescribed form and when so called upon

each plot holder shall be bound to furnish true and correct information

required within one month from the date of receipt of such notice by him/her.

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(3) For the purpose of enabling the Corporation to determine whether

there is any unutilized portion of any plot in the industrial area or estate and

whether such portion is capable of sub-division so as to make it useful for

accommodating any other industry after sub-division, it shall be lawful for any

officer of the corporation either generally or specially authorized by it in this

behalf, and for his servants and workmen, at all reasonable hours -

(i) to enter upon and survey the plot;

(ii) to set out the boundaries of the unutilized portion of the plots;
and

(iii) to do all other acts necessary for the purposes aforesaid.

(4) If upon the report submitted by the Corporation, the Government is

satisfied that any plot holder has not utilized the maximum buildable

area of his plot for a period of seven years or the period fixed by the

Government from time to time from the date on which possession of

the plot was delivered to him by the Corporation and the unutilized

portion is capable of sub-division so as to make it useful for

accommodating any other industry, the Government may,

notwithstanding anything contained in any contract or in any law for

the time being in force before the expiry of such period from the date

of receipt of such report as may be prescribed, issue to the plot holder

and all other persons interested in the plot notices to show cause why

such unutilized portion should not be acquired for the purpose of being

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 utilized for accommodating another industry. The Government shall

also cause public notices to be given in the manner laid down in

section 24.

(5) When any such notice is issued, the Government shall give a

reasonable opportunity of being heard to the plot holder and other

persons interested in the plot and it shall be open to the plot holder or

any other persons interested in the plot to appear and object to such

acquisition on the ground that the unutilized portion is required by the

plot holder himself for the purpose of immediate expansion of his own

industry and that he has already taken effective steps for utilizing such

portion.

Explanation.- For the purposes of this sub-section, the expression

“effective steps” shall mean the following steps, namely :-

(i) the plot holder has prepared the necessary project report in

respect of the proposed expansion of his industry indicating the

requirements of such expansion; and

(ii) (a) the plot holder has obtained, whenever necessary, letter

of intent or industrial licence or has got acknowledgement of

Industrial Entrepreneurial Memorandum from the Government

of India as required under the Industrial (Development and

Regulation) Act, 1951 (LXV OF 1951); or

(b) the plot holder has completed the negotiations with

financial institutions for raising the required finance and sixty

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 percent or more of the capital requirements for such expansion

have been subscribed in the case of the company which has to

go in for public issue where applicable; or

(c) the plot holder has placed a firm order for purchase of

at least fifty percent of the plant and machinery required for the

purpose of expansion.

(6) If after giving a reasonable opportunity of being heard, the

Government is satisfied that the holder of the plot has failed to utilize

or is not likely to utilize the unutilized portion for industrial purposes

within a reasonable period, and such unutilized portion can be used for

accommodating another industry, the Government may,

notwithstanding anything contained in any contract or in any law for

the time being in force for the purpose of enabling the Corporation to

properly discharge its functions of promoting rapid growth and

development of industries by accommodating another industry on

such unutilized portion, acquire the land of such portion by publishing

in the official Gazette, a notice specifying the purpose for which the

land is required, and stating therein, that the Government had decided

to acquire the land in pursuance of this section. When such a notice is

published in the official Gazette, the land shall, on and from the date

of such publication, vest absolutely in the Government, free from all

encumbrances.

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(7) Where any land is vested in the Government under the last preceding

sub-section, the Government may, by notice in writing, order any

person who may be in possession of the land to surrender or deliver

possession thereof to the Government or any person duly authorized

by it in this behalf within thirty days of the service of the notice.

(8) If any person refuses or fails to comply with an order made under the

last preceding sub-section, the Government may take possession of the

land, and may for that purpose use such force as may be necessary.

(9) Where any land is acquired by the Government under this section, the

Government shall pay for such acquisition an amount, which shall as

far as possible, be determined in accordance with the provisions of the

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894):

Provided that the amount to be awarded and paid shall not in

the case of a premium lease exceeds the proportionate amount of

premium paid by the plot holder or his predecessor-in-title claiming

under the Corporation in respect of the land so acquired, with interest

thereon at six percent per annum from the date of payment of the

premium, and where the lease is a rental lease, the amount to be

awarded shall not exceed an amount equal to five times the net average

yearly proportionate rent payable by the plot holder to the Corporation

in respect of the land so acquired.

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 CHAPTER VI

SUPPLEMENTARY AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

16 Government lands.- (1) For the furtherance of the objects of this Act,

the Government may by notification published in the official Gazette, upon

such conditions as may be agreed upon between the Government and the

Corporation, place at the disposal of the Corporation any lands vested in the

Government.

(2) After any such land has been developed by, or under the control and

supervision of, the Corporation, it shall be dealt with by the Corporation in

accordance with the regulations made, and directions given by the

Government in this behalf.

(3) If any land placed at the disposal of the Corporation under sub-section

(1) is required at any time thereafter by the Government, the Corporation shall

replace it at the disposal of the Government upon such terms and conditions as

may be mutually agreed upon.

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owner of land in industrial area, etc.- (1) If the Corporation after

holding a local inquiry, or upon report from any of its officers or other

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information in its possession, is satisfied that the owner of any land in an

industrial area or industrial estate has failed to provide any amenity in relation

to the land which, in the opinion of the Corporation ought to be provided or to

carry out any development of the land for which permission has been obtained

under this Act, the Corporation may serve upon the owner a notice requiring

him to provide the amenity or carry out the development within such time as

may be specified in the notice.

(2) If any such amenity is not provided or any such development is not

carried out within the time specified in the notice, then, the Corporation may

itself provide the amenity or carry out the development or have it provided or

carried out through such agency as it deems fit:

Provided that before taking any action under this sub-section, the

Corporation shall afford reasonable opportunity to the owner of the land to

show cause as to why such action should not be taken.

(3) All expenses incurred by the Corporation or the agency employed by it

in providing the amenity or carrying out the development together with

interest, at such rate as the Government may by order fix, from the date when

a demand for expenses is made until payment, shall be recoverable by the

Corporation from the owner.

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18 Penalty for construction or use of land and buildings

contrary to terms of holding.- (1) Any person who whether at

his own instance or at the instance of any other person undertakes or carries

out construction of or alterations to any building in an industrial estate or

industrial area or flatted factories complex contrary to the terms under which

he holds such building or land under this Act shall, on conviction, be punished

with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, and in the case of a

continuing contravention, with a further fine which may extend to five

hundred rupees for every day during which such offence continues after

conviction for the first commission of the offence.

(2) Any person who uses any land or building in an industrial estate or

industrial area or flatted factories complex contrary to the terms under which

he holds such land or building under this Act or in contravention of the

provisions of any regulations made in this behalf shall, on conviction, be

punished with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees and in case of

continuing contravention with a further fine which may extend to five hundred

rupees for every day during which such offence continues after conviction for

the first commission of the offence.

19 Power to lay pipe lines, etc.- (1) (i) Within any area taken up

for development under clause (b) of section 5, the Corporation, and

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(ii) for the purposes of (a) carrying gas, water or electricity from a source

of supply to, or (b) constructing any sewers or drains necessary for carrying

off the workings and waste liquids of an industrial process through, any

intervening area, any person empowered in this behalf by the Government by

notification in the official Gazette ( hereinafter in this section referred to as

“the authorized person”), may lay down, place, maintain, alter, remove or

repair any pipe lines, conduits, supply or service lines, posts or other

appliances or apparatus in, on, under, over, along or across any land in such

areas.

(2) The Corporation or the authorized persons may at any time enter upon

any land in any such area and in such event the provisions of section

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(3) While exercising the powers conferred by sub-section (1), the

Corporation or the authorized person shall-

(i) where the land affected is a street, bridge, sewer, drain or

tunnel, comply mutatis mutandis with the relevant provisions

of the Gas Companies Act, 1863 (V of 1863), notwithstanding

the fact that the Act is not in force in the area or that the

Government has not issued a notification extending such

provisions to such land,

(ii) cause as little damage as possible to the premises,

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 and the full compensation to all persons entitled for any damage

sustained by them in consequence of the exercise of such power as

aforesaid shall be paid, as the case may be, by the Corporation or, in

the case of the authorized person, by the Government.

(4) Nothing herein shall authorize or empower the Corporation or the

authorized person to lay down or place any pipe or other works into,

through or against any building or in any land not dedicated to public

use without the consent of the owners and occupiers thereof, except

that the Corporation or such person may at any time enter upon and lay

or place any new pipe in the place of an existing pipe in any land

wherein any pipe has been already lawfully laid down or placed in

pursuance of this Act, and may repair or alter any pipe so laid down:

Provided that nothing in the aforesaid provisions shall be

construed to mean that the Corporation or other person is forbidden

from having the said land acquired at any time by the Government in

the normal course.

(5) Nothing contained in this Act or any rule or regulation made

thereunder shall have effect in so far as it is inconsistent with any of

the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003).

20. Powers of entry.- Any officer of the Government, any member of the

Corporation, and any person either generally or specially authorized by the

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Corporation in this behalf, may enter into or upon any land or building with or

without assistants or workmen for the purpose of-

(a) making any inspection, survey, measurement, valuation or enquiry or

taking levels of such land or buildings;

(b) examining works under construction and ascertaining the course of

sewers and drains;

(c) digging or boring into the sub-soil;

(d) setting out boundaries and intended lines of work;

(e) marking such levels, boundaries and lines by placing marks and

cutting trenches;

(f) doing any other thing necessary for the efficient administration of this

Act:

Provided that-

(i) no such entry shall be made except between the hours of sunrise and

sunset and without giving reasonable notice to the occupier, or if there

be no occupier, to the owner of the land or building;

(ii) sufficient opportunity shall in every instance be given to enable

women (if any) to withdraw from such land or building ;

(iii) due regard shall always be had, so far as may be compatible with the

exigencies of the purpose for which the entry is made, to the social and

religious usages of the occupants of the land or building entered.

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21. Officers of the Corporation may be vested with other

powers.- The Government may by notification in the official Gazette,

nominate any officer of the Corporation to be a controller or licensing

authority under any law for the time being in force relating to the procurement

or distribution of any commodity in respect of the industrial undertakings

established or to be established in the industrial estates or industrial areas or

flatted factories complexes entrusted to or developed by the Corporation and

no such nomination shall be called into question merely on the ground that

such officer is not an officer of the Government.

22. Recovery of sums due to the Corporation as arrears of land

revenue.- All sums payable by any person to the Corporation or

recoverable by it by or under this Act and all charges or expenses incurred in

connection therewith shall, without prejudice to any other mode of recovery,

be recoverable as an arrear of land revenue on the application of the

Corporation.

23. Service of notices, etc.- (1) All notices, orders and other

documents required by this Act or any rule or regulation made thereunder to

be served upon any person shall, save as otherwise provided in this Act or

such rule or regulation, be deemed to be duly served-

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(a) where the person to be served is a company, the service is effected

in accordance with the provisions of section 51 of the Companies

Act, 1956 (1of 1956);

(b) where the person to be served is a firm, if the document is

addressed to the firm at its principal place of business, identifying

it by the name or style under which its business is carried on, and

is either-

(i) sent under a certificate of posting or by registered post; or

(ii) left at the said place of business;

(c) where the person to be served is a statutory public body or a

corporation or a society or other body, if the document is addressed

to the secretary, treasurer or other head officer of that body,

corporation or society at its principal office and is either-

(i) sent under a certificate of posting or by registered post; or

(ii) left at that office;

(d) in any other case, if the documents is addressed to the person to be

served and-

(i) is given or tendered to him, or

(ii) if such person cannot be found, is affixed on some

conspicuous part of his last known place of residence or

business or is given or tendered to some adult member of his

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 family or is affixed on some conspicuous part of the land or

building to which it relates, or

(iii) is sent under a certificate of posting or by registered post to

that person.

(2) Any document which is required or authorized to be served on the

owner or occupier of any land or building may be addressed “the

owner” or “the occupier”, as the case may be, of that land or building

(naming that land or building) without further name or description and

shall be deemed to be duly served-

(a) if the document so addressed is sent or delivered in accordance

with clause (d) of sub-section (1); or

(b) if the document so addressed or a copy thereof so addressed, is

given or tendered to some person on the land or building or, where

there is no person on the land or building to whom it can be

delivered, is affixed to some conspicuous part of the land or

building.

(3) Where a document is served on the firm in accordance with this

section, the document shall be deemed to be served on each partner.

(4) For the purpose of enabling any document to be served on the owner

of any property, the occupier (if any) of the property may be required

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 by notice in writing by the Government or the Corporation, as the case

may be, to state the name and address of the owner thereof.

24. Public notices how to be made known.- Every public

notice given under this Act or any rule or regulation made there under shall be

in writing over the signature of the officer concerned and shall be widely

made-known in the locality to be affected thereby affixing copies thereof in

conspicuous public places, within the said locality, or by publishing the same

by beat of drum or by advertisement in a local newspaper, or by any two or

more of these means, and by any other means that the officer may think fit.

25. Notices, etc., to fix reasonable time.- Where any notice,

order or other document issued or made under this Act or any rule or

regulation made there under requires anything to be done for the doing of

which no time is fixed in this Act or the rule or regulation, the notice, order or

other document shall specify a reasonable period of time for doing the same or

complying therewith.

26. Furnishing of returns, etc.- (1) The Corporation shall furnish to the

Government such returns, statistics, reports, accounts and other information

with respect to its conduct of affairs, properties or activities or in regard to any

proposed work or scheme as the Government may from time to time require.

(2) The Corporation shall in addition to the audit report referred to in

section 12 furnish to the Government an annual report on its working as soon

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 as may be, after the end of each financial year in such form and detail as may

be prescribed and a copy of the annual report shall be placed before the

Legislative Assembly of Delhi as soon as may be after it is received by the

Government.

27. Withdrawal of area or estate or part thereof.- Where the

Government is satisfied that in respect of any particular industrial estate or

industrial area, or any part thereof, the purpose for which the Corporation was

empowered under this Act has been substantially achieved so as to render the

continued existence of such estate or area or part thereof under the

Corporation unnecessary, the Government may, by notification in the official

Gazette, declare that such industrial estate or industrial area or part thereof has

been removed from the jurisdiction of the Corporation. The Government may

also make such other incidental arrangements for the administration of such

estate or area or part thereof as the circumstances necessitate.

28. Authority for prosecution.- Unless otherwise expressly provided, no

Court shall take cognizance of any offence relating to property belonging to,

or vested by or under this Act in, the Corporation, punishable under this Act,

except on the complaint of, or upon information received from, the

Corporation or some person authorized by the Corporation by general or

special order in this behalf.

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29. Compositions of offences by Corporation.- (1) The Corporation

or any person authorized by the Corporation by general or special order in this

behalf may, either before or after the institution of the proceedings, compound

any offence made punishable by or under this Act.

(2) Where an offence has been compounded, the offender, if in custody,

shall be discharged and no further proceedings shall be taken against him in

respect of the offence compounded.

30. Offences by companies.- (1) Whenever an offence under this Act has

been committed by a company, every person who at the time the offence was

committed was in charge of , or was responsible to the company for the

conduct of, the business of the company, as well as the company, shall be

deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against

and punished accordingly:

Provided that, nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any

such person liable to any punishment under this Act if he proves that the

offence was committed without his knowledge and that he exercised all due

diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where an

offence under this Act has been committed by a company and it is proved that

the offence has been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is

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 attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or

other officer of the company, such director, manager, secretary or other officer

shall also be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be

proceeded against and punished accordingly.

Explanation- For the purposes of this section-

(a) “company” means any body corporate, and includes a firm or other

association of individuals; and

(b) “director”, in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.

31. Penalty for obstruction.- Any person who obstructs the entry of a

person authorized under section 20 to enter into or upon any land or building

or molests such person after such entry or who obstructs the lawful exercise

by him of any power conferred by or under this Act shall, on conviction, be

punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or

with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.

32. Power to make rules.- (1) The Government after consultation with the

Corporation in regard to matters concerning it, may, by notification in the

official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing

power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters,

namely-

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(a) under section 4 to entrust other functions to the Corporation;

(b) to prescribe the conditions to lease, sell, exchange or otherwise

transfer property held by the Corporation under clause (a), to

prescribe allotment policy under clause (d) and to prescribe policy

guidelines to evict the allottees concerned under clause (e) of

section 5;

(c) to prescribe fees and charges to be levied for providing services

and amenities including street lighting services under section 6;

(d) under section 8, components of industrial development operation

and maintenance fund;

(e) to prescribe purposes for which the sums from the Fund may be

spent by the Corporation;

(f) under section 11, the date by which the annual financial statement

and programme of work shall be submitted by the Corporation to

the Government and the form and manner of preparing such

statement;

(g) under section 12, the form and manner of maintaining accounts;

(h) to prescribe period after which notice to show cause may be issued

to the plot holder to acquire unutilised portion of the plot under

section 15;

(i) under section 26, the form of, and the details to be given in the

annual report;

(j) the fees which may be charged by the Corporation;

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 (k) any other matter which has to be, or may be, prescribed by rules.

(3) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it

is made, before the House of the Legislative Assembly of Delhi while it is in

session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one

session or two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the

session immediately following the sessions or the successive sessions

aforesaid, the House agrees in making any modification in the rule or the

House agrees that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have

effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so,

however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice

to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.

33. Power to make regulations.- (1) The Corporation may, with the

previous approval of the Government, make regulations consistent with this

Act and the rules made there under, to carry out the purposes of this Act.

(2) in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing

power, such regulations may provide for all or any of the following

matters, namely:-

(a) under sub-section (1) of section 16, the manner in which

Government lands shall be dealt with by the Corporation after

development;

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 (b) under section 18, the committee of the Corporation to hear appeals

under that section and the procedure to be followed by it;

(c) under section 29, the additional terms and conditions subject to

which lands and buildings in industrial estate and industrial areas

may be held or used;

(d) any other matter, which has to be, or may be, prescribed by

regulations.

(3) Every regulation made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be

after it is made, before the House of the Legislative Assembly of Delhi while

it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one

session or two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the

session immediately following the sessions or the successive sessions

aforesaid, the House agrees in making any modification in the regulation or

the House agrees that the regulation should not be made, the regulation shall

thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the

case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be

without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that

regulation.

34. Protection of action taken in good faith.- No suit, prosecution or

other legal proceedings shall lie against any person for anything which is in

good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or any rule or regulation

made there under.

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35. Members, officers and staff of Corporation to be public

servants.- All members officers and servants of the Corporation shall,

when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this

Act, be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the

Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860).

36. Industrial Area Development or Redevelopment to be in

conformity with the Master Plan for Delhi.- Any industrial

area to be developed or redeveloped by the Corporation under the provisions

of this Act shall be in conformity with the Master Plan for Delhi notified

under the Delhi Development Act, 1957 (61 of 1957).

37. Power to remove doubts and difficulties.- If any doubt or

difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government

may, by order, make provisions or give such direction not inconsistent with

the express provisions of this Act, as may appear to it to be necessary or

expedient for the removal of the doubt or difficulty, and the order of the

Government, in such cases, shall be final.

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 SCHEDULE – I

PART (A) LIST OF EXISTING INDUSTRIAL ESTATES / AREAS

(1) G.T.Karnal Road Industrial Area

(2) Rajasthani Udyog Nagar Industrial Area
(3) S.M.A. Industrial Area
(4) S.S.I. Industrial Area
(5) Wazirpur Industrial Area
(6) Lawrance Road Industrial Area
(7) Udyog Nagar Industrial Area
(8) D.S.I.I.D.C. Sheds Nangloi
(9) Mangol Puri Industrial Area (Both DDA & DSIIDC)
(10) Badli Industrial Area
(11) Narela Industrial Area
(12) Bawana Industrial Area
(13) Okhla Industrial Area, Ph-I & Ph-II (Both DDA & DSIIDC)
(14) Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase - III
(15) Functional Industrial Estate for Electronics S-Block, Okhla Industrial Area.
(16) Functional Industrial Estate for Electronics, A-Block, Okhla Industrial Area
(17) Mohan Cooperative Industrial Estate
(18) Rani Jhansi Road Industrial Area
(19) Shahzada Bagh Industrial Area
(20) Naraina Industrial Area, Ph-I & Ph-II
(21) Mayapuri Industrial Area, Ph-I & Ph-II
(22) Tilak Nagar Industrial Area
(23) Kirti Nagar Industrial Area
(24) D.L.F. Industrial Area, Moti Nagar]
(25) Najafgarh Road Industrial Area
(26) Jhilmil Industrial Area
(27) Friends Colony Industrial Area, Shahdara,
(28) Patpar Ganj Industrial Area
(29) Shahdara Industrial Area

PART (B) LIST OF EXISTING FLATTED FACTORY COMPLEX

(1) Flatted Factories Complex at Rani Jhansi Road

(2) Flatted Factories Complex, Okhla Industrial Area
(3) Flatted Factories for Leather Goods, Wazirpur Industrial Area
(4) Flatted Factories Complex at Jhilmil Industrial Area

(Savita Rao)
Joint Secretary (Law, Justice & L.A.)

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