## CONSTITUTION 243ZE

### CONSTITUTION 243ZE — Committee for Metropolitan planning
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> 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 provision with respect to-
(a) the composition of the Metropolitan Planning Committees;
(b) the manner in which the seats in such Committees shall be filled:
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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 organisations 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 coordinated 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 organisations 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.
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