3. The Delhi Development Authority.—(1) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act,
the Central Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute for the purposes of this
Act an authority to be called the Delhi Development Authority (hereinafter referred to as the Authority).
(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid having perpetual succession and a
common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable and to
contract and shall by the said name sue and be sued.
(3) The Authority shall consist of the following members, namely:—
(a) a chairman who shall be the 2
[Lieutenant Governor] of the 3
[National Capital Territory of
Delhi], ex officio;
(b) a vice-chairman to be appointed by the Central Government;
(c) a finance and accounts member to be appointed by the Central Government;
(d) an engineer member to be appointed by the Central Government;
(e) as and when the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is established, two representatives of that
Corporation to be elected by the councillors and aldermen of the Corporation from among
themselves;
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[(f) three representatives of the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi
to be elected by means of a single transferable vote by the members of the Legislative Assembly from
among themselves of which two shall be from among the ruling party and one from the party in
opposition to the Government:
Provided that no member of the Council of Ministers for the Government of National Capital
Territory of Delhi shall be eligible to be elected to the Authority.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause, “ruling party” and “party in opposition to
Government” shall mean the ruling party and the party in opposition to the Government recognised as
such by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi;]
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[(g) three other persons to be nominated by the Central Government, of whom one shall be a
person with experience of town planning or architecture; and]
(h) the Commisioner of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, ex officio.
1. Subs. by Act 56 of 1963, s. 2, for clause (l) (w.e.f. 30-12-1963).
2. Subs. by Act 36 of 1996, s. 2, for “Administrator” (w.e.f. 21-12-1996).
3. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “Union territory of Delhi” (w.e.f. 21-12-1996).
4. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for clause (f) (w.e.f. 21-12-1996).
5. Subs. by Act 56 of 1963, s. 3, for clause (g) (w.e.f. 30-12-1963).
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[(3A) The appointment of the vice-chairman may be either whole-time or part-time as the Central
Government may think fit but the appointment of the finance and accounts member and the engineer
member shall be whole-time.]
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[(4) The vice-chairman, if he is a whole-time member, the finance and accounts member and the
engineer member shall be entitled to receive from the funds of the Authority such salaries and such
allowances, if any, and governed by such conditions of service as may be determined by rules made in
this behalf.
(5) The vice-chairman, if he is a part-time member, and other members specified in clause (e),
clause (f) and clause (g) of sub-section (3) may be paid from the funds of the Authority such allowances,
if any, as may be fixed by the Central Government in this behalf.]
(6) The vice-chairman, the finance and accounts member, the engineer member and the 3
[three
members] referred to in clause (g) of sub-section (3) shall hold office during the pleasure of the Central
Government 4
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[(7) An elected member shall hold office for a term of five years from the date of his election to the
Authority and shall be eligible for re-election:
Provided that such term shall come to an end as soon as the member ceases to be a member of the
body from which he was elected.]
(9) A member other than an ex officio member may resign his office by writing under his hand
addressed to the Central Government but shall continue in office until his resignation is accepted by that
Government.
(10) No act or proceedings of the Authority shall be invalid by reason of the existence of any vacancy
in, or defect in the constitution of, the Authority.
4. Staff of the Authority.—(1) The Central Government may appoint two suitable persons
respectively as the secretary and the chief accounts officer of the Authority who shall exercise such
powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by regulations or delegated to them by the
Authority or the chairman.
(2) Subject to such control and restrictions as may be prescribed by rules, the Authority may appoint
such number of other officers and employees (including experts for technical work) as may be necessary
for the efficient performance of its functions and may determine their designations and grades.
(3) The secretary, chief accounts officer and other officers and employees of the Authority shall be
entitled to receive from the funds of the Authority such salaries and such allowances, if any, and shall be
governed by such conditions of service as may be determined by regulations made in this behalf.
5. Advisory Council.—(1) The Authority shall, as soon as may be, constitute an advisory council for
the purpose of advising the Authority on the preparation of the master plan and 6
[on such other matters
relating to the planning of development, or] arising out of, or in connection with, the administration of
this Act as may be referred to it by the Authority.
(2) The advisory council shall consist of the following members, namely:—
(a) the chairman of the Authority, ex officio, who shall be the president;
(b) two persons with knowledge of town planning or architecture to be nominated by the Central
Government;
1. Ins. by Act 56 of 1963, s. 3 (w.e.f. 30-12-1963).
2. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for sub-sections (4) and (5) (w.e.f. 30-12-1963).
3. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for “two members” (w.e.f. 30-12-1963).
4. Certain words, brackets and letter omitted by Act 19 of 1966, s. 36 (w.e.f. 7-9-1966).
5. Subs. by s. 36, ibid., for sub-sections (7) and (8) (w.e.f. 7-9-1966).
6. Subs. by Act 56 of 1963, s. 4, for certain words (w.e.f. 30-12-1963).
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(c) one representative of the Health Services of Delhi administration to be nominated by the
Central Government;
(d) four representatives of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to be elected by the councillors
and aldermen from among themselves;
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[(e) two persons representing the Delhi Electric Supply Committee and the Delhi Water Supply
and Sewage Disposal Committee of the said Corporation, of whom—
(i) one shall be elected by the members of the Delhi Electric Supply Committee from among
themselves; and
(ii) one shall be elected by the members of the Delhi Water Supply and Sewage Disposal
Committee from among themselves;
(ee) one representative of the Delhi Transport Corporation to be nominated by the Central
Government;]
(f) three persons to be nominated by the Central Government of whom one shall represents the
interests of commerce and industry and one, the interests of labour, in Delhi;
(g) four persons from the technical departments of the Central Government to be nominated by
that Government; and
(h) three members of Parliament of whom two shall be members of the House of the People and
one shall be a member of the Council of States to be elected respectively by the members of the
House of the People and the members of the Council of States.
(3) The Council shall meet as and when necessary and shall have the power to regulate its own
procedure.
(4) An elected member shall hold office for a term of four years from the date of his election to the
council and shall be eligible for re-election:
Provided that such term shall come to an end as soon as the member ceases to be a member of the
body from which he was elected.
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[5A. Constitution of committees.—(1) The Authority may constitute as many committees
consisting wholly of members or wholly of other persons or partly of members and partly of other persons
and for such purpose or purposes as it may think fit.
(2) A committee constituted under this section shall meet at such time and place and shall observe
such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings as may be determined by
regulations made in this behalf.
(3) The members of a committee (other than the members of the Authority) shall be paid such fees
and allowances for attending its meetings and for attending to any other work of the Authority, as may be
determined by regulations made in this behalf.]
6. Objects of the Authority.—The objects of the Authority shall be to promote and secure the
development of Delhi according to plan and for that purpose the Authority shall have the power to
acquire, hold, manage and dispose of land and other property, to carry out building, engineering, mining
and other operations, to execute works in connection with supply of water and electricity, disposal of
sewage and other services and amenities and generally to do anything necessary or expedient for purposes
of such development and for purposes incidental thereto:
Provided that save as provided in this Act, nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as
authorising the disregard by the Authority of any law for the time being in force.