Gujarat Town Planning & Urban Dev., 1976
On or after the date on which a draft development plan is published in the Official Gazette under section 13 in respect of any development area, no person shall carry on any development in any building or in or over any land, within the limits of the said area without the permission in writing of the appropriate authority and without obtaining certificate from the appropriate authority to the effect that development charge '[and scrutiny fees] as leviable under this Act has been paid or that no such charge '[and scrutiny fees] is leviable : Provided that no such permission shall be necessary- (i) for the carrying out of any work for the maintenance, improvement or other alteration of any building, being works which affect only the interior of the building or which do not materially affect the external appearance thereof; (ii) for the carrying out of any work in compliance with any order or direction made by any authority under any law for the time being in force; (iii) for the carrying out of any works by any authority in exercise or its powers under any law for the time being in force; (iv) for the carrying out of- (a) any operational construction undertaken by the Central Government or a State Government; (b) any work for the purpose of inspecting, repairing or renewing any drains, sewers, mains, pipes, cables, telephone or other apparatus or the breaking open of any street or other land for such purpose; (v) for any excavation, including excavation of wells made in the ordinary course of an agricultural operation; (vi) for the construction of a road intended to give access to