Section 162. Definition
Regulation of Building
162. For the purpose of this Chapter -
(a) [Appropriate authority] shall mean the 1[Kshettra Panchayat] if the subject comes within the functional jurisdiction of the 1[Kshettra Panchayat] and the 1[Kshettra Panchayat] in other cases ;
(b) 1[Kshettra Panchayat] shall, in relation to any part of the rural are including controlled rural area, mean the 1[Kshettra Panchayat] exercising jurisdiction in such part.