(1) On receipt of the outline development plan with the particulars referred to in section 12 from the Planning Authority under sub-section (1) of section 9, or after such plan and particulars are prepared and published under sub-section (2) of section 9, the State Government after making such modifications as it deems fit or as may be advised by the Director, shall return through the Director, the plan and the particulars to the Planning Authority, which shall thereupon publish, by notification, the plan and the particulars inviting public comments within one month of such publication.

(2) If within one month of the publication under sub-section (1) any member of the public communicates in writing to the Planning Authority any comments on the plan and the regulations, the Planning Authority shall consider such comments and resubmit the plan and the regulations to the State Government, through the Director with recommendations for such modifications in the plan and regulations as it considers necessary in the light of the public comments made on the plan and regulations.

(3) The State Government, after receiving the plan and the regulations and the recommendation for modifications from the Planning Authority, shall, in consultation with the Director, give its final approval to the plan and the regulations with such modifications as the Director may advise in the light of the comments and the recommendations of the Planning Authority or otherwise.

(4) The Planning Authority shall then publish in the prescribed manner the outline development plan and the Regulations as approved by the State Government. The plan and the particulars shall be permanently displayed in the offices of the Director and the Planning Authority and a copy shall be kept available for inspection of the public at the office of the Planning Authority.