About PDA

The Planning & Development Authority (PDA), Manipur was established in the year 1975 under the provision of the Manipur Town & Country Planning (MTCP) Act, 1975. The primary function of PDA as defined under Section 18 (1) of the MTCP Act, 1975 is reproduced hereunder:

“The functions & power of the Authority shall be to promote and secure development of the area according to the Master Plan or the development scheme and to carry out building, engineering, mining and other operations, to execute works in connection with supply of water and electricity, disposal of sewage, looking after drainage system and other services and generally to do anything necessary or expedient for purposes of such development and for purposes of incidental thereto”

In addition to the above, PDA has also the power to execute public housing projects and to dispose off of the houses so constructed on terms and conditions approved by the Government.

Legal Status: The Planning & Development Authority, Manipur known as Authority was constituted in 1976 under the Manipur Town & Country Planning (MTCP)Act, 1975. As per sub-section 2 of section 13 of MTCP Act legal status of PDA is defined as – “The Authority shall be a corporate having perpetual succession and a common shield with power to acquire, hold and dispose of properties, both moveable and immovable, and to enter into any agreement, and shall, its name, sue and be sued.

There is an Authority constituted by the State Government under Section 13 (1) of the MTCP Act, 1975 whose members are all senior Government officials.

PDA consists of different Divisions as shown below:
i. 3 (three) Nos. of Engineering Division headed by Superintending Engineer
ii. Accounts Division headed by Assistant Secretary
iii. Land Section headed by Assistant Secretary
iv. Secretary is the Administrative Head
v. Chairman is the overall head of the Planning & Development Authority, Manipur