https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284681 Permission under the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Land (Conversion for Non-Agricultural Purposes) Act, 2006 may validly be required before layout approval where land remains agricultural in revenue records and is proposed for non-agricultural use, because the urban development law and the conversion statute operate in distinct fields. The special-law argument was not accepted on those facts. The 2006 Act was treated as prospective, so clearance cannot be insisted upon for land already put to residential or other non-agricultural use before the Act commenced, subject to proof of that factual position before the competent authority. en-us Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:13:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284681 Permission under the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Land (Conversion for Non-Agricultural Purposes) Act, 2006 may validly be required before layout approval where land remains agricultural in revenue records and is proposed for non-agricultural use, because the urban development law and the conversion statute operate in distinct fields. The special-law argument was not accepted on those facts. The 2006 Act was treated as prospective, so clearance cannot be insisted upon for land already put to residential or other non-agricultural use before the Act commenced, subject to proof of that factual position before the competent authority. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284681