Article 243ZB of Constitution of India "Application to Union territories"
The Provisions of this Part shall apply to the Union territories and shall, in their application to a Union territory, have effect as if the references to the Governor of a State were references to the Administrator of the Union territory appointed under Article 239 and references to the Legislature or the Legislative Assembly of a State were references in relation to a Union territory having a Legislative Assembly, to that Legislative Assembly:
Provided that the President may, by public notification, direct that the provisions of this Part shall apply to any Union territory or part thereof subject to such exceptions and modifications as he may specify in the notification.
Article 243ZC of Constitution of India "Part not to apply
to certain areas"
(1) Nothing in this Part shall apply to the Scheduled Areas
referred to in Clause (1), and the tribal areas referred to
in Clause (2), of Article 244.
(2) Nothing in this part shall be construed to affect the
functions and powers of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council
constituted under any law for the time being in force for
the hill areas of the district of Darjeeling in the State of
West Bengal.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution,
Parliament may, by law, extend the provisions of this Part
to the Scheduled Areas and the Tribal Areas referred to in
clause (1) subject to such exceptions and modifications as
may be specified in such law, and no such law shall be
deemed to be an amendment of this Constitution for the
purposes of Article 368.
Article 243ZD of Constitution of India "Committee for district planning"
(1) There shall be constituted in every State at the
district level a District Planning Committee to consolidate
the plans prepared by the Panchayats and the Municipalities
in the district and to prepare a draft development plan for
the district as a whole.
(2) The Legislative of a State may, by law, make provision
with respect to;
(a) the composition of the District Planning Committees;
(b) the manner in which the seats in such Committees shall
be filled:
Provided that not less than four-fifths of the total number
of members of such Committee shall be elected by, and from
amongst, the elected members of the Panchayat at the
district level and of the Municipalities in the district in
proportion to the ratio between the population of the rural
areas and of the urban areas in the district;
(c) the functions relating to district planning which may be
assigned to such Committees;
(d) the manner in which the Chairpersons of such Committees
be chosen.
(3) Every District Planning Committee shall, in preparing
the draft development plan,;
(a) have regard to;
(i) matters of common interest between the Panchayats and
the Municipalities including spatial planning, sharing of
water and other physical and natural resources, the
integrate development of infrastructure and environmental
conservation;
(ii) the extent and type of available resources whether
financial or otherwise;
(b) consult such institutions and organizations as the
Governor may, by order, specify.
(4) The Chairperson of every District Planning Committee
shall forward the development plan, as recommended by such
Committee, to the Government of the State.