Section 57(2)(h) in The Jammu and Kashmir Development Act, 1970
(h)in the application of this Act to the development of the housing colony-(i)the area covered under the plan for the development of the housing colony, shall be deemed to be a duly declared local area,(ii)the Development Authority, as may be specified by the Government by notification in the Government Gazette, shall be deemed to be the Development Authority duly constituted for the housing colony ;(iii)reference to the master plan or the zonal plan or the plan, with their grammatical variations, wherever occurring, shall be construed as references to the plan under this section; and(iv)any reference to local area shall be construed to be the area covered under the plan under this section.]