Section 2(1)(m) in Gujarat Metropolitan Planning Committees Rules, 2016
(m)"local authority" means,-(i)a Municipal Corporation constituted under the Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, 1949 (Bombay LDC of 1949);(ii)a Municipality/Nagarpalika constituted under the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963 (Gujarat 34 of 1964);(iii)a Committee appointed for notified area under the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963 (Gujarat 34 of 1964);(iv)a Gram panchayat constituted under the Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1961 (Bombay LIX of 1949) [Sic (Gujarat VI of 1962)];