directions shall be the prohibited area in respect of
such protected area or protected monument:
Provided that the Central Government may, on the
recommendation ... directions shall be the prohibited area
in respect of such protected area or protected monument. Not
only this, by virtue of proviso to Section
otherwise preserving such monument, and
(iv)the means of access to, and convenient inspection of an
ancient monument.
(i) “protected area” means any archaeological site ... ancient monument;
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(10) “Protected monument” means an ancient monument which
is declared to be protected by or under this Act.
4. Power
ARMY.
........a) To declare the entire Red Fort Complex as protected monument
DG, ASI mentioned that it would be possible to declare the entire ... Fort complex as protected monument even if it is under the occupation of the Army for performing the ceremonial duties relating to Independence Day, Republic
defines a 'protected monument' to mean an ancient monument which is declared to be protected by or under this Act.
S. (3) declares ... question whether any particular monument which is an 'ancient monument' deserves to be declared a 'protected monument' under the Act. That
protected area.
Further, he submitted that the scheme of the 1961 Act
is such that ‘protected areas’ constitute a category separate
from ‘protected monuments’. Therefore ... protected
monuments.—
(1) Where the Government is of opinion that any
ancient monument should be declared as a protected
monument, it may, by notification
sites and remains to
be State-Protected Area. Section 5 provides for maintenance of the
State protected monuments by entering into an agreement with ... protected monuments within the meaning of
ancient monuments, the Ancient Monuments within the meaning of
ancient monuments, the Ancient Monuments Preservation
ancient monuments",
"prohibited area", "protected area", "protected monument", "re-
construction", "regulated area" carry following ... directions shall be the prohibited area in respect of
such protected area or protected monument:
Provided that the Central Government may, on the
recommendation
meters from the
protected limits and further beyond it up to 200 meters
near or adjoining protected monuments to be prohibited
and regulated areas respectively ... protected monument". This was followed by the Act
of 1951. Under Section 126 of the States Reorganization Act, 1956,
monuments protected under
that this ban on construction within 100 meters from the protected limits of protected monuments cannot be given a go-by and any sanction ... placing the ban on construction within 100 meters from the protected limits of protected monuments, would have no application whatsoever. That being the case, there
area.—Every area,
beginning at the limit of the protected
area or the protected monument, as the
case may be, and extending to a distance ... directions
shall be the prohibited area in respect of
such protected area or protected
monument:
Provided that the Central Government
may, on the recommendation
