The Municipality may at any time by write notice direct the owner or occupier of any land to stop the erection, re-erection or alteration of a building or part of a building or the construction or enlargement of a well thereon in any case where the Municipality considers that such erection, re-erection, alteration, construction or enlargement is an offence under section 185 and may, in like manner, direct the alteration or demolition as it deems necessary of the building, part of a building, or the well, as the case may be.
CHAPTER – VII POWERS AND PENALTIES IN RESPECT OR BUILDINGS, PUBLIC DRAINS, STREETS, EXTINCTION OF FIRES, SCAVENGING AND WATER SUPPLY · Building Regulation
Section 186: Power of board to stop erection and to demolish building erected
The Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916
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Text as published by India Code for the Government of Uttar Pradesh, with amendments up to U.P. Act 16 of 2026.