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      The Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Government of Punjab, is the Chairman of the Authority and the Secretary, Housing and Urban Development, is Vice Chairman. The Chief Administrator is the executive head and reports to the Chairman. He is responsible for the overall performance of the Authority. The Chief Administrator is an IAS Officer and Ex-officio Secretary to the Government of Punjab.

The following departments  exist at the headquarters

           *     Administration
           *     Finance & Accounts
           *     Projects
           *     Regulatory
           *     Town Planning
           *     Architecture
           *     Policy and Co-ordination
           *     Engineering

      The  activities  of administration are headed  by  Addl.Chief  Administrator(HQ), for financial and accounts  is headed  by Addl. Chief Administrator(F&A), for identification of new thrust areas for the development of New Urban Estates & core real estate products as well as identification, planning, development, marketing of OUVGL properties transferred to PUDA by the State Government is headed by Addl. Chief Administrator (Projects) and  for policies and co-ordination is  headed  by Addl.  Chief  Administrator(P&C). Apart from  this,  the  engineering  portion is headed by the  Chief  Engineer  having   field officers  i.e.  Supdt.   Engineers   and  Divisional Engineers at all stations.

      PUDA  has  its  town  and country  planning  wing   and  architectural wing  headed by Senior Town  Planner  and Senior Architect respectively. The  zonal office is the basic operation unit  of  PUDA. PUDA  has a decentralized structure, wherein  each  zone  operates  as a 'mini-PUDA'. Each zone   is headed by the Addl. Chief Administrator , who, according  to the Authority's staffing norms, is an  IAS  Officer. Since the  Authority  has  been  mandated  to  operate   throughout  the state of Punjab, its zonal offices have  been  configured  to  ensure adequate  coverage of  all  seventeen districts.

NAME & ADDRESSES OF KEY PERSONNEL

 The zonal offices are discharging the following role

              * Land Acquisition
           * Urban  Planning through enforcing town  planning  and urban development
              regulations.
           * Urban   Estate   development   and   infrastructure  development (roads, bridges)
           * Revenue  expenditures on  construction  and  generate incomes  from  sale  of 
              urban estates rephrase to maintain consistency

The zones have four basic departments

           * Administration
           * Accounts
           * Engineering
           * Estate Office

      The   zone  is  directly responsible   for   land   acquisition, enforcement  of  regulations  and   income generation from the sale of plots and houses.