(1) In any area in which the provisions of this Act have been brought into force, and,
(i) where any road, way or land has been declared to be a highway under section 3, or
(ii) where the construction or development of a highway is undertaken, , the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, fix, as respects such highway, the highway boundary, the building line and the control line:
Provided that having regard to the situation or the requirements of a highway or the condition of the local area through which a highway passes, it shall be lawful for the State Government-
(1) to fix different building or control lines, or
(2) not to fix building or control lines, in respect of any Declaration of roads, ways or lands as highways.
Appointment of Highway Authorities.
Powers and duties of Highway Authorities.
Officers and servants of Highway Authority.
Power to fix boundary, building and control lines of highways.
highway or portions thereof.
(2) Not less than sixty days before issuing a notification under sub-section
(1) the State Government shall cause to be published in the Official Gazette and in the proscribed manner in the village and at the headquarters of the taluka or mahal of the district in which the highway is situate a notification stating that it proposes to issue a notification in terms of sub-section (1), and specifying therein all the lands situated between the highway boundary and the control line proposed to be fixed under such notification and in the case of new works, also lands benefiting by the construction or development of the highway, as the case may be, together with a notice requiring all persons affected by such notification, who wish to make any objections or suggestions with respect to the issue of such a notification, to submit their objections or, suggestions in writing to the Highway Authority or appear before such authority, within two months of the publication of the notification in the Official Gazette or within one month from the date of the publication of the notification in the village, whichever period expires later.
(3) The Highway Authority shall, after all such objections or suggestions have been considered or heard, as the case may be, and after such further inquiry, if any, as it thinks necessary, forward to the State Government a copy of the record of its proceedings held by it together with a report setting forth its recommendations on the objections or suggestions.
(4) If, before the expiration of the time allowed by sub-section (2) for the filing or hearing of objections or suggestions, no objections or suggestion has been made, the State Government shall proceeded at once to issue the notification under sub-section (1) If any such objection or suggestions has been made, the State Government shall consider the record and the report referred to in sub-section (3) and may either-
(a) abandon the proposal to issue the notification under sub-section
(1), or
(b) issue the notification under sub-section (1) with such modifications, if any, as it thinks fit,
(5) In considering the objections or suggestions, the decision of the State Government on the question, of issuing the notification under sub-section
(1) shall be final and conclusive.
8. Within two months from the date of publication of the notification under subsection (1) of section 7 fixing the highway boundary, building line and control line with respect to any highway, the Highway Authority shall cause a map to be made of the area through which such highway passes and shall cause to be marked thereon the highway boundaries and building and control lines and any other particulars necessary for the purposes of this Act and within one month from the (late of making any alteration or addition thereto cause the said map to be corrected and such map with the date indicated thereon of the last time when the same shall have been so corrected shall be kept in the office of the Highway Authority. Such map, which shall bear the seal of the Highway Authority, shall be open to inspection. Copies of such map shall also be kept for inspection at such other places as may be prescribed.
Map to be prepared and maintained.