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Section 304: Suits against Municipality or its officers

Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009State Rules of Rajasthan · 2009

(1) No suit shall be instituted against a Municipality or against the Chairperson, Vice-Chair, member, officer or servant of Municipality or against any person acting under the direction of any of them in respect of an act done or purporting to have been done in its or his official capacity, until the expiration of two months next after notice thereof in writing has been, in the case of a Municipality, left at its office and, in the case of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, member, officer, servant or person delivered to him or left at his office or place or abode explicitly stating the cause of action, the nature of the relief sought, the amount of compensation claimed and the name and place of abode of the intending plaintiff, and the plaint shall contain a statement that such notice has been so delivered or left.

(2) No action such as is described in sub-Section (1) shall, unless it is an action for the recovery of immovable property or for a declaration of title thereto, be commenced otherwise than within six months next after the accrual of the causes of action.

(3) Nothing in sub-Section (1) shall be construed to apply to a suit wherein the only relief claimed is an injunction of which the object would be defeated by giving of the notice or the postponement of the commencement of the suit or proceeding.

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ActRajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009
Section304
Marginal noteSuits against Municipality or its officers
JurisdictionState of Rajasthan
StatusIn force as published by the source

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