(1) Where the Municipality has withdrawn a public street and vested the same under the control of any other department of the Government, under sub-section (2) of section 294, it shall be the duty of the Municipality to provide, from the Municipal funds, any amenities as the Government may by general or special order, direct.
(2) From the date of the commencement of this Act, all vacant lands belonging to or under the control of the Government unless otherwise vested with any Government department I local body, shall subject to sub-sections (3) and (4) vest in the possession or under the control of the Municipality concerned for the purposes of this Act.
Explanation:- For the purpose of this section “vacant land” includes a poramboke, donka or kunta.
(3) The Municipality shall keep all such vacant lands free from encumbrances and shall restore the possession of such land to the Government for the public purpose, free of cost, or for purpose of alienation to any person or authority whenever required.
Duty of Municipality in respect of public streets withdrawn from its control.
198 [Act No. 11 of 2019] Collected sewage, construction waste, etc. to belong to Municipality.
Procedure for acquisition of immovable property required by the Municipality.
Central Act 30 of 2013.
Special powers of the Government.
Repeal and savings.
Act No. 6 of 1965.
Act 25 Of 1994.
(4) The Municipality shall not construct or permit the construction of any building or structure on any such vacant land, or, use or permit the use of such vacant land for any permanent purpose, or alienate such vacant land to any third-party, unless prior permission is obtained from the Government. The Government may give permission only after obtaining the necessary information which deems fit in the circumstances of the case.
296. All garbage, filth, sewage, construction and demolition waste and other collected material by or on behalf of a Municipality, shall belong to the Municipality.
297. The municipal authority under this Act may acquire an immovable property subject to the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 and any subsequent Act or notification thereupon as applicable in the State of Telangana, on payment of compensation and the property acquired shall vest in Municipality.
298. The Government, if it deems fit and necessary in the interest of the functioning of Municipal Corporations and the Councils, may make special provisions with respect to one or more corporations or councils.