(1) This Act may be called 2the Telangana Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1968.
(2) It extends to the whole of the 2State of Telangana.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- 3[(a) “corporate authority” means,-
(i) any local authority;
(ii) any company or corporation referred to in clause (d);]
4[(aa)] “estate officer” means an officer appointed as such by the Government under section 3;
(b) “Government” means the State Government;
(c) “notification” means a notification published in the 2Telangana Gazette and the expression “notified” shall be construed accordingly;
1. The Andhra Pradesh Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1968 received the assent of the President on
05.10.1968.The said Act in force in the combined State, as on
02.06.2014, has been adapted to the State of Telangana, under section 101 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (Central Act 6 of 2014) vide. the Telangana Adaptation of Laws Order, 2016, issued in G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016.
2. Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016.
3. Inserted by Act No.15 of 1986.
4. Clause (a) relettered as clause (aa) by Act No.15 of 1986.
Short title and extent.
Definitions.
2 [Act No. 20 of 1968] 5[(d) “public premises” means any premises belonging to or taken on lease or requisitioned by, or on behalf of the Government; and includes any premises belonging to, or taken on lease by, or on behalf of,-
(i) any local authority;
(ii) any company as defined in section 3 of the 6Companies Act, 1956, in which not less than fifty-one per cent of the paid up share capital is held by the Government;
and
(iii) any corporation (not being a company as defined in section 3 of the 6Companies Act, 1956 or a local authority established) by or under a Central Act or a State Act and owned or controlled by the Government;]
(e) “premises” means 5[any land or building or any part thereof] and includes—
(i) out-houses, gardens, grounds and vacant sites, if any, appertaining to such building or part of a building;
(ii) any fittings affixed to such building or part of a building for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof;
(f) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(g) “rent” in relation to any public premises means the consideration payable periodically for the authorised occupation of the premises, and includes—
5. Substituted by Act No.15 of 1986.
6. See now the relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 (Central Act 18 of 2013).
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(i) any charge for electricity, water or any other services in connection with the occupation of the premises;
(ii) any tax (by whatever name called) payable in respect of the premises, where such charge or tax is payable by the Government 7[or the corporate authority];
(h) “unauthorised occupation’’ in relation to any public premises, means the occupation by any person of the public premises without authority for such occupation and includes the continuance in occupation by any person of the public premises after the authority (whether by way of grant or any other mode of transfer) under which he was allowed to occupy the premises has expired or has been determined for any reason whatsoever.
3. The Government may, by notification—
(a) appoint such persons, being gazetted officers of Government, 7[or officers of equivalent rank of the corporate authority] as they think fit, to be estate officers for the purpose of this Act; and
(b) define the local limits within which, or the categories of public premises in respect of which, each estate officer shall exercise the powers conferred, and perform the duties imposed, on estate officer by or under this Act.