Declaration of State Highway

The State Government may, by notification, declare any road as a State Highway. On such declaration, the road shall be known as the State Highway. All rights and liabilities in respect of the State Highway shall vest in the State Government. The State government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint for the purposes of this Act or any of the provisions, officials of the State Govt. or any Authority to be a Highway Authority for all the Highways in the State or in part of the State or for any other particular Highway or Highways in the State, specified in the notification.