Joint committees of local bodies and joint levy of toll

Joint committees of local bodies and joint levy of toll. (1) A municipal council may from time to time,— (a) join with any other municipal council or with any Town Panchayat, cantonment authority, Taluk Panchayat or Grama Panchayats or with any combination of such municipal councils or panchayats,- (i) in appointing out of their respective bodies a joint committee for any purpose in which they are jointly interested, and in appointing a chairman of such panchayats. (ii) in delegating to any such committee power to frame terms binding on each such body as to the construction and future maintenance of any joint work, and any power which might be exercised by any of such bodies; and (iii) in framing and modifying rules for regulating the proceedings of any such committee in respect of the purpose for which the committee is appointed; and (b) enter, subject to the sanction of the Government, into an agreement with a municipal council, Town Panchayat, cantonment authority, Taluk Panchayat or Grama Panchayats or committees or combinations as aforesaid that the levy of tolls by the bodies so contracting may be levied together instead of separately within the limits of the area subject to the control of the said bodies. (2) Where a municipal council has requested the concurrence of any other local authority under the provisions of sub-section (1) in respect of any matter and such other local authority has refused to concur, the Deputy Comissioner may pass such orders as he may deem fit, requiring the concurrence of such other local authority, not being a cantonment authority, in the matter aforesaid; and such other local authority shall comply with such orders. (3) If any difference of opinion arises between bodies having joined or entered into an agreement for any purpose under this section, the decision thereupon of the Government or of such officer as it appoints in this behalf shall be final: Provided that if one of the bodies concerned is a cantonment authority any such decision shall be subject to the concurrence of the Central Government.