(1) The highway authority shall have the boundaries of the Demarcation

highways in its charge demarcated with reference to the authoritative of road plans maintained by it, by planting stones or other suitable marks of boundaries. a durable nature at intervals all along the highway in such a manner that the imaginary line joining such stones or marks shows the road boundary correctly.

1. (2) Where there are bends or links in the road boundary, the stones or marks shall be so located as to give the correct configuration of the boundary if they are joined by straight lines. x
2. (3) The boundary stonss or marks, which may be given consecutive numbers, shall bs maintained on the ground as if they constitute - part of the highway.
3. (4) Where standard widths have been prescribed for any highway usder section 11, the distance between the highway boundaries so demarcated shall correspond to that width. 8 Adtoal 10. (1) Tt shall be the duty of the highway authority to conduct road boun- 20 annual check of the boundaries of the highway in its charge dares. with a view to the location of unauthorised encroachments, if any,
4. (2) When the highway authority is satisfied that an unauthorised encroachment has been made on highway land, it shall take immediate steps as specified in Section 21 for the removal thereof. CHAPTER—IV PREVENTION OF RIBBON DEVELOPMENT ALONG AND CONTROL OF ACCESS TO HIGHWAYS Standard 11. (1) the highway authority may, with the previousapproval widths of of the State Government, prescribe a standard width for any highway bighways. in jts charge. © (2) The standard width may be different in different portions of the same highway accordisg to local needs.
5. (3) When ahighway authority proposes to prescribe a standard width in respect of any highway or a portion thereof, it shail notify the proposai in the official gazette and invite objections, if any, to be submitted to it within sixty days of the date of publication of the notification.
6. (4) The notification shall also be published io at Jeast two newspapers, one at least of which shall be in the local language, circulating in the locality where the highway is situated, and, in addition, copies of the notification shall be prominently displayed in a number or places in the locality.
7. (5) All objections received within the prescribed period shall be taken into account by the bighway authority before finalising its proposal for submisson to the State Government.
8. (6) The State Government may reject or sanction the proposal with or without modifications, and shall publish their orders in the official gazette.
9. (7) When the State Government's orders sanctioning the proposal with or without modification has been issued, the highway authority shall cause further publicity to be given to the standard width, as finally approved, inthe same manner as prescribed, in sub-section (4), and the records so published shall thereupon be conclusive prouf that the standard width so determined and recorded therein has been correctly determined and recorded. I by E 9
10. (8) In determining the standard wid:h, the highway authority and the State Government shall take into account the requirements of public health and welfare and of safety and convenience for all classes of traffic, including pedestrians and cyclists, likely to use the \ highway.
11. (9) The standard width so determined may at any time be altered but the procedure for such alteration shall be the same as prescribed for the determinaticn of the original standard width,
12. (10) The highway authority shall, as early as economicaliy practicable after the prescription of the standard width, acquire either by direct negotiation or, failing such pegctiaticn, by compulsory acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act, 18¢4, all land lying within the standard width not already forming part of the highway land.