Vesting of property

Vesting of property: Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the moveable and immovable properties of the following categories within the limits of a municipal area shall vest in the Municipality, unless the State Government otherwise directs by a notification in the Official Gazette:

1. (a) all vested public lands not belonging to any Government department or statutory body or corporation;
2. (b) all public tanks, streams, reservoirs, and wells;
3. (c) all public markets and slaughterhouses;
4. (d) all public sewers and drains channels, tunnels, culverts and watercourses in, alongside, or under, any street;
5. (e) all public streets and pavements, stones and other materials thereof, and also trees on such public streets or pavements not belonging to any private individual;
6. (f) all public parks and gardens, including squares and public open spaces;
7. (g) all public ghats on rivers or streams or tanks;
8. (h) all public lamps, lamp-posts and apparatus connected therewith, or appertaining thereto;
   • (i) all public places for disposal of the dead, excluding those governed by any specific law in this behalf;
9. (j) all solid and liquid wastes collected on a public street or public place, including dead animals and birds;
10. (k) all stray animals not belonging to any private persons.