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The Telangana Road Development Corporation Act, 1998

The Telangana Road Development Corporation Act, 1998

Infrastructure199848 sections

This law establishes the Telangana Road Development Corporation, a specialized state entity tasked with planning, building, maintaining, and managing public roads, bridges, and related transport infrastructure across Telangana. It outlines the structure, powers, and duties of the Corporation, including acquiring land, raising funds through loans or tolls, executing contracts, and constructing roadside amenities like rest stops and commercial facilities. The Act applies throughout the state of Telangana, empowering government authorities to transfer public thoroughfares to the Corporation while establishing penalties for non-compliance or obstruction. It matters because it provides a dedicated institutional framework to modernize infrastructure, enhance traffic flow, and support economic growth.

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  1. 1. THE TELANGANA ROAD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ACT, 1998.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Establishment of Telangana Road Development
  4. 4. Adapted by G.
  5. 5. Disqualifications for membership and removal of
  6. 7. Acts or proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancy or informality etc.
  7. 9. Filling up of casual vacancies of members
  8. 10. Acts or proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancy or informality etc.
  9. 12. Disqualification of all officers and servants
  10. 13. Authentication of orders etc. of the Corporation
  11. 14. Power of the Government to Vest or entrust roads to the Corporation
  12. 15. Transfer of assets and liabilities of the Government to the Corporation.
  13. 16. CHAPTER - IV FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF CORPORATION
  14. 17. Government in furtherance of the objectives for which the Corporation is established.
  15. 18. Responsibility of the Corporation for payment of interest on borrowed money.
  16. 19. Powers of Government to issue directions
  17. 20. Power to acquire land for purposes of this Act
  18. 21. Please see now the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (Central Act 30 of 2013).
  19. 22. Subject to any rules made by the Government under this Act in this behalf, the Corporation may retain, lease, sell,
  20. 23. Application of Corporation assets etc.
  21. 25. Contribution of Government to Corporation Fund.
  22. 26. The Government may after due appropriation made by the State Legislature by the Law in this behalf, make such grants, subventions, loans and advances to the Corporation
  23. 27. Power of Corporation to borrow.
  24. 28. The Corporation may accept deposits on such conditions as it deems fit from persons, authorities or institutions, to
  25. 29. Power to spend
  26. 30. Expenditure on objects other than roads
  27. 31. Submission of budget to Corporation.
  28. 33. The budget shall clearly reveal the financial outlay and performance.
  29. 34. The Government may guarantee the repayment of any loans and payment of interest on all or any of the loans given or transferred to the Corporation.
  30. 36. Interest, charges and other expenses to be added to and receipts taken for reduction of capital costs.
  31. 40. Concurrent and special audit of accounts.
  32. 41. CHAPTER - VII MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
  33. 42. Execution of contracts etc.
  34. 43. Whoever contravenes the provisions of this Act or any rule or regulation made thereunder or fails to comply with any
  35. 44. Any officer or servant of the Corporation generally or specially authorised by the Corporation may at all reasonable
  36. 45. All sums due or payable by any person to the Corporation or recoverable by it on account of any charge, costs, expense,
  37. 46. Dues to be recovered as arrears of land revenue.
  38. 47. Public Notice how to be made known.
  39. 48. Where any notice, order or other document issued or made under this Act or any rule or regulation made thereunder
  40. 50. Offences by Companies.
  41. 51. Unless otherwise expressly provided no court shall take cognizance of any offence relating to property belonging to, or
  42. 53. Any person who obstructs the entry of a person authorised under section 44 to enter into or upon any land or building
  43. 54. The Corporation may, with the previous approval of the Government, delegate any of its powers under this Act to any
  44. 55. Power to make rules.
  45. 56. Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Managing Director, Members and officers etc. to be public servants.
  46. 58. The Corporation may, with the previous approval of the Government make regulations consistent with this Act and the
  47. 59. If any doubt or difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by order make
  48. 61. The Andhra Pradesh Road Development Corporation Ordinance, 1997 is hereby repealed.

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