Uttarakhand Road Infrastructure Protection Act, 2014
No: 15 Dated: Mar, 12 2014
The Uttarakhand Road Infrastructure Protection Act, 2014
(Uttarakhand Act No. 15 of 2014)
An Act to provide for prevention of misuse, damage, unauthorized use and encroachment of the road infrastructure.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand in the Sixty-fifth year of the Republic of India, as follows:
1 Short title, extend and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Uttarakhand Road Infrastructure Protection Act, 2014.
(2) It shall extend to the whole of Uttrakhand.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2 Definition:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a) “agriculture” includes horticulture, dairy farming, poultry farming and the planting and upkeep of an orchard;
(b) “appellate authority” means the Chief Engineer incharge of the zone of Uttarakhand Public Works Department, appointed by the Government, by notification, in the Official Gazette, to perform any or all of the functions as conferred upon him under this Act and the rules made thereunder;
(c) “building” means a house, hut, shed, or other roofed structure, for whatever purpose or of whatsoever material constructed and every part thereof, and included a wall or masonry platform or masonry ditch or drain but does not include a tent or a fence for agricultural purposes;
(d) “building line” means a line on either side of any road or part of a road, fixed in the manner prescribed, in respect of such road or part, by the Government, by notification in the Official Gazette;
(e) “confirmatory authority” means any authority not below the rank Executive Engineer of Uttarakhand Public Works Department appointed by the Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, to perform any or all of the functions as conferred upon him under this Act and the rules made thereunder;
(f) “controlled area” for the purpose of this Act shall mean an area declared as such under section 3 of Uttar Pradesh Road Side Land Control Act, 1945 (from amended time to time)
(g) “Controlled line” means a line on either side of any road or part of a road beyond the building line fixed in the manner prescribed, in respect of such road or part, by the Government, by notification in the Official Gazette;
(h) “Department” means the department of the Government of Uttarakhand to whom the work relating to road infrastructure has been entrusted;
(i) “Government” means the Government of Uttarakhand;
(j) “Map” means the road infrastructure map of a division, notified by the State Government under section 4 of this Act,
(k) “Official Gazette” means the Rajpatra, Uttrakhand;
(l) “place of worship” includes a temple, church, mosque, imambara, dargah, karbala, takya, idgah, smadhi, math, sati ka sthan or gurudwara;
(m) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(n) “Prescribed authority” means any authority not below the rank of Junior Engineer of Uttarakhand Public Works Department, appointed by the Government by notification, in the Official Gazette, to perform any or all of the functions as conferred under him under this act and the rules made thereunder;