Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Power to declare any street as public street:- (1) If a private street including the drains are in such a poor condition that endangers public safety and health, the Commissioner of the City Corporation may, with respect to a private street, on his own accord or upon a request by the owners of the said private street or the owners of the buildings and lands fronting or abutting on such a street, by a public notice and notice to such owners, inform its intention to declare the said private street or part thereof, a public street. Thereupon, such owners or anyone else interested, may give objections, if any, against the said intention within one month of the date of service of such the public notice by affixture. Upon considering the objections if any, the Commissioner of the City Corporation may, declare such street or part the street to be a public street: Provided that in case the private street falls in more than one City Corporation then the concerned Commissioners shall issue the notice and thereupon declare the street or part thereof as a public street in respect to his jurisdiction: Provided further that the private street to be declared as public street shall have connectivity from the public road or public street. (2) Where, street or part of such street which was shown by the erstwhile land owner as road in the deed of sales made by the land owner and based upon which the abutting building sites were carved out by the land owner, who has obtained the benefit of such road or street by making the sale of abutting building sites and such a road is declared as public street under sub-section (1), in that event the land owner, shall not be eligible for any type of compensation under right to fair compensation and transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 or any other law, including Development Rights Certificates under section 14-B of the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 11 of 1963). Explanation I: “Erstwhile Land Owner” means the person in whose name the agriculture or converted land stood at the time of selling the sites and includes all those persons claiming under or through him. Explanation II: “Public Street” means any street, road, square, court, alley, passage or riding path over which the public have a right of way maintained by the Corporation or Government or by any public authorities, whether a thoroughfare or not and includes,- a) the roadway over any public bridge or causeway; b) the footway attached to any such street public bridge or causeway; and c) the drains attached to any such street, public bridge or causeway and the land, whether covered or not by any pavement verandah or other structure which lies on either side of the roadway upto the boundaries of the adjacent property, whether that property is private property or property belonging to the Government or the Corporation.