Section 79 in The Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949
79. Provisions governing the disposal of municipal property.
- With respect to the disposal of property belonging to the Corporation, other than property vesting in the Corporation exclusively for the purposes of the Transport Undertaking the following provisions shall have effect, namely:-(a)the Commissioner may, in his discretion, dispose of by sale, letting out on hire or otherwise, any moveable property belonging to the Corporation not exceeding in value in each instance five hundred rupees or such higher amount as the Corporation may, with approval of the [State] [This word was substituted for the word 'Provincial' by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950] Government, from time to time determine, or grant a lease of any immoveable property belonging to the Corporation including any right of fishing or of gathering and taking fruit, and the like, for any period not exceeding twelve months at a time:Provided that, the Commissioner shall report to the Standing Committee every lease of immoveable property within fifteen days of the grant thereof unless it is a contract for a monthly tenancy or the annual rent thereof at a rack rent does not exceed three thousand rupees;(b)with the sanction of the Standing Committee the Commissioner may dispose of by sale, letting out on hire or otherwise any moveable property belonging to the Corporation, of which the value does not exceed five thousand rupees; and may with the like sanction grant a lease of any immoveable property belonging to the Corporation, including any such right as aforesaid, for any period exceeding one year or sell or grant a lease in perpetuity of any immoveable belonging to the Corporation the value or premium whereof does not exceed fifty thousand rupees or the annual rental whereof does not exceed three thousand rupees;(c)with the sanction of the Corporation, the Commissioner may lease, sell, let out on hire or otherwise convey any property, moveable or immoveable belonging to the Corporation;(d)the consideration for which any immoveable property or any right belonging to the Corporation may be sold, leased or otherwise transferred shall not be less than the current market value of such premium, rent or other consideration;[Provided that any such sale, lease or transfer to a member of a Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribe or any other backward class specified as such class in an order of the President under clause (3) of article 338 of the Constitution or any such sale, lease or transfer to a public charitable trust for the purpose of construction or maintenance of a public hospital may be effected, with the prior sanction of the State Government, for a consideration less than such market value to such extent as the State Government may approve;] [This proviso was added by Gujarat 1 of 1979, Section 11 (w.r.e.f. 26-09-1978).](e)the sanction of the Standing Committee or of the Corporation under clause (b) or clause (c) may be given either generally for any class of cases or specially in any particular case;(f)the aforesaid provisions of this section and the provisions of the rules shall apply, respectively, to every disposal of property belonging to the Corporation made under or for any purpose of this Act:Provided that,-(a)no property vesting in the Corporation for the purpose of any specified trust shall be leased, sold or otherwise conveyed in such a manner that the purpose for which it is held will be prejudicially affected;(b)no property transferred to the Corporation by the Government shall be leased, sold or otherwise conveyed in any manner contrary to the terms of the transfer except with the prior sanction of the appropriate Government;
