14. Restriction on buildings etc. between the building and the control lines.
(1)Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, no person shall erect or-erect any building or structure or make or extend any excavation or construct, form or lay out any means of access to a highway upon land lying in between the building and control lines determined in respect of the highway, except with the previous permission of the highway authority in writing.(2)Every person desiring to obtain the permission referred to in sub-section (1) shall make an application in writing to the highway authority in such form and containing such information in respect of the building excavation or means access to which the application relates, and together with fees as may be prescribed.(3)On receipt of such application, the highway authority after making such enquiries as it may consider necessary, shall by order in writing either ;(a)grant the permission, subject to sub-reasonable conditions, if any, as may be specified in the order, or(b)refuse to grant such permission.(4)The highway authority shall not ordinarily refuse permission to:-(a)the erection of building or structure or the making of or extending an excavation which conforms to the requirements of public health and welfare and of safety and convenience of traffic on the adjoining highway, or(b)the re-erection of a building or structure which was in existence on the date of which the restrictions under sub-section (1) came into force, unless such re-erection involved any material alteration to the outside appearance of the building or structure.(5)When the highway authority refuses the permission, the reasons therefore shall be recorded and communicated to the applicant.(6)In the event for refusal, the applicant may submit fresh application for permission to the highway authority avoiding the objectionable features on account of which the first application was refused and such a fresh application shall be considered by the highway authority as if it were made for the first time.(7)If at the expiration of a period of three months after an application has under sub-section (1) or sub-section (6) been made to the highway that authority, no order in writing has been passed by that authority, permission shall be deemed to have been given without the imposition of any conditions ;Provided that no such automatic grant of permission shall be presumed if the application is one for the construction, formation or laying out of any means of access.(8)The highway authority shall maintain a register with sufficient particulars of all permission given or refused by it under this section and the register shall be available for inspection free of charge by all persons interested and such persons shall be entitled to take extract therefrom.(9)Any person aggrieved by an order under sub-section (2), granting permission subject to conditions or refusing permission, may within 30 days from the date of such order, prefer an appeal to the State Government whose order in the matter shall be final.
