State Act

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955.

125. (1) Every contract entered into by the Commissioner on behalf of the Corporation shall be entered into in such manner and form as would bind the Commissioner if such contract were on his own behalf, and may in the like manner and form be varied or discharged: Provided that— (a) where any such contract, if entered into by the Commissioner, would require to be under seal, the same shall be sealed with the common seal of the Corporation; and (b) every contract for the execution of any work or the supply of any materials or goods which will involve an expenditure exceeding 200[rupees five thousand] shall be in writing and shall be sealed with the common seal of the Corporation in the manner specified in sub-section (2) and shall specify the work to be done or the materials or goods to be supplied, as the case may be, the price to be paid for such work, materials or goods and, in the case of a contract for work, the time or times within which the same or specified portions thereof shall be completed. 201[(2) The common seal of the Corporation, which shall remain in the custody of the Commissioner, shall be affixed in the presence of the Commissioner or his nominee to every contract or other instrument required to be under seal, and such contract or instrument shall be signed by the Commissioner in token of the same being sealed in his presence. The signature of the Commissioner shall be distinct from the signatures of any witness to the execution of any such contract or instrument.]