State Act

THE UTTAR PRADESH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT, 1959

136- (1) Where a project is framed for the execution of any work or series of works the entire estimated cost of which exceeds [five lakh rupees]6 - (a) the Mukhya Nagar Adhikari shall cause a detailed report to be prepared including such estimates and drawings as may be requisite and forward the same to the Executive Committee who shall submit the same before the [Corporation]3 with its suggestions, if any; (b) the [Corporation]3 shall consider the report and the suggestions and may reject the project or may approve it either in its entirety or subject to modifications. (2) (a) Where the [Corporation]2 approves the project and the entire estimated cost exceeds [ten lakhs of rupees]1 the report, subject to any modifications as aforesaid, shall be submitted to the State Government. (b) The State Government may reject the project or may sanction it either in its entirety or subject to modifications. (c) The work shall not be commenced before the project has been sanctioned by the State Government with or without modifications. (d) No material changes in the project sanctioned as aforesaid shall be carried into effect without the sanction of the State Government. Explanation-In this section and in section 135, the expression "estimate" means the total estimate for the whole of a project including the whole of the series of transactions constituting the project.