| Sec.18 (RTC Act 1950) General duty of Corporation
: It shall be the general duty of a Corporation so to exercise
its powers as progressively to provide, or secure or the provision
of an efficient, adequate, economical and properly co-ordinate
system of road transport services in the State or part of
the State for which it is established any extended area;
Provided that nothing in this section shall be construed
as imposing on a Corporation, either directly or indirectly,
any form of duty or liability enforced proceedings before
any court or tribunal to which it would not otherwise be subject.
Sec. 19 (RTC Act 1950) Powers of Corporation :
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a Corporation
shall have power -
a) to operate road transport services in the State and in
any extended area ;
b) to provide for any ancillary service ;
c) to provide for its employees suitable conditions of service
including fair wages establishment for provident fund, living
accommodation, places for
recreation and other amenities ;
d) to authorise the issue of passes to its employees and
other persons either free of cost or at concessional rates
and on such conditions as it may deem
fit to in
e) to authorise the grant of refund in respect of unused
tickets and concessional passes.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the powers conferred
by sub-sect (1) shall include power ?
a) to manufacture, purchase, maintain and repair rolling
stock, vehicles, appliances, plant equipment or any other
thing required for the purpose of an
activities of the Corporation referred to in sub-section
(1);
Explanation : In this clause the expression "manufacture"
does not include the construction of the complete unit of
a motor vehicle except for per
experiment or research ;
b) to acquire and hold such property both moveable and immovable
as the Corporation may deem necessary for the purpose of any
of the said activities
lease, sell or otherwise transfer any property held by it
;
c) to prepare schemes for the acquisition of, and to acquire
either by agreement or compulsorily in accordance with the
law of acquisition for the time
being in the State concerned and with such procedure as may
be prescribed, whether absolutely or for any period , the
whole or any part of any
undertaking of other person to the extent to which the activities
thereof consist of the operation transport services in that
State or in any extended area
d) to purchase by agreement or to take on lease or under
any form of tenancy any land and to erect thereon such buildings
as may be necessary for the
purpose of carrying on its undertaking ;
e) to authorise the disposal of scrap vehicles, old tyres,
used oils, any other stores of scrap value or such other stores
as may be declared to be obsolete
in the prescribed manner ;
f) to enter into and perform all such contracts as may be
necessary for the performance of its duties and the exercise
of its powers under the Act,
h) to purchase or otherwise secure by agreement vehicles,
garages, sheds, office buildings, depots, land, workshops,
equipment, tools, accessories to and
spare part for vehicles, or any other article owned or possessed
by the other of any other undertaking for use thereof by the
Corporation for the
purposes of its undertakings ;
i) to do anything for the purpose of advancing the skill
of persons employed by the Corporation or the efficiency of
the equipment of the Corporation of
the manner in which that equipment is operated, including
the provisions by the Corporation, and the assistance by the
Corporation to others for the
proper facilities for training, education and research ;
j) to enter into and carry our agreements with any person
carrying on business as a carrier of passengers or goods providing
for the carriage of
passenger good on behalf of the Corporation by that other
person at a through fare or freight ;
k) to provide facilities for the consignment, storage and
delivery of goods ;
l) to enter into contracts for exhibition of posters and
advertising board on and in the vehicles and premises of the
Corporation and also for
advertisement and other forms issued by the Corporation to
the public ;
m) with the prior approval of the State Government to do
all other things to facilitate the proper carrying on of the
business of the Corporation.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising
a Corporation, except with the previous approval of the State
Government.
i) to manufacture or maintain anything which is not required
directly or indirectly for use for the purpose of the undertaking
of the Corporation or to
repair, provide any service for, any vehicle which does not
belong to the Corporation or is not used directly or indirectly
for the purpose of its
undertakings.
ii) to purchase any vehicle for the purpose of sale to another
person ;
iii) to sell or supply to any person lubricants, spare parts,
or equipment for a accessories to vehicles ;
iv) to let vehicles on hire for the carriage of passengers
or goods except as expressly provided by or under this Act.
(4) Except as otherwise provided by this Act nothing in the
foregoing provisions shall be construed as authorising the
Corporation to disregard any law for the
time force.
(5) Where a Corporation acquires the whole or any part of
an undertaking of any other person, the Corporation shall,
in appointing its officers and other
employee consideration the claims of employees employed in
that undertaking.
(6) The provisions of this section shall not be construed
as limiting any power of a Corporation conferred by or under
any subsequent provision of this Act.
Sec.20 (RTC ACT 1950 ) Extension of the operation of the
road transport service of a Corporation to areas within another
State :
(1) If a Corporation considers it to be expedient in the
public interest to extend the operation of any of its road
transport services to any route or area
situated within State, it may with the permission of the
State Government, negotiate with the Government of the other
State regarding the proposed
extension.
(2) If the Government of the other State approves the proposed
extension, the Corporation shall prepare a scheme for the
purpose and forward the same to
the Government for its consent, and after such consent been
received, the Corporation may, with the previous approval
of the State Government,
sanction the scheme.
(3) After the scheme has been so sanctioned, it shall be
competent for the Corporation to extend the operation of its
road transport service to such route or
area and operation of such service is so extended, the Corporation
shall operate the service on that route or in that area subject
to the provisions of any
law in force in the other route within which such route or
area is situated.
(4) The Corporation may, from time to time, alter or extend
the scheme sanctioned under sub-section (2) by a supplementary
scheme prepared and
sanctioned in the provided in the foregoing provisions of
this section.
Sec. 21 (RTC Act 1950) Carriage of mails :
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Motor vehicles
Act, 1939 (IV of 1939), a Corporation shall, if so required
Central Government, carry mails at such rates and on such
terms and conditions as may be specified in this behalf by
the Central Government in consultation with Government.
To perform all above functions presently M.S.R.T.C. is working
on 4 tier system i.e.
(1)Central Office : M.S.R.T. Corporation's Central Office
is situated at Mumbai Central at " Maharashtra Vahatuk
Bhavan", Dr. Anandrao Nair Marg, Mumbai 400008 in front
of Mumbai Central Railway Station.
The phone numbers of officials are as under : |
