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. 279 No. 279 ¨sÁUÀ – 4ಎ Part – IVA
Government of Karnataka
No.UDD 148 MNU 2026 Karnataka Government Secretariat,
Vikasa soudha,
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Veedhi,
Bengaluru, Date:13-04-2026
NOTIFICATION
The draft of the following rules further to amend the Greater Bengaluru Area (Advertisement) Rules, 2025, which the Government of Karnataka proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by section 314 read with sections 160 and 161 of the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act, 2024 (Karnataka Act 36 of 2025), accordingly, the State Government hereby publishes for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft will be taken into consideration after expiry of thirty days from the date of its publication in the official Gazette.
Any objection or suggestion which may be received by the State Government from any person with respect to the said draft before the expiry of the period specified above, will be considered by the State Government. Objections or suggestions may be addressed to the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government, Urban Development Department, Vikasa Soudha, Bengaluru-560001.
DRAFT RULES
- Title and commencement- (1) These rules may be called the Greater Bengaluru ↩
Official gazette.
2. Amendment of Rule 3.- In the Greater Bengaluru Area (Advertisement) Rules, 2025, in rule 3 in Clause (xvi) after illustration the following shall be inserted namely.:-
"Provided that in case after a tender for assignment of advertisement rights under this Rule fails to attract any bid then for reasons to be recorded in writing and with prior approval of the Government, the requirement in next tender to pay the Advertisement Fee after the preparatory period and with effect from the Effective Date may be reduced to 40% (forty percent) of the total advertisement space assigned in the tender or the advertisement space actually erected (irrespective of the fact whether the advertisement space is commercially let out or not) – whichever is higher.
Provided further that in case even after 12-months of date of signing of the Agreement, the bid winner fails to start payment of full advertisement space assigned to him then for the roads and areas for which he has failed to start the payment of the assigned advertisement space, the tender for the said roads and areas or part thereof shall be deemed to have been terminated and shall become available to the City Corporation for re-tender, free from any claims or encumbrances of the existing bid winner. The Bid Security already furnished by the existing bid winner shall not be refunded either partly or in full in such cases.".
By order and in the name of the Governor of Karnataka
(Lakshmisagar N.K.) Under Secretary to Government Urban Development Department (GBA & B.C.C-1)