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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

1. Title and commencement- (1) These rules may be called the Greater Bengaluru

Area(Advertisement) Amendment Rules, 2026.

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(2) They shall come into force from the date of their final publication in the

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)

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