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GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA

No: UDD 09 PRJ 2020 (P2) Karnataka Government Secretariat

Vikasa Soudha,

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Veedhi,

Bengaluru, Date: 02-07-2026.

NOTIFICATION

Whereas, the draft of the Bengaluru Metropolitan Land Transport Authority

Rules, 2025, which the Government of Karnataka proposes to make in exercise of

the powers conferred by Section 53 of the Bengaluru Metropolitan Land Transport

Authority Act, 2022 (Karnataka Act No. 29 of 2022), was published as required by

sub-section (1) of Section 53 of the said Act, for the information of all the persons

likely to be affected, vide notification No: UDD 09 PRJ 2020 (P1) dated: 03-01-2026

in Part-IVA of Karnataka Gazette dated: 03-01-2026, inviting objections and

suggestions from all the persons likely to be affected thereby within the period of

thirty days from the date of publication of the said notification in the official

Gazette.

And whereas, the said Gazette was made available to the public

dated: 03-01-2026.

And whereas, the objections and suggestions received on the said draft rules

were considered.

Now, therefore in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 53 of the

Bengaluru Metropolitan Land Transport Authority Act, 2022 (Karnataka Act No. 29

of 2022), the Government of Karnataka hereby makes the following rules.

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Part – IVA

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BENGALURU, THURSDAY, 02, JULY, 2026 ( ASHADHA, 11, SHAKAVARSHA, 1948)

. 483

No. 483

RULES

1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the

Bengaluru Metropolitan Land Transport Authority Rules, 2026.

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

the official Gazette.

2. Definitions.- (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "Act" means the Bengaluru Metropolitan Land Transport Authority Act,

2022 (Karnataka Act 29 of 2022);

(b) “Form” means a form appended to these rules;

(d) “Member-Secretary” means the Member-Secretary of the Authority; and

(e) "Section" means a section of the Act.

(2) All other words and expressions used herein but not defined in these rules

shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Bengaluru Metropolitan

Land Transport Authority Act, 2022 (Karnataka Act 29 of 2022), the Karnataka

Town and Country Planning Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 11 of 1963) and the Greater

Bengaluru Governance Act, 2024 (Karnataka Act 36 of 2025).

3. Manner of nomination of non-official members of the Authority.– The

non-official members of the Authority shall be nominated by the Government based

on the recommendations of the Authority. The non-official members of the

Executive Committee shall be nominated by the Authority based on the

recommendation of the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority.

4. Qualifications for nomination of non-official members of the

Authority.– Minimum eligibility for nomination as a non-official member to the

Authority shall be,-

(i) persons who are eminent in the subjects as stated in the Act and the

persons who have put in a service of not less than fifteen years in the respective

field; and

(ii) he shall be a person ordinarily resident within the State of Karnataka.

5. Sitting fee, travelling and daily allowances.– The non-official members

shall be paid a sitting fee at such rates as may be specified by the Authority from

time to time which are applicable to non-official Directors or non-official members

of Statutory Boards for each sitting of the Authority. The Karnataka Travelling

Allowance Rules, 1957 shall be applicable for payment of travelling and daily

allowance to the non-official members of the Authority and the Executive

Committee associated with the Authority.

6. Notice of meetings and business.– Ten clear days notice of an ordinary

meeting and three clear days notice or such shorter period as is reasonable, of a

special meeting specifying the time and place at which such meeting is to be held

and the business to be transacted there at, shall be given to the members and shall

be posted at the office of the Authority.

7. Place of holding meetings and maintenance of order thereat.- (1)

Every meeting of the Authority shall, except for reasons to be specified in the notice

convening the meeting, be held in the office of the Authority or as determined by

the chairman of the Authority.

(2) The Chairman, the Vice-Chairman or the person presiding over a meeting

shall preserve order thereat and shall have all powers necessary for the purpose of

preserving such order.

(3) The Chairman, the Vice-Chairman or the person presiding over a meeting

may direct any member whose conduct is, in his opinion grossly disorderly, to

withdraw immediately from the meeting and any member so directed to withdraw

shall do so forthwith and shall absent himself during the remainder of the meeting.

(4) In the case of grave disorder arising in a meeting, the Chairman, the Vice-

chairman or the presiding authority may, if he thinks necessary to do so, adjourn

the meeting to a date to be specified by him.

8. Quorum.- No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless one

third of the members are present from the beginning to the end of such meeting. If

at any meeting quorum is not present, the presiding authority shall, after waiting

for thirty minutes adjourn the meeting to such hour on the following day or some

other future date, as he may reasonably fix and a notice of such adjournment shall

be affixed on the notice board of the office of the Authority and the business which

should have been brought before the original meeting had here been a quorum

there at shall be brought before the adjourned meeting and may be disposed of at

such meeting.

9. Method of deciding questions.- (1) At any meeting unless voting is

demanded by at least two-third of the members, a declaration by the Chairman,

the Vice-chairman or any member presiding over such meeting that a resolution

had been carried or lost and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the proceedings

shall, for the purpose of these rules, be conclusive evidence of the fact without proof

of the number or proportion of votes recorded in favour of, or against such

resolution.

(2) If voting as aforesaid is demanded, the votes of all the members present

who desire to vote shall be taken under the direction of the Chairman, the Vice-

Chairman or any member presiding over such meeting and the result of the voting

shall be deemed to be the resolution of the Authority at such meeting.

10. Members not to vote on matters in which they are interested.- (1)

No member of the Authority shall vote or take part in the discussions on any

question coming up for consideration at the meeting of the Authority if the question

is one in which, apart from its general application to the public, he has any direct

or indirect pecuniary interest for himself or his relatives. The members of the

Authority shall duly inform the Chairman of any direct or indirect pecuniary

interest for himself or his relatives of any subject to be discussed by the Authority

in Form – I.

(2) If the presiding authority is believed, by any member present at the

meeting, to have any such pecuniary interest in any matter under discussion, and

if a motion to that effect be carried, he shall not preside at the meeting during such

discussion, or vote on or take part in it. Any other member may be chosen or elected

to preside at the meeting during the continuance of such meeting.

(3) The Chairman or the presiding authority may prohibit any member from

voting or taking part in the discussions on any subject matter in the notice in which

the member is believed to have such interest or he may require the member to

absent himself during the discussions and abstain from voting.

11. Adjournment of meetings.- An ordinary meeting may, with the consent

of a majority of the members present, be adjourned from time to time to a later

hour on the same day or to any other day, but no business shall be transacted at

any adjourned meeting other than that left un-disposed of at the meeting from

which the adjournment takes place. A notice of such adjournment posted in the

office of the Authority shall be deemed sufficient notice of the adjourned meeting.

12. Modification and cancellation of resolutions.- No resolution of the

Authority shall be modified or cancelled within three months after the passing

thereof, except at a meeting of the Authority specially convened there for and by a

resolution of the Authority supported by not less than one-half of the total number

of members.

13. Motions and amendments.- (1) Every motion or any amendment thereof

shall be received in writing and then duly moved.

(2) Any motion or amendment may be withdrawn by its proposer with the

consent of the Authority.

14. Conduct of ordinary meetings.- (1) At an ordinary meeting business

shall be conducted in the following order, namely:-

(a) The minutes of the previous ordinary meeting and any special meeting

held since shall be read and confirmed.

(b) The business postponed at the previous meeting shall be considered.

(2) A member may propose any resolution connected with or incidental to the

subjects included in the agenda:

Provided that the Chairman may propose any subject relating to a routine

matter of urgency not included in the list of business, if no member objects to it.

(3) All points of order shall be decided by the presiding authority with or

without discussion as he may deem fit and his decision shall be final.

(4) Any question of procedure not provided for, in these rules shall be decided

by a majority of the members present and voting.

15. Maintenance of accounts.- (1) Every Authority shall maintain an

account of its transactions in two sections, namely, “ordinary” and “capital”, under

the head “BMLTA Fund” in Form-II.

(2) A summary of the BMLTA Fund account for any year shall be submitted

to the Government through the Director, not later than 1^st June of the year

following, and a copy thereof shall be sent to the Local Audit Circle of jurisdiction.

(3) The items of expenditure which shall be debited and the items of receipts

which shall be credited to the “ordinary” section of the BMLTA Fund account shall

be as follows, namely:-

(a) Items of expenditure,-

(i) salary of staff;

(ii) allowances, pensionary contributions and cost of conveyance or hire of

vehicles for the officers and servants;

(iii) survey charges;

(iv) contingencies and equipment purchase or renewals;

(v) fee levied on procurement of software, licenses and permissions;

(vi) interest on loans;

(vii) reference books, stationery, printing and notification expenses and

maintenance of records and registers.

(b) Items of receipts,-

(i) rent of lands;

(ii) ground-rent;

(iii) produce of lands;

(iv) betterment contributions;

(v) fee levied on licences and permissions;

(vi) interest on investments;

(vii) legal expenses recovered;

(viii) sundry receipts including sale-proceeds of copies of maps.

(4) The items of expenditure which shall be debited and the items of receipts

which shall be credited to the “Capital” section of the BMLTA Fund account shall

be as follows, namely:-

(a) Items of expenditure,-

(i) Miscellaneous.

(b) Items of receipts,-

(i) Government grants;

(ii) Collection from,-

(A) Government departments;

(B) Other Local authorities; and

(5) The surplus of receipts over expenditure, if any, in the ordinary section of

the account at the end of a year shall be shown as a balance under the ordinary

account, appropriation being made to the capital account whenever circumstances

require such appropriation.

16. Budget.- (1) The Authority shall prepare a budget of estimated receipts

and expenditure in respect of the ensuing financial year and shall forward the same

to the Government on or before 31^st December of every year.

(2) The budget estimate shall be supplemented by an explanatory note

highlighting the activities, programs, and projects proposed to be undertaken in

the ensuing financial year.

(3) Any deviation from the expenditure proposed in the annual statement

already approved by the Authority shall have to be specifically sanctioned by the

Authority and for this purpose supplementary estimates may also be prepared.

(4) The Authority may also authorize such re-appropriation of expenditure

from one head of estimate to another within its overall budget.

17. Accounts and Audit.- (1) The Authority shall maintain accounts in the

double-entry book keeping format applicable to companies under the Companies

Act, 2013 (Central Act 18 of 2013), as in Form-III.

(2) The Authority shall prepare an annual statement of accounts in Form- IV.

(3) The copy of the audit report along with the remarks of the Authority

thereon shall be forwarded to the Government, before the end of the second quarter

of the next financial year.

(4) The remuneration for the audit shall be fixed based on the

recommendation of the Accountant General by the Authority in its General meeting

or in such manner as may be determined therein.

18. Production of documents and attendance of persons concerned,

etc.- (1) The auditor may,-

(a) require in writing the production of such vouchers, statements, returns,

correspondence, notes or other documents in relation to the accounts as he may

think fit;

(b) require in writing any salaried servant of the Authority accountable for,

or having the custody or control of such vouchers, statements, returns,

correspondence, notes or other documents or of any property of the Authority or

any person having directly or indirectly by himself or his partner, any share or

interest in any contract with or under the Authority to appear in person before him

at the office of the Authority and answer any question; and

other members of the Authority in writing invite such person to meet him at the

office of the Authority and shall in writing specify the point on which his

explanation is required.

(2) The auditor may, in any requisition or invitation fix a reasonable period,

not being less than three days within which the said requisition or invitation shall

be complied with.

(3) The auditor shall give to the Authority not less than two weeks notice in

writing of the date on which he proposes to commence the audit:

Provided that, notwithstanding anything contained in this sub-rule, the

auditor may, for special reasons which shall be recorded in writing, give shorter

notice than two weeks or commence a special or detailed audit on the authority of

the Government without giving notice.

19. Penalty for disobeying requisition under rule 18.- Any person who

willfully neglects or refuses to comply with any requisition lawfully made upon him

under clause (a), (b) or (c) of sub-rule (1) of rule 18 shall be punished with fine

which may extend to one hundred rupees:

Provided that no proceedings under this rule shall be instituted except with

the written sanction of the Government.

Provided further that before giving such sanction the Government shall call

upon the person against whom the proceedings are to be instituted to show cause

why the sanction should not be given.

20. Contents of Audit Report.- The Auditor shall include in his report a

statement of,-

(a) every expenditure which appears to him to be contrary to law;

(b) the amount of any deficiency or loss which appears to have been caused

by the gross negligence or misconduct of any person;

brought into account by any person; and

(d) any material impropriety or irregularity which he may observe in the

accounts other than those mentioned in clauses (a), (b) and (c).

21. Procedure to be adopted after report of the Auditor under rule 20.-

(1) On receipt of a report under rule 20, the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority

shall remedy any defects or irregularities which may have been pointed out in the

report, and shall, within two months of the receipt of the report place the report,

together with a statement of action taken or proposed to be taken thereon and an

explanation in regard there to before a meeting of the Authority. He shall also,

within three months of the receipt of the report, send to the Controller, Sate

Accounts Department, intimation of his having remedied the defect or

irregularities, if any, pointed out in the report, or shall, within the said period,

supply the Controller, State Accounts Department, any further explanation in

regard to such defects or irregularities as the Authority may wish to give.

(2) On receipt of such intimation or explanation the Controller, State

Accounts Department may, in respect of all or any of the matters discussed in the

report,-

(a) accept the intimation or explanation given by the Chief Executive Officer

of the Authority and withdraw the objection; or

(b) direct that the matter be reinvestigated at the next audit or at any earlier

date; or

them have not been removed or remedied.

(3) The Controller, State Accounts Department, shall send a report of his

decision to the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority within one month of the

date of the receipt by him of the intimation or the explanation of the Chief Executive

Officer of the Authority referred to in this rule or in the event of the Chief Executive

Officer of the Authority failing to give such intimation or explanation, on the expiry

of the period of three months mentioned in the said rule and shall forward a copy

of such report to the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority. If the Controller, State

Accounts Department, holds that any defects or irregularities have not been

removed or remedied he shall state in the report, whether, in his opinion, the

defects or irregularities can be regularized and, if so, by what method, and if they

do not admit of being regularized, whether they can be condoned, and, if so, by

what authority. He shall also state whether the amounts to which the defects or

irregularities relate should, in his opinion, be surcharged or charged.

(4) The Authority shall include in its next annual administrative report such

portions of the report under sub-rule (1) as deal with defects and irregularities

failing under clause (c) of sub-rule (2), together with the explanation thereof, if any,

given under this rule and the final report of the Controller, State Accounts

Department thereon under sub-rule (2). Such report of defects and irregularities

and explanations shall be open to the inspection of the public at the office of the

Authority for a period of one month from the date of its receipt.

(5) Nothing in this rule shall preclude the Controller, State Accounts

Department, at any time from bringing to the notice of the Government for such

action as the Government may consider necessary, any information which appears

to Government to support a presumption of criminal misappropriation or fraud or

which in Government opinion deserves special attention or immediate

investigation.

22. Government to surcharge or charge illegal payments or loss caused

by gross negligence or misconduct.- (1) The Government may, after considering

the recommendation of the Controller, State Accounts Department, and after

taking the explanation of the person concerned, or making such further enquiry,

as Government may consider necessary disallow any item which appears to

Government to be contrary to law and surcharge the same on the person making,

or authorizing the making of the illegal expenditure; and may charge against any

person responsible there for the amount of any deficiency or loss caused by the

negligence or misconduct of that person, or any sum received which ought to have

been but is not brought into account by that person shall, in every such case,

certify the amount due from such person.

(2) The Government shall intimate in writing the reasons for the decision in

respect of every surcharge or charge and shall send by registered post a copy

thereof to the person against whom it is made.

(3) If a person to whom a copy of the decision of the Government is sent under

sub-rule (2), refuses to take delivery thereof, the person concerned shall be deemed

to have duly received it on the day on which it was refused.

23. Annual Administrative Report of the Authority.- The annual report

prepared by the Authority under section 36 shall be in Form-V. The annual report

as so prepared shall be submitted to the Government before the end of the second

quarter of the ensuing financial year.

24. Savings.- Before the establishment of the Bengaluru Metropolitan Land

Transport Authority and after the date of commencement of the Act, all the previous

decisions, plans and operations and pending proceedings on the date of

commencement of these rules, shall be deemed to have been construed

under the Act.

By Order and in the name of the

Governor of Karnataka,

(RAJU P.)

Under Secretary to Government,

Urban Development Department(Planning).

FORM - I

Self Declaration

(see sub-rule (1) of rule 10)

To,

The Chairperson

Bengaluru Metropolitan Land Transport Authority

Bengaluru

I, Sri / Smt ------------------------ member/non-official member

/special invitee of Bengaluru metropolitan land transport Authority,

hereby declare to the best of my knowledge that,-

□ I /my family members/relatives /close friends have no pecuniary or

other personal interest, direct or indirect, in any of the subject /issues

listed for discussion in the meeting scheduled to be held on -------.

□ I /my family members/relatives/close friends have pecuniary or

other personal interest, direct or indirect, in the subject /issue listed for

discussion in the meeting scheduled to be held on --------.

The particulars of such are,-

…………………………………………………….

D a t e

S i g n a t u r e

N a m e

(Please put a “ ” in the appropriate box)

Form - II

(see sub-rule (1) of rule 15)

Form of Budget

Statement I

Abstract figures of the Budget of…………. BMLTA for the year 202….202…

Revised estimates for

the current year 202….

202…

Accounts of

past

year

202….202…

Sanctioned

estimates

for

the

current year

202….202…

Actuals for

9 months

Probable

receipts

for

months

Total

Budget

Total

Estimates

for the year

202….202…

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Opening balance on XX-XX-XXXX

Ordinary Section

Capital Section

Receipts.-

Ordinary Section

Capital Section

Form – III

(see sub-rule (1) of rule 17)

Accounts of the Authority

Statement of Profit and Loss

Name of the Authority .............

Statement of Profit and Loss for the period ending ..........

(Rupees in ............................ )

Particulars

Note No.

Figures

for

the current

reporting

period

Figures

for

the previous

reporting

period

Revenue From Operations

II.

Other Income

III.

Total Income (I+II)

IV.

Expenses

Cost

materials

consumed

Purchases of Stock-in-Trade

Changes in inventories of finished

goods, Stock-in-Trade and work-in-

progress

Employee benefits expense

Finance costs

Depreciation

and

amortization

expense

Other expenses

Total Expenses (IV)

Profit/(loss) before exceptional items

and tax (I-IV)

VI.

Exceptional Items

VII.

Profit/(loss) before tax (V-VI)

VIII.

Tax expense:

(1)

Current tax

(2)

Deferred tax

IX.

Profit/(Loss) for the period from

continuing operations (VII-VIII)

Profit/(loss)

from

discontinued

operations

XI.

Tax

expense

discontinued

operations

XII.

Profit/(loss)

from

Discontinued

operations (after tax)(X-XI)

XIII.

Profit/(loss) for the period (IX+XII)

XIV.

Other Comprehensive Income

(i)

Items

that

will

not

reclassified to profit or loss

(ii) Income tax relating to items that

will not be reclassified to profit or

loss

B (i) Items that will be reclassified to

profit or loss

(ii) Income tax relating to items that

will be reclassified to profit or loss

XV.

Total Comprehensive Income for the

period (XIII+XIV)(Comprising Profit

(Loss)

and Other

Comprehensive

Income for the period)

XVI.

Earnings

per

equity

(for

continuing operation):

(1)

Basic

(2)

Diluted

XVII. Earnings

per

equity

(for

discontinued operation):

(1)

Basic

(2)

Diluted

XVIII. Earnings

per

equity

(for

discontinued

continuing

operation):

(1)

Basic

(2)

Diluted

Form - IV

(see sub-rule (2) rule 17)

Annual Statement of Accounts

Balance Sheet

Name of the Authority .............

Balance sheet as on..........

(Rupees in ............. )

Particulars

Note

No.

Figures as

at the end

of current

reporting

period

Figures as at

the end of the

previous

reporting

period

(1)

(2)

Assets

Non-current assets

(a) Property, Plant and Equipment

(b) Capital work-in-progress

(d) Goodwill

(e) Other Intangible assets

(f) Intangible assets under development

(g) Biological Assets other than bearer

plants

(h) Financial Assets

(i) Investments

(ii) Trade receivables

(iii) Loans

(iv) Others (to be specified)

(i) Deferred tax assets (net)

(j) Other non-current assets

Current assets

(a) Inventories

(b) Financial Assets

(i) Investments

(ii) Trade receivables

(iii) Cash and cash equivalents

(iv) Bank balances other than (iii)

above

(v) Loans

(vi) Others (to be specified)

(d) Other current assets

Total Assets

Equity and Liabilities

Equity

(1)

(2)

(a) Equity Share capital

(b) Other Equity

Liabilities

Non-current liabilities

(a) Financial Liabilities

(i) Borrowing

(ii) Trade payables

(iii) Other financial liabilities (other

than those specified in item (b),

to be specified)

(b) Provisions

(d) Other non-current liabilities

Current liabilities

(a) Financial Liabilities

(i) Borrowing

(ii) Trade payables

(iii) Other financial liabilities (other

than those specified in item (c)

(b) Other current liabilities

(d) Current Tax Liabilities (Net)

Total Equity and Liabilities

Statement of Changes in Equity

Name of the Authority .............

Statement of changes in Equity for the period ending................

(Rupees in ............................ )

Equity Share Capital

Balance

the

beginning

the

reporting period

Changes in equity

share capital during

the year

Balance at the end of

the reporting period

Other Equity

Share

application

money

pending

allotment

Equity

component

of compound

financial

instruments

Reserves and Surplus

Debt

instruments

through

Other

Comprehensive

Income

Capital

Reserve

Securities

Premium

Reserve

Other

Reserves

(specify

nature)

Retained

Earnings

Balance at

the beginning

of the

reporting

period

Changes in

accounting

policy or prior

period errors

Restated

balance at the

beginning of

the reporting

period

Total

Comprehensiv

e Income for

the year

Dividends

Equity

Instruments

through

Other

Comprehens

-ive Income

Effective

portion of

Cash Flow

Hedges

Revaluati -

on Surplus

Exchange

differences

Translating

the

financial

statements

of a foreign

operation

Other

items of

Other

Compre-

hensive

Income

(specify

nature)

Money

received

against share

warrants

Tot al

Balance at the

beginning of the

reporting period

Changes in

accounting

policy or

prior

period errors

Restated

balance at the

beginning of the

reporting period

Total

Comprehensive

Income for the

year

Dividends

Share

application

money

pending

allotment

Equity

component

of compound

financial

instrument s

Reserves and Surplus

Debt

instruments

through

Other

Comprehensive Income

Capital

Reserv e

Securities

Premium

Reserve

Other

Reserves

(specify

nature)

Retained

Transfer

to retained

earnings

Any other

change (to

specified)

Balance at

the end of

the

reporting

period

Equity Instruments

through Other

Comprehensive

Income

Effectiv e

portion

of Cash

Flow

Hedges

Revaluatio n

Surplus

Exchange

difference

translatin g

the

financial

statement s

of a foreign

operation

Other items of

Other

Comprehensive

Income (specify

nature)

Money

received

against

share

warrant s

Tota l

Transfer

to retained

earning

Any other

change

(to

specified)

Balance at

the end of

the

reporting

period

Form - V

(see rule 23)

Annual Report of Authority

Headings

Introductory;

Constitution of the Authority including changes therein;

Meetings of the Authority and the deliberations made

therein;

Details of the activities of the Authority

Details regarding debt/loan raised and investments made

during the year

Details of the repayment of debt/loan made including the

funds earmarked for the Sinking fund

Recommendations if any

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