4A. Establishment of Railway Land Development Authority.—The Central Government may, by
notification, establish an authority to be called the Rail Land Development Authority to exercise the
powers and discharge the functions conferred on it by or under this Act.
4B. Composition of Authority.—(1) The Authority shall consist of a Chairman, Vice-Chairman and
not more than four other members.
(2) The Member Engineering, Railway Board shall be the Chairman, ex officio, of the Authority.
(3) The Vice-Chairman and three other members shall be appointed by the Central Government from
amongst persons who are or have been working in the Civil Engineering, Finance and Traffic disciplines
of any railway administration and having adequate experience in the relevant discipline as the Central
Government may consider necessary.
1. Ins. by Act 11 of 2008, s. 2 (w.e.f. 31-1-2008).
2. Ins. by Act 47 of 2005, s. 3 (w.e.f. 30-8-2006).
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(4) The Central Government shall also appoint a member who shall be a person from outside the
railway administration and having adequate experience in such field as it may consider necessary.
4C. Terms and conditions of appointment of Vice-Chairman and other Members.—The terms
and conditions of appointment of the Vice-Chairman and the other Members of the Authority, other than
the Chairman, and the manner of filling casual vacancies among them shall be such as may be prescribed.
4D. Functions of Authority.—(1) The Authority shall discharge such functions and exercise such
powers of the Central Government in relation to the development of railway land and as are specifically
assigned to it by the Central Government.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, the Central
Government may assign to the Authority all or any of the following functions, namely:—
(i) to prepare scheme or schemes for use of railway land in conformity with the provisions of this
Act;
(ii) to develop railway land for commercial use as may be entrusted by the Central Government
for the purpose of generating revenue by non-tariff measures;
(iii) to develop and provide consultancy, construction or management services and undertake
operation in India in relation to the development of land and property;
(iv) to carry out any other work or function as may be entrusted to it by the Central Government,
by order in writing.
4E. Powers of Authority to enter into agreements and execute contracts.—Subject to such
directions as may be given to it by the Central Government, the Authority shall be empowered to enter
into agreements on behalf of the Central Government and execute contracts.
4F. Procedure of transaction of business of Authority.—The Authority shall have power to
regulate, by means of regulations made by it, its own procedure (including quorum at its meetings) and
the conduct of all business to be transacted by it, the constitution of Committees and Sub-Committees of
Members and the delegation to them any of the powers (excluding the power to make regulations under
this Chapter) and to perform duties of the Authority.
4G. Appointment of officers and other employees of Authority.—(1) For the purpose of enabling
it efficiently to discharge its functions under this Act, the Central Government shall provide the Authority
with such officers and other employees, and the Authority shall, subject to the rules as may be made by
the Central Government in this behalf, appoint, whether on deputation or otherwise, such number of
officers and other employees as it may deem necessary.
(2) The salaries and allowances payable to, and the other terms and conditions of service of, the
officers and other employees appointed for the purpose of the Authority, shall be such as may be
prescribed.
4H. Salaries, allowances, etc., to be defrayed out of Consolidated Fund of India.—The salaries
and allowances payable to the Vice-Chairman and other Members of the Authority and the administrative
expenses including the salaries, allowances and pensions payable to the officers and other employees of
the Authority shall be defrayed out of the Consolidated Fund of India.
4-I. Power of Authority to make regulations.—(1) The Authority may, with the previous approval
of the Central Government, make regulations, consistent with this Act and the rules made thereunder, for
carrying out the provisions of this Chapter.
(2) Every regulation made by the Authority under this Chapter shall be laid, as soon as may be after it
is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may
be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session
immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any
modification in the regulation or both Houses agree that the regulation should not be made, the regulation
shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however,
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that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously
done under that regulation.]