law: The Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002
  24. Prevention of
  
  occupation of highway land.-
  1.  No
  
  person shall occupy any highway land or discharge any material through drain on
  
  such land without obtaining prior permission, for such purpose in writing, of
  
  the Highway Administration or any officer a thorised by such Administration in
  
  this behalf.
  2.  The
  
  Highway Administration or the officer authorised under sub-section (1) may, on
  
  an application made by a person in this behalf and having regard to the safety
  
  and convenience of traffic, grant permission to such person-
   
  
   i.  
  
    to
  
  place a movable structure on the Highway in front of any building owned by him
  
  or to make a movable structure on support of such building and over the
  
  Highway, or
   
  
  
  
   ii.  
  
    to
  
  put up a temporary lawning or tent or other similar construction or a temporary
  
  stall or scaffolding on the Highway, or
   
  
   iii.  
  
    to
  
  deposit or cause to be deposited, building materials, goods, for sale or other
  
  articles on any Highway, or (iv) to make a temporary excavation for carrying
  
  out any repairs or improvements to adjoining buildings, and such permission
  
  shall be granted subject to the conditions and on payment of the rent and other
  
  charges by issuing permit in the form as may be prescribed: Provided that no
  
  such permission shall be valid beyond a period of one month at a time from the
  
  date on which the permission has been granted unless it is renewed by the
  
  Highway Administration or such officer on an application made by such person
  
  for the renewal of the permission.
  1.  
  2.  
  
  
  3.  The
  
  permission granted under sub-section (2) shall specify therein-
   
  
   i.  
  
    the
  
  time up to which the permission is granted;
   
  
   ii.  
  
    the
  
  purpose of such permission;
   
  
   iii.  
  
    the
  
  portion of the Highway in respect of which the permission has been granted, and
  
  shall be accompanied with a plan or sketch of such portion of Highway.
  1.  
  2.  
  3.  
  
  
  4.    The
  
  person, to whom the permit has been issued under sub-section (2), shall produce
  
  the permit for inspection whenever called upon to do so by any officer of the
  
  Highway Administration and shall, on the expiry of the permission granted under
  
  such per it, restore the portion of the Highway specified in the permit in such
  
  condition as it was immediately before the issuing of such permit and deliver
  
  the possession of such portion to the Highway Administration.
  5.  The
  
  Highway Administration or the officer issuing the permit under sub-section (2)
  
  shall maintain a complete record of all such permits issued, and shall also
  
  ensure in every case at the expiration of the period up to which the permission
  
  under a per it is granted under that sub-section that the possession of the
  
  portion of the Highway in respect of which such permission was granted has been
  
  delivered to the Highway Administration.