Rajasthan Ropeway - Act 1996

LAW (Legislative Drafting) Department 

(Group II) 

NOTIFICATION 

Jaipur, October 15, 1997 
No. F. 2 (8) Vidhi/2/96 : In pursuance of clause (3) of Article 348 of the Constitution of India, 

the Governor is pleased to authorise the publication in the Rajasthan Gazette of the following 

translation in the English Language of the Rajasthan Rajjumarg Adhiniyam, 1996 (1997 Ka 

Adhiniyam Sankhya 18) :- 

 

Rajasthan Ropeways Act, 1966 

(Act No. 18 of 1997) 

[Received the assent of the Governor on 13th day of October, 1997.] 

 
An Act to authorise, facilitate and regulate the construction and working of ropeways in the State 

of Rajasthan. 

 
Be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Forty Eight Year of the Republic of India, 

as follows :- 

CHAPTER-I 

PRELIMINARY 

1. Short title, extend and commencement :  

(1). This Act may be called the Rajasthan Ropeways Act, 1996. 

(2). It extends to the whole of the State of Rajasthan. 

(3). It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the 

Official Gazette, appointed in this behalf. 
2. Definitions : In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, 

(a) "Carrier" means any vehicle or receptacle hung or suspended from, or hauled by a rope and 

used for the carriage of passengers, animals or goods or for any other purpose in connection 

with the working of a ropeways; 

(b) "Chief Inspector" and "District Inspector" mean the persons appointed under this Act 

respectively to be the Chief Inspector of Ropeways for the State and the Inspector of 

Ropeways for a District; 

(c) "Circle", in relation to a local authority, means the area within the control of the local 

authority; 

(d) "Collector" means the Collector as defined in the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 (Rajasthan 

Act No. 3 of 1955) and shall include an officer, not below the rank of a Sub-Divisional 

Officer as defined in the aforesaid Act, appointed by the State Government to perform the 

functions of a Collector under this Act; 

(e) "Government" or "State Government" means the State Government of Rajasthan; 

(f) "License" means a license authorising the construction of a ropeway under this Act and 

includes a license authorising the continuance of the working of a ropeway existing 

immediately before the commencement of this Act as also any license substituted for, or 

amending or extending any such license; 



(g) "Local authority" means an institution of self-government established by or under an Act 

of the State Legislature, whether for a rural or an urban area, and includes any other authority 

legally entitled to, or entrusted by the government with, the control or management of a 

municipal or local fund; 

(h) "post" means a post, trestle, standard, strut, stay or other contrivance or part of a contrivance 

for carrying, suspending or supporting a rope; 

(i) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 

(j) "promoter" means- 

(i) the State Government, 

(ii) a local authority, 

(iii) any person, or 

(iv) any body corporate firm or any society registered under the provisions of any law 
for the time being in force, 

to whom a license has been granted under section 10 or under subsection (2) of section 5 

or on whom the rights and liabilities conferred and imposed on the promoter by this Act, 

as to the construction, maintenance and use or working of a ropeway, have developed; 

(k) "public ropeway" means a ropeway used for public carriage of passengers, animals or goods 

or any of them; 

(l) "rate" includes any fare, charge, or other payment for the carriage of passengers, animals or 

goods; 

(m) "rope" includes any cable, wire, rail or way, whether flexible or rigid, used for suspending, 

carrying or hauling a carrier; 

(n) "ropeway" means a ropeway used for a public or private carriage of passengers, animals or 

good or any of them and includes posts, ropes, carriers, stations, offices, warehouses, 

workshops, machinery and, where the wheels of carriers are made to run on the rails laid on 

the surface of the earth, such rails as well as any such other works as are used for the 

purposes of, or in connection with, such ropeway and all land appurtenant thereto; 

(o) "State" means the State of Rajasthan; and 

(p) "undertaking" means all movable and immovable property of the promoter suitable to and 

used by him for the purposes of a ropeway. 

CHAPTER-II 

LICENSING AUTHORITY AND ESTABLISHMENT 

3. Licensing Authority : - The Authority having power to grant licenses under this Act (hereinafter 

referred to as the Licensing Authority) shall be the District Magistrate having territorial jurisdiction 

appointed as such under the provision of section 20 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 

(Central Act No. 2 of 1974.) 
4. Appointment of certain Inspectors and subordinate officers and servants and their 

powers and duties :  

(1) The State Government may appoint such person to be the Chief Inspector of the Ropeways 

for the State (hereinafter referred to as the Chief Inspector and such person to be the 

Inspector of Ropeways for a District (hereinafter referred to as the District Inspector) as it 

deems fit and may fix the fees to be charged to promoters for the performance by them of 

their duties under this Act. 

(2) The Chief Inspector and the District Inspector shall exercise such powers and perform such 

functions and duties as may be provided by or under the provisions of this Act It shall also 

be the duty of any such Inspector from time to time and at least once a year in the case of 



the Chief Inspector and once a quarter in the case of the District Inspector to inspect the 

ropeways and to determine whether they are maintained in a fit condition and worked with 

due regard to the convenience and safety of the persons using them and of the general 

public, and consistently with the provisions of this Act. 

(3) The Chief Inspector and the District Inspectors shall, for the purpose of any of the duties 

which they are authorised or required to perform under this Act, be deemed to be public 

servants as defined in the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Central Act 45 of 1860). 

(4) The promoter and his servants and agents shall afford to the Chief Inspector and the District 

Inspector all reasonable facilities for performing the duties and exercising the powers 

imposed and conferred up on them by or under this Act. 

(5) The State Government may also appoint other subordinate officers and servants with such 

designations and assign to them such powers, duties and functions as may be necessary for 

carrying out the purposes of this Act. 

CHAPTER-III 

PROCEDURE AND PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION 

5. Unauthorized construction, maintenance, etc. of Ropeways prohibited :  

(1) No ropeway shall be constructed, opened, maintained or worked except in accordance with 

the provisions of this Act. 

(2) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1), any person by whom a ropeway was, in any 

part of the State, being worked immediately before the commencement of this Act, whether 

for public, private or industrial purpose may, on an application being made by him in this 

behalf and after such inquiry as may be considered necessary, be, by license, authorised to 

continue the working of such ropeway subject to such restrictions and conditions as may, 

for the purpose of bringing the working of such ropeway, as far as may be, into accord with 

the provisions of this Act, be specified in the license. 

(3) The application under sub-section (2) shall, within a period of thirty days from the date of 

commencement of this Act, be made to the Licensing Authority in such form and manner 

and with such technical or other details regarding the concerned ropeway as may be 

prescribed. 

(4) Any person aggrieved by an order refusing to grant a license under sub-section (2) or by 

any other otherwise made under that sub-section may, within a period of sixty days of the 

date of the order appealed against, prefer an appeal to the State Government which may 

pass such order as it deems necessary. 

(5) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall affect the continuance of the working of the 

ropeways referred to in sub- section (2) during the period within which an application under 

that sub-section may be made or, where such application has been made, upto the date the 

order granting or refusing to grant a license under that sub-section becomes final. 
6. Application for permission to undertake investigations : Every application by an intending 

promoter other than the State Government for permission to undertake the necessary preliminary 

investigations in regard to a proposed ropeway shall be submitted to the licensing authority. 

7. Contents of applications : 

(1) Every application to be made under section 6 shall contain all the information relevant to 

the proposed ropeway and may include- 

(a) a description of the undertaking and of the route to be followed by the proposed ropeway; 

(b) a description of the system of construction and management and of the advantages to the 

community to be expected from such ropeway; 

(c) an estimate of the cost of construction thereof; 

(d) a statement of the estimated working expenses and profits expected; 

(e) a statement of the maximum and minimum rates which it is proposed to charge; and 

(f) such maps, plans, sections and diagrams as may be prescribed and such other information 

as the licensing authority may require in order to form an idea of the proposal. 



8. Sanction to preliminary investigations :  

(1) The Licensing Authority or, where the immovable properties not belonging to the 

intending promoter are involved, the State Government may, subject to the provisions of 

this Act and of the Land acquisition Act. 1894 (Central Act 1 of 1894), accord sanction to 

the intending promoter to make such surveys as may be necessary. 

(2) Before according sanction under sub-section (1), the Licensing Authority or, as the case 

may be, the State Government may also require the intending promoter to submit such 

detailed estimates, plans, sanctions and specifications and such further information as it 

may think necessary for the full consideration of the proposal. 

(3) The intending promoter shall not be entitled to claim any compensation from the State 

Government for any expenses incurred under this section in the event of his application 

being refused. 

CHAPTER-IV 

LICENSES AUTHORISING THE  

CONSTRUCTION OF ROPEWAYS 

9. Publication of proposed license authorising construction and contents of such license :  

(1) The Licensing Authority may, on an application being made by any intending promoter, 

and after due consideration of the details supplied in accordance with sub- section (2) of 

section 8, publish in any two daily newspapers circulating in the State out of which at least 

one shall be in the regional language, a draft of the proposed license authorising the 

construction by, or on behalf of, such promoter, subject to such restrictions and conditions 

as the Licensing Authority may think proper, of a ropeway within any area, or along any 

route specified in such license- 

(a) for the public carriage of passengers; 

(b) for the public carriage of passengers and goods; 

(c) for the public carriage of animals and goods; 

(d) for the public carriage of passengers, animals and goods; or 

(e) for any private or industrial purpose. 

(2) A Notice shall be published with the draft license stating that any objection or suggestion 

which any person may desire to make with respect to the proposed license will, if 

submitted to the Licensing Authority within a period of thirty days from the date of the 

notice be received and considered by it. 

(3) The Licensing Authority shall also cause public notice of the intention to grant the license 

to be given at conspicuous places within the said area or along the said route, and shall, so 

far as may be possible cause a like notice to be served on every owner or occupier of land 

over which such route lies, and shall consider any objection or suggestion, with respect to 

the proposed license, which may be received from any person within the period specified 

in sub-section (2) and take decision thereon. 

(4) The draft of the proposed license shall contain such details of the proposed ropeway as 

may be prescribed. 
10. Grant of license :  

(1) If, after considering any objections or suggestions which may have been made in respect 

to the draft before the expiry of the period specified in sub-section (2) of section 9, the 

Licensing Authority is of opinion that the application should be granted with or without 

modifications, or subject to any restrictions or conditions, he shall grant a license 

accordingly. 
(2) Every license authorising the construction of a ropeway granted under sub-section (1) 

shall, in such form as may be prescribed, be published in the official Gazette and such 

publication shall be conclusive proof that the license has been granted as required by this 

section. 
11. Cessation of powers given by license under section 10 :  

If a promoter authorised by a license granted under section 10 to construct a ropeway does not, 

within the time specified in the license, make progress according to the schedule of progress 



approved by the Licensing Authority, the powers given to the promoter by such license shall, 

unless, on an application made by the promoter in this behalf, the Licensing Authority, extends 

the time so specified, cease to be exercised; 

Provided that in case the Licensing Authority rejects an application made under this section, he 

shall do so by an order made in this behalf and for reasons to be recorded in writing. 
12. Revocation of license and grant of a further license : 

(1) The Licensing Authority may, on the application of the promoter, by order, revoke the 

license subject to the terms and conditions of the license or amend or extend it by a further 

license. 
(2) An application under sub-section (1) for an amendment or extensions of the license shall 

be made in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as an application for license. 
(3) If the Licensing Authority grants the application, it shall, by order, revoke the license or, 

as the case may be, grant the further license in the same manner as a license except that the 

rights, powers and authorities asked for in the said application shall not be increased, 

modified or restricted by the further license without the consent in writing of the promoter. 

CHAPTER-V 

INSPECTION OF ROPEWAYS 

13. Inspection of a ropeway before opening : 

(1) No ropeway shall be opened for any kind of traffic until the Licensing Authority has, by 

order, sanctioned the opening there of for that purpose. The sanction of the Licensing 

Authority under this section shall not be given until the Chief Inspector has reported in 

writing to the Licensing Authority- 

(a) that he has made a careful inspection of the ropeway and appurtenances; 

(b) that the moving and fixed dimensions and such other conditions as may be prescribed 

have been complied with; 

(c) that the ropeway is sufficiently equipped for the traffic for which it is intended; 

(d) that due compliance of the rules and conditions of license has been made; 

(e) that in his opinion sufficient measures have been taken to prevent and control the 

pollution caused or likely to be caused by the working of the ropeway; and 

(f) that in his opinion the ropeway is fit for traffic and can be used without danger to those 

using it, or to the persons employed thereon, or to the general public. 

(2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall extend to the opening of additional sections of the 

ropeway, to deviation lines, and to any alteration or reconstruction materially affecting 

the structural character of any work to which the provisions of sub- section (1) apply or 

are extended by this sub-section. The said provisions shall also extend to the continuance 

of the ropeways referred to in sub-section (2) of section 5. 

CHAPTER-VI 

CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE  

OF PUBLIC ROPEWAYS 

14. Authority of promoter to execute works : 

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act the rules made thereunder, and in the case of 

immovable property not belonging to the promoter, to the provisions of any enactment for 

the time being in force for the acquisition of land for public purposes and for companies, a 

promoter may- 

(a) make such survey as he thinks necessary; 

(b) place and maintain posts in or upon any immovable property: 

(c) suspend and maintain a rope over, along or across any immovable property; 



(d) make such bridges, culverts, drains, embankments and roads, as may be necessary; 

(e) erect and construct such machinery, offices, stations, warehouses and other buildings, 

works and conveniences as may be necessary; and 

(f) do all other acts necessary for constructing, maintaining, altering, repairing and using 

a public ropeway: 

Provided that a promoter may take any action under clause (b) or clause (c), 

notwithstanding the objection of the owner or occupier of the property affected thereby if 

the Collector, after giving such owner and occupier by notice in writing, an opportunity 

of being heard, by an order in writing, permits such action. 
(2) When making an order under the proviso to sub-section (1), the Collector shall fix the 

amount of compensation, or of an annual rent, or of both, which should, in his opinion, be 

paid by the promoter to the owner of the property affected thereby or in the case of 

immovable property, to the owner or occupier thereof, or any person interested therein 

and the amount to be paid to each. 
The order so made shall also fix the date by which such amount of compensation or of the 

annual rent shall be paid and the actual payment of such amount of compensation or of 

the first annual rent shall be a condition precedent for execution of any works referred to 

in sub-section (1). 
15. Temporary entry upon land for repairing or preventing accidentU : 

(1) Subject to the rules made under this Act, a promoter or his duly authorised servant or 

agent may, at any time for the purpose of examining or repairing a public ropeway, or of 

preventing any accident, enter upon any immovable property adjoining such ropeway, 

and may do all such works as may be necessary for such purposes. 
(2) In the exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), the promoter or his duly 

authorised servant or agent, as the case may be, shall cause as little damage as possible, 

and compensation shall be paid by him for any damage so caused; and in the case of any 

dispute as to the amount of such compensation, or the person to whom it shall be paid, the 

matter shall be referred to the decision of the Collector. 
16. Removal of obstructions : 

(1) When any tree standing or lying near a public ropeway, or where any structure or other 

object which he has placed or has fallen near such ropeway subsequent to the grant of a 

license under section 10 in regard to such ropeway, interrupts or interferes with, or is likely 

to interrupt or interfere with the construction, maintenance or use of such ropeway, the 

Collector may, on the application of the promoter after affording a reasonable opportunity 

of being heard to the person affected, cause the tree, structure or object to the removed or 

otherwise dealt with as he thinks fit. 
Explanation : For the purpose of this sub-section, the expression "tree" shall be deemed to 

include any shrub, hedge, jungle growth or other plant. 
(2) When disposing of an application under, sub-section (1), the collector shall award to the 

person interested such compensation as the Collector deems reasonable, and the Collector 

may recover such amount from the promoter as if it were an arrear of land revenue. 

CHAPTER-VII 

Working of Ropeways 

17. Promoter may fix rates : 

The promoter shall, for the purposes of working a public ropeway, and subject to such 

maximum rates as may be ordered by the Licensing Authority, have power, from time to time, 

to fix the rates for the carriage of passengers, animals or goods on the ropeway. 
18. Reporting of accidents : 

Whenever any accident of a description attended with loss of human life or serious physical 

injury to any human being, or with serious injury to property occurs in the course of working 

of a ropeway, the promoter or any person authorised by him in this behalf shall forthwith- 

(i) inform and report the matter to the officer-in-charge of the police station in whose 

jurisdiction the site of the accident is situated; 



(ii) inform in writing to the Licensing Authority, the Collector and District Magistrate of the 

District in which the accident has occurred; and 

(iii) inform the nearest hospital or dispensary. 

19. Power to close and reopen ropeways : 

(1) If after inspecting any ropeway opened to traffic, the District Inspector is of opinion that 

the ropeway or any specified part thereof cannot be used without danger to the public or is 

no longer in a fit state for the carriage of any specified class of traffic, he shall state that 

opinion, together with the grounds therefor to the Licensing Authority, and the Licensing 

Authority after such further inquiry, if any, as he may think fit, may thereupon order that, 

for reasons to be set forth in the order, the ropeway, or the part thereof so specified, be 

closed to all traffic or to any specified class of traffic: 
Provided that in any case of extreme urgency, the District Inspector may order the 

suspension of the working of the ropeway or any part thereof which he considers necessary 

pending the order of the Licensing Authority, the District Inspector shall forthwith make a 

report of his order to the Licensing Authority who will make necessary order within a 

period of seven days. 
(2) When under sub-section (1), a ropeway or any part thereof has been closed to any traffic, 

it shall not be reopened to such traffic until it has been inspected and its reopening 

sanctioned, in the prescribed manner. 

CHAPTER-VIII 

DISCONTINUANCE OF PUBLIC ROPEWAYS 

20. Cessation of powers of promoter on discontinuance of public ropeway : 

If, at any time after the opening of a public ropeway, it is proved to the satisfaction of the 

Licensing Authority that the promoter has discontinued the working of such ropeway or of 

any part thereof; without a reason sufficient, in the opinion of the Licensing Authority to 

warrant such discontinuance the Licensing Authority may, if he thinks fit after affording a 

reasonable opportunity of being heard to the promoter, declare, by notification in the Official 

Gazette, that the powers of the promoter in respect of such ropeway or part thereof shall, from 

such date as it may determine, be at an end; and thereupon the said powers shall cease and 

determine. 

Explanation : The working of a ropeway shall be deemed to have been discontinued if it has 

ceased for the period determined in the license published under section 10, or if the period 

has not been so determined, for a period of three months. 
21. Powers of licensing Authority to remove a public ropeway on cessation of promoter’s 

powers :  

(1) When a declaration has been made by the Licensing Authority Under section 20 in respect 

of any public ropeway or of any part thereof, an officer appointed in that behalf by the 

Licensing Authority may at any time after the expiration of two months from the date 

determined as aforesaid, remove such ropeway or part thereof, as the case may be; and the 

promoter shall pay to the officer so appointed such costs of removal as shall be certified by 

that officer to have been incurred by him. 
(2) If the promoter fails to pay the amount of costs so certified within one month after the 

delivery to him of the certificate or of a copy thereof, such officer may, either by public 

auction or, with the written consent of the promoter, by private sale, and with due notice to 

the promoter but without prejudice to any other remedy which he may have for the recovery 

of the said amount, sell and dispose of the materials of the public ropeway or part thereof 

so removed; and may, out of the proceeds of the sale, pay and reimburse to himself the 

amount of costs certified as aforesaid and the cost of sale, and shall pay over residue (if 

any) of such proceeds to the promoter. 

CHAPTER-IX 

APPEALS 

22. Appeal to and revision by the State Government : 



(1) All orders made by the Licensing Authority or the Collector under this Act except those 

which are made by the Collector under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 

(Central Act No. 1 of 1894), shall be appealable within thirty days from the date of order 

and the appeal shall lie to the State Government. 
(2) Any appeal preferred under sub-section (1) shall normally be disposed of by the State 

Government within three months from the date of receipt of the appeal. 
(3) The State Government may, of its own motion, call for and examine the records of any 

proceedings for the purpose of satisfying itself as to the legality or property of any order 

made under this Act by the Licensing Authority or the Collector not being an award or 

order made or passed by the collector under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 

1894 (Central Act No. 1 of 1894) and if in any case it shall appear to the State Government 

that any such order should be modified, annulled or revised or remitted for reconsideration, 

the State Government may, after giving the party to be affected thereby a reasonable 

opportunity of being heard, pass such order thereon as it may deem fit. 

CHAPTER-X 

SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS 

23. Protection of roads, railways and waterways : 

No promoter shall, in the course of the construction, repair, working or management of a 

ropeway, cause any permanent injury to any public road, railway, or waterway, if any, or a high 

tension power line or any other thing of a public utility service or obstruct or interfere with, 

otherwise than temporarily as may be necessary, the traffic on any public road, railway, or 

waterway. 

CHAPTER-XI 

OFFENSES, PENALTIES 

24. Failure of promoter to comply with Act : 

If a promoter - 

(a) Constructs or maintains or works a ropeway otherwise than in accordance with the terms 

of a license granted under section 10 or under sub-section (2) of section 5; or 

(b) opens a ropeway or permits it to be opened in contravention of any of the provision of 

section 13; or 

(c) fails to comply with the provisions of sub-section (4) of section 4: or 

(d) works a ropeway existing immediately before the commencement of this Act in 

contravention of the provisions of section 5; or 

(e) fails to comply with the provisions of section 17; or 

(f) fails to send notice of any accident as required by section 18; or 

(g) fails to close a ropeway in accordance with an order passed under sub-section (1) of section 

19 or reopens any ropeway in contravention of sub-section (2) of that section; or 

(h) continues to exercise the powers of a promoter in respect of any ropeway in contravention 

of the provisions of section 20; or 

(i) contravenes any of the provisions of section 23; or 

(j) contravenes the provisions of any rule made under section 26; 

he shall, without prejudice to the enforcement of specific performance of the requirements 

of this Act, or of any other remedy which may be obtained against him, be punishable with 

fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, and in the case of a continuing offense, to 

a further fine which may extend to two hundred and fifty rupees for every day after the date 

of the first conviction during which the offender is proved to have persisted in the offense. 



CHAPTER-XII 

DELEGATION OF POWERS OF, AND MAKING OF 

RULES BY STATE GOVERNMENT 

25. Delegation of the powers of the State Government :  

The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, delegate all or any of the 

powers conferred on it by this Act, except that of making rules, to the Licensing Authority or 

to any other authority, to be exercised within such area and subject to such conditions as may 

be specified in the notification. 
26. Power of the State Government to make Rules :  

(1) The State Government may, after previous publication, make rules to carry out the purpose 

of this Act. 
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules 

may prescribe- 

(a) the power and duties of the Chief Inspector and the District Inspector appointed under 

section 4; 

(b) the accident of which notice shall be given to the Licensing Authority and to the District 

Inspector; 

(c) the duties of the promoter, promoter’s servants and of police officers, and magistrate 

on the occurrence of an accident; 

(d) the standard dimenstions and specifications to which the rope-way is to conform; 

(e) the manner in which notice under this Act shall be served; 

(f) the safe and efficient working of ropeways; 

(g) the conditions under which, and the manner in which, the powers conferred on 

promoters by section 14 and section 15 may be exercised; 

(h) the procedure for the disposal of application under subsection (2) of section 19 or 

reopen any ropeway or part there of and the conditions under which such ropeway may 

be reopened; 

(i) the procedure for filing, hearing and disposing of appeals under this Act; 

(j) the fees to be charged to promoters and other persons in respect of licenses, application, 

inquiries, inspection, and services rendered under this Act; 

(k) the procedure for making, hearing and disposing of applications under this Act; 

(l) provision for fire fighting, first aid and other amenities; and 

(m) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed under this Act. 

(3) All rules made under this section shall be published in the Official Gazette. 
(4) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the 

House of the State Legislature while it is in session for a total period of not less than 

fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions 

and if before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the sessions aforesaid, the 

House makes any modification in the rule or decides that the rule should not be made, the 

rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case 

may be, so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice 

to the validity of anything previously done under that rule. 

JAGAT SINGH 

Secretary to the Govenrment.  



 

Tourism Department, Jaipur 

 
Notification 

 
Jaipur, August 14, 2000 

 
G.S.R.41.- In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 26 of the Rajsthan 

Ropeways Act, 1996 (Act No 18 of 1997) and other enabling powers under the 

said Act in this behalf, the state Government hereby makes the following rules, 

namely: 

Rajasthan Ropeway Rules, 2000 

1. Short title and commencement :  
(1) These rules may be called the Rajasthan Ropeways Rules, 2000. 

(2) They shall come into force at once. 

 

2. Definitions : In these rules, unless the subject or context otherwise requires- 

(a) "Act" means the Rajasthan Ropeways Act, 1996 (Act No. 18 of 1997); and 

(b) The terms and expressions used in these rules but not defined shall have the meanings 

assigned to them under the Act or as have been provided thereunder. 

3. Power and duties of Chief Inspector : 

(1) The Chief Inspector shall have power to inspect any Ropeway in the State at any time 

and it shall be his duty to inspect every Ropeway at least once in a year; 

(2) It shall be the duty of the Chief Inspector, while inspecting any Ropeway, to ensure 

that- 

(i) the same is being maintained in a fit condition; 

(ii) the same is being maintained with due regard to the safety of persons using the 

same or to the general public; 

(iii) the same is being operated in accordance with the provisions of the Act and 

these rules; 

(iv) the moving and fixed dimensions as specified under rule 7 of these rules are 

being complied with by the promoter; 

(v) the Ropeway is sufficiently equipped for the traffic for which it is intended; 

(vi) due compliance of the provisions of the Act, rules and conditions of the License 

has been made; 

(vii) sufficient measures have been taken to prevent control of pollution caused or 

likely to be caused by working of the Ropeway; 

(viii) the ropeway is fit for traffic and can be used without danger to those using it or 

to the person employed thereon or to the general public; 

(ix) the carriers and other components of the Ropeways including the cable, wire or 

rail are in safe workable conditions; 

(x) the arrangements for embarkation and disembarkation of persons, animals and 

goods are safe and efficient and do not involve danger to life or property; 



(xi) in the case of public Ropeways, the rates as fixed under the provision of the Act 

alone are being charged by the servants of the promoter for carriage of persons, 

animals and goods and there is no violation of such such provision; and 

(xii) proper receipt or ticket of charges or fair collected by the servants of the 

promoter is given to the persons using the rope ways for carriage of persons, 

animals or goods. 

(3) The Chief Inspector shall have power to call for information from the District 

Inspector as to the working of the Ropeway at any time as also of the out come of his 

periodical or other inspection. 

4. Power and duties of the District Inspector : 
(1) The District Inspector shall have power to inspect any Ropeway under his jurisdiction 

at any time and it shall be his duty to inspect every Ropeway at least once in a quarter. 

(2) The District Inspector, while inspecting the Ropeway shall ensure that- 

(i) the same is being maintained in a fit condition; 

(ii) the same is being maintained with due care and regard to the safety of persons 

using the same or the general public; 

(iii) the same is being operated in accordance with provisions of the Act and these 

rules- 

(iv) the moving and fixed dimensions as specified under rule 7 of these rules are being 

complied with by the promoter; 

(v) the Ropeway is sufficiently equipped for the traffic for which it is intended; 

(vi) due compliance of the provisions of the Act, rules and conditions of the License 

has been made; 

(vii) sufficient measures have been taken to prevent control of pollution caused or 

likely to be caused by working of the Ropeway; 

(viii) the ropeway is fit for traffic and can be used without danger to those using it or to 

the person employed thereon or to the general public; 

(ix) the carriers and other components of the Ropeways including the cable, wire or 

rail are in safe workable conditions; 

(x) the arrangements for embarkation and disembarkation of persons, animals and 

goods are safe and efficient and do not involve danger to life or property; 

(xi) in the case of public Ropeways, the rates as fixed under the provision of the Act 

alone are being charged by the servants of the promoter for carriage of persons, 

animals and goods and there is no violation of such such provision; 

(xii) in case of public using the Ropeway for carriage of persons proper receipt of ticket 

or charges or fair collected by the servants of the promoter is given to the persons 

using the Ropeways for carriage of person, animal or goods; 

(3) The District Inspector shall report without delay to the Chief Inspector about the short 

comings, deficiencies and violation or any other inspection carried out by him; 

(4) The District Inspector shall have power to call for information from the promoter as to 

the working of the Ropeway at any time as also of the out come of his periodical or 

other inspections. 

5. Notice of accidents to the Licensing Authority and the District Inspectors : 

(1) Whenever any accident occurs in the working of a Ropeways involving loss of human 

life or serious physical injury to a human being, the promoter or any person acting for 

the time being as incharge of Ropeways system on his behalf, or any person duly 

authorised by him in this behalf shall, besides informing the officer in charge of a police 

station having Jurisdiction over the area where the site of the accident is situated and 

taking necessary steps for first aid and seeking necessary medical aid from the nearest 

hospital or Dispensary, inform forthwith in writing to the Licensing Authority, the 

Collector and District Magistrate of the District in which the accident occurs, setting 



out all necessary details of the persons involved with accident including name 

parentage, age, sex, address and nationality of the person as also circumstances under 

which the accident occurred. 

(2) Whenever any accident occurs in the course of working of a Ropeways and no loss of 

human life or serious physical injure to any person is involved but serious injury to 

property is occasioned, the promoter or any person acting on his behalf or duly 

authorised by him in this behalf, shall, besides reporting incident of accident to the 

officer in charge of the police station having jurisdiction over the site of accident, 

inform in writing to Licensing Authority, the Collector and Distract Magistrate of the 

Distract in which the accident occurs. 

(3) A copy of the reports of the accidents sent by the promoter or any person acting in his 

behalf to the Licensing Authority and the Collector and Distract Magistrate of the 

Distract under sub- rules (1) or (2), as the case may be, shall simultaneously be sent to 

the District Inspector. 

6. Duties of the promoter, promoter’s servants and of police officers and the District 

Magistrate on the occurrence of an accident : 

(1) The promoter and his servants running the Ropeways, on occurrence of any accident, 

besides taking necessary steps and intimating the various authorities about the accident 

under rule 5, shall take urgent steps providing for medical facilities to the persons 

injured in the accident and when loss of human life is involved, the dead bodies of the 

victims of accident shall be kept with due care and dignity till such time the officers in 

charge the police station having jurisdiction takes charge of the bodies or are carried to 

a Hospital or Dispensary for post-mortem. 

(2) The Collector and Distract Magistrate on receipts of information of accident involving 

loss of human life shall either personally visit the site of accident or direct the Executive 

Magistrate having Jurisdiction to visit the site of accident and supervise the expeditious 

and timely completion of legal prerequisites for handing over to the next of kin, of the 

dead bodies of the persons met with accident on a Ropeway. 

(3) The Collector and District Magistrate or any other Executive Magistrate deputed by 

him under sub-rule (2), shall besides acting as contemplated under sub-rule (2), take 

steps for informing the next of kin of the victims of accident and assist in timely 

completion of legal requirements for handing over of dead bodies to them. 

(4) The officer in-charge of the police station having jurisdiction over the site of accident 

shall act promptly in accordance with law. 

(5) When the accident in the working of the Ropeway involves no loss of human life but 

involves serious physical injuries to any person- 

(a) the Collector and District Magistrate or any other Executive Magistrate having 

jurisdiction, on receipt of information of the accident, shall personally visit the 

site of accidents and supervise relief operations and the help being provided to 

the victims of accidents and ensure that the incident is properly conveyed to the 

next of kin of the persons involved in accident; 

(b) the Collector and Distract Magistrate or the Executive Magistrate shall ensure 

that proper medical facilities are provided promptly at the Hospital where the 

victims of accidents are admitted and are being treated. 

(6) It shall be the duty of the promoter or any person for the time being in-charge of and 

responsible for the running of the Ropeway to seek and arrange for treatment of the 

injured in a Hospital and bear the expenses of all the hospital charges in connection 

with treatment which shall however be liable to be set off. out of the charges or 

damages/compensation, if any, awarded by any court in accordance with law. 

(7) Where any accident in the running of the Ropeway neither involves any loss of human 

life nor serious physical injury but involves serious mental, physical stress and agony 

with imminent danger to life owing to dis-functioning of the Ropeway, the promoter or 

any person for the time being acting on his behalf or being the in-charge of the Ropeway 

system, shall take all possible steps to ensure safety of the persons involved in the 

accident or malfunctioning of the Ropeway and seek all possible help and take all 



prudent steps for safety and providing relief to the persons involved in the accident or 

malfunctioning of the Ropeway. 

(8) Upon reporting of an accident of the nature contemplated under sub rule (7), the 

Collector and Distract Magistrate of the District where the site of accident on the 

Ropeway is situated, shall either visit personally or direct any other Executive 

Magistrate to visit the site of accident to supervise and where the collector and District 

Magistrate is satisfied that the things are beyond the control of the promoter or his 

servants to have the life of the persons, he shall take necessary steps to assist the 

promoter or his servant, in seeking help from other quarters competent to render help 

and for that purpose he may exercise all powers vested him under any law, for the time 

being in force, and expenses incurred on seeking such out side help shall be borne by 

the promoter. 

7. Standard dimension and specification of a Ropeway : The standard dimensions and 

specifications of a Ropeway shall be such as may be specified by the State Government in 

the Tourism Department, on receipt of a project report from the Licensing Authority, in 

respect of each and every individual Ropeway project and the same shall form part of the 

license agreement. 

8. The manner of serving notice under the Act : The notice under the provisions of the Act 

shall be served by delivering the same personally or by means of registered post. 

9. Safe and efficient working of Ropeway :  

(1) Every promoter of a Ropeway installed for the purpose of carrying passengers, goods 

or animals shall make necessary arrangement for efficient and safe working of the 

Ropeways. 

(2) The person in charge of the Public Ropeways acting on the authority of the promoter 

shall each time before the start of the Ropeway operations ensure that,- 

(a) an inspection all its systems and appurtenances is carried out; 

(b) it is fit for traffic; 

(c) it can be used without danger to those using it or to those employed thereon or 

to the general public; 

(3) Every promoter of a Ropeway meant for industrial use shall make necessary 

arrangement for efficient and safe working of the Ropeway. 

(4) The person in-charge of the Ropeway (meant for industrial use) acting on the authority 

of the promoter shall, each time before the start of Ropeway operation ensure that- 

(a) an inspection of all its system or appurtenance is carried out; 

(b) it is fit of use; 

(c) it can be used without danger to those using it or to those working in that 

industrial undertaking. 

(5) Every promoter shall ensure that besides regular checking and inspection of the 

Ropeway system by the employees and officers, special checking and inspection is also 

carried out periodically as per directions of the Licensing Authority by the engineers 

and staff of the company which initially installed the system or by any other company 

or consultant specialised in the field or Ropeways installation or maintenance. 

(6) The wear and tear of the equipments trolley or Gondola shall be promptly serviced and 

the defective parts shall be replaced immediately without delay. 

(7) Every promoter or its manager shall maintain register of inspections regularly for each 

Ropeway system and all necessary details of day to day and periodical inspections shall 

be maintained in Form 'C' appended to these rules and shall be submitted to the 

Licensing Authority or the District Inspector or the Chief Inspector or Ropeway as and 

when they come to inspect the Ropeway system. 

10. Exercise of powers conferred on the promoter under section 14 and 15 of the Act :  

(1) The promoter may, in respect of the property not belonging to the promoter, exercise 

power under subsection (1) of 14 of the Act only when the Collector of the District 

authorizes him to do so after following the due procedure under and in accordance with 

the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Central Act No. 1 of 1894). 



(2) In respect of the matter covered under proviso to sub-section (1) of section 14 of the 

Act, the power can be exercised by the promoter only when the Collector passes orders 

and determines compensation under sub-section (2) of section 14 and the amount of 

compensation or in the case of annual rent, the first annual installment has been paid to 

the owner of the property affected there by. 

(3) The promoter while exercising power under section 14 and 15 of the Act, shall act with 

dignity and honour with the owner of the property effected by the exercise of power 

under section 14 and 15 and before entering in or upon any land or premises, he shall 

give due notice to the owner or occupants of the land or premises and no ingress or 

egress upon such land and other properties/premises shall be effected before sun rise or 

after sun set: 

Provided that in case of grave emergency when any accident occurs on the Ropeway 

and life of the human beings cannot be served except by having ingress or egress in or 

over of the Land and premises of other person, the promoter may do so even at odd 

hours after according a memo in this behalf. 

11. The opening of the Ropeway closed under sub-section (1) of the section 19 : Whenever 

any Ropeway is closed to all traffic or any specified class of traffic under sub-section (1) 

of section 19 of the Act, the same shall not be opened to said traffic until the- 

(a) the promoter requests the Licensing Authority in writing stating that the grounds on 

which the Ropeway was closed, no longer exist and that the defect/faults in the 

Ropeway system or part thereof, as the case may be, have been removed and the 

Ropeway is in a safe and fit. condition; and 

(b) Licensing authority has got the Ropeway or part thereof which was closed to traffic, 

inspected by the District Inspector or the Chief Inspector, as the Licensing Authority 

may deem necessary and the report of the said Inspector certifies that the Ropeway 

or part thereof, as the case may be, is in a safe and fit conditions to traffic for which 

it was closed earlier owning to unsafe condition. 

(2) Upon consideration of the report of the District Inspectors or Chief Inspector, as the 

case may be, if the Licensing Authority is satisfied that there is no danger to the class 

of traffic for which the Ropeway was closed and the Ropeway is in a safe and fit 

condition for said traffic, he may sanction the opening of the Ropeway by order in 

writing and there upon the promoter may be authorised to open the Ropeway. 

12. Procedure for filing, hearing and disposal of appeals :  

(1) All appeals under section 22 of the Act shall be preferred in the form of a plaint as 

provided under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act No. 5 of, 1908) stating 

the cause of action, grounds of appeal and the relief sought and shall be addressed to 

the Secretary to the Government of Rajasthan, Tourism Department. 

(2) On receipt of an appeal, the Secretary to the Government shall process the appeal on a 

new file and submit forthwith the same to the Minister In-charge of the Tourism 

Department and the Minister shall fix time place and date of hearing and orders for 

issue of the notices to the concerned parties including the authority against whose order 

the appeal has been preferred. The notice shall be served either personally or by 

registered post. 

(3) On the date so fixed under sub-rule (2), the Minister In-charge shall hear the parties and 

record evidence and also allow any documents to be exhibited. 

(4) After hearing the parties, the Minister In-charge may confirm or modify or set aside or 

revise the order or may remit it for reconsideration. 

(5) The Minister In-charge of the Tourism Department may delegate his power to the 

Secretary to the Department, Department of Tourism, Government of Rajasthan. 

(6) The certified copies of the order passed by the State Government shall be made 

available to all the parties. 

13. Fees to be charged from an applicant promoter and other persons for services 

rendered under the Act :  

(1) An application made by any person to the Licensing Authority under section 6 for the 

permission to undertake preliminary investigation for the Ropeway shall be 

accompanied by an application fee of rupees one thousand. 



(2) The application fee shall be deposited in head of account of the State Government and 

in the manner as may be specified by the Licensing Authority. 

(3) The Chief Inspector of Ropeway for the State and the Inspector of Ropeways for a 

District appointed under section 4 of the Act shall be paid a fee of rupees one thousand 

by the promoter as and when he may visit for inspection of the Ropeway or called upon 

to do so by the promoter. The fee thus received by the Chief Inspector and the Inspector 

for the District, shall be deposited in the account of the State Government in the manner 

as may be specified by the State Government. 

(4) Whenever any license is granted to any promoter, he shall deposit a license fee of rupees 

five thousand in the account of the Tourism Department of the State Government in the 

manner as may be specified by the State Government. 

14. Procedures for the making, hearing and disposing of application : 

(1) An Application by an intending promoter for permission to undertake investigation in 

regard to setting up a Ropeway shall be made in Form 'A' appended to these rules. 

(2) Upon receipt of an application under sub-rule(1), the Licensing Authority shall 

scrutinise the application and may seek such further information from the applicant (the 

intending promoter) in order to form any fair idea of the proposal. 

(3) After considering all the details in the application and as also additional details, if any, 

if the Licensing Authority is satisfied that proposal to undertake preliminary 

investigation for setting up of a Ropeway is worth acceptable, he may accord sanction 

for preliminary investigation in accordance with the provisions of section 8 of the Act. 

(4) Where the preliminary investigation is proposed to be conducted in or over the land or 

premises not belonging to the applicant (the intending promoter), the Licensing 

Authority in his capacity as Collector of the District shall before according sanction for 

preliminary investigation proceed under and in accordance which the provisions of the 

Land Acquisition Act 1894 (Central Act No. 1 of 1894) and comply with the provision 

of that law. 

(5) Once an award is made and that becoming final and payment of compensation having 

been made in accordance with the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 (Central 

Act No. 1 of 1894) or section 14 of this Act, the Licensing Authority may proceed 

further to consider the proposal of the applicant (intending promoter) on receipt of 

preliminary investigation report from him. 

(6) The Licensing Authority after considering all the details supplied by the applicant and 

on being satisfied that License can be granted to the applicant (the intending promoter) 

may publish the proposed license in the manner as provided under section 9 of the Act. 

(7) The draft proposed License shall contain the following details of the proposed Public 

Ropeway namely:- 

(i) the name, address and other descriptions of the proposed Licensee; 

(ii) the place or places where the Ropeway is to be constructed/installed with the 

route over which the same shall operate; 

(iii) the time within which the capital required for construction of the Ropeway shall 

be raised; 

(iv) the time within which the construction shall be completed: 

(v) the time within which the Ropeway shall be completed; 

(vi) the condition under which the concession, guarantee or financial assistance may 

be given to the promoter; 

(vii) the right of purchase of Ropeway by the State Government or Local Authority; 

(viii) The conditions regarding audit and accounts; 

(ix) the conditions regarding arbitration for settlement of disputes; 

(x) the specifications relating to structural designs, quality of material, factors of 

safety, methods of computing stresses and other such technical details as may 

be considered necessary by the Licensing Authority with power approval of the 

State Government in the Tourism Department; 



(xi) the moving the fixed dimensions of the rope way, its subsystems and 

appurtenances; 

(xii) the maps, plans, sections and diagrams as approved by the Licensing Authority 

with the prior concurrence of the State Government in the Tourism Department; 

(xiii) the condition relating to the construction of Ropeway over roads or other public 

ways of communication except Railways for which previous sanction of the 

Railways for which previous sanction of the Railways shall have to the obtained 

through the Central Government before constructing or communicating 

Ropeway over the Railways; 

(xiv) the condition under which the promoter may sell or transfer his right to the State 

Government or to a Local Authority or to any person, body corporate, firm, 

association of individuals other than the promoter; 

(xv) the motive power to be used on the rope way and the condition, if any, on which 

such power may be used; 

(xvi) the minimum headway to be maintained under different parts of the rope; 

(xvii) the points of or under rope way at which bridges or guards shall be constructed 

or maintained or parks shall be developed; 

(xviii) the traffic which may be carried on the rope way, the traffic which the promoter 

shall be bound to carry and the traffic which he may refuse to carry; 

(xix) the maximum and minimum rates that may be charged by the promoter subject, 

however to the maximum rates as may be ordered by the Licensing Authority. 

(xx) the amount of security, if any, to be deposited by the promoter in the event of 

application being granted; 

(xxi) the measures that may be considered necessary to be taken by the promoter for 

the prevention and control of likely accident in the working of the Ropeways; 

(xxii) the measures that may be considered necessary for the prevention and control 

of any type of pollution caused of or likely to be caused by the working of the 

Ropeways; 

(xxiii) the measures for comfortable sitting and or standing space for persons using the 

ropeway at the entry and exit points as also provisions for fresh air, drinking 

water and other civic amenities at these places; 

(xxiv) such matters as the State Government may deem necessary and lay down from 

time to time which shall be deemed to be forming part of the conditions of 

License; and 

(xxv) duration of License (i.e. the date of commencement and termination) 

(8) The draft license for private or Industrial Ropeway, may contain such matters at the 

State Government may specify by order with respect to each such Ropeway. 

(9) After considering the objections or suggestions, if any, which are received before 

the expire of the period specified in the notice published under section 9 of the Act, 

if the Licensing Authority is of the pinion that the License should be granted with or 

without modification or subject to restrictions or conditions, he shall grant the 

license accordingly. 

(10) The License authorising the construction and running of a Ropeway shall be in form 

"B" appended to these rules. 

(11) The License granted to any promoter under section 10 of the Act shall be, as soon as 

may be, published in the Official Gazette. 

15. Provisions for fire fighting : The promoter shall take adequate measures for safety against 

out break of fire and shall install necessary fire lighting equipment at the Ropeway 

establishment and its all systems. 



16. First aid : 
(1) The promoter shall maintain sufficient stock of first aid material including common 

unrestricted medicines at convenient place of the Ropeway system for being used 

during emergencies. 

(2) the promoter shall get some of its employees trained in emergent handling of cases 

needing first aid and be in touch with the nearest hospital, dispensary and medical 

practitioner for prompt relief if the situation to warrants. 

17. Amenities : 

(1) The promoter of a public Ropeway shall make necessary arrangements at the entry 

and exit points for safe, convenient and comfortable stay of the persons using the 

Rope way system. 

(2) facility of pure drinking water may be provided at entry or exist points as also at 

various sub-systems or junctions, if any. During summer, it may be ensure that the 

water made available is cool. 

(3) adequate facilities for toilets and urinals shall be provided by the promoter at all entry, 

exit and waiting places. 

(4) where any stalls or eating jaunts or counter or stalls of cold drink or hot drinks are 

provided either by the promoter or under License from him in the premises under his 

control or possession shall ensure that reasonable rates of all these things are charged 

from the persons and each counter or stall shall conspicuously display rate chart. 

(5) In case where the rates are found to be excessive in comparison to that class of things 

supplied in the areas/town/city, the Licensing Authority may regulate the rates and 

direct the promoter to ensure due compliance from the vendors. 

(6) Where civic amenities, facilities as specified under this rule are found to be lacking or 

are inadequate, the Licensing Authority may require the promoter to provide such 

facilities to the persons using the Ropeway. 

(7) Non compliance of the directions of the Licensing Authority may be deemed to be 

breach of the conditions of the License. 

18. Inspection by the Officers of Tourism Department :  

(1) With a view to ensure that the Ropeway attracts good number of inland and foreign 

tourists, the Director Tourism, Art and Culture Department, Rajasthan or any Officer 

subordinate to him duly authorised by him in that behalf may, inspect the Ropeway 

installations its appurtenances and facility areas and make suggestions to the promoter 

for improvements in the existing facilities as also to provide additional facilities to the 

tourists and other people using in the Ropeway. 

(2) Where suggestion made by the Officers of the Tourism Department are not taken into 

consideration by the promoter within a reasonable period, the matters shall be referred 

to the Licensing Authority and the Licensing Authority on being satisfied as to be 

appropriateness of those suggestions, shall take adequate measures under the provisions 

of the Act and these rules as also under the terms and conditions of License to 

implement the suggestions made under sub-rule(1). 

No.F5(42)GA/I/81/Tourism 

 

डॉ. लललत के. पंवार 

Secretary to Govt. 

Deptt of Tourism 

  



Form - A 

(See Rule 14) 

Application for permission to undertake preliminary investigations. 

To 

The Licensing Authority, 

...................................... 

...................................... 

Rajasthan. 

Sir, 

In pursuance to the provisions of section 6 of the Rajasthan Ropeways Act, 1996 (Act 

No. 18 of 1997) I hereby seek your permission for undertaking preliminary investigation for 

setting up Ropeway............. (locality City/Town/Village) ........... Tehsil..............District in the 

State of Rajasthan. 

The requisite information, including that which is required under section 7 of the aforesaid 

Act is given have under: - 

1. Name.......................................................... 

2. Nationality................................................... 

3. Age..................... 

(in the case of registered firm or a company, the date of registration or corporation.) 

4. Occupation.................................................... 

5. Address ......................... 

(in the case of firm or a company, the registered address.) 

6. Description of the Ropeway undertaking and of the route to be followed by the 

proposed Rope way............................. 

7. Estimate of cost of construction and management and of the advantage of the 

community to be expected from the proposed Ropeway................................................. 

8. Estimated cost of the proposed Ropeway......................... 

9. Statement of estimated working expense and profits expected 

.......................................................... 

10. Statement of maximum and minimum rates which the applicant proposes to 

charge........................................ 

11. Specification, standard dimensions, maps, plans, sections and diagrams of the 

Ropeway....................................... 

12. Financial standing of the applicant and the source through which additional resource 

are to be mobilised for the project 

13. Previous experience in the fields of running the Ropeway, if 

any............................................................... 

14. Other expertise, specialised knowledge or experience in executing or running the 

projects of like nature.................... 

15. Any other information as the licensing authority may require, shall be 

furnished......................................... 

16. Information as required under the provisions of the Act........ 

It is therefore requested that sanction for preliminary investigation under sanction 8 of the 

Rajasthan Ropeway Act, 1996 (Act No. 18 of 1977) may be accorded early. 

Place : 

Dated : 

Yours faithfully 

(Signatures) 

Full Name, address of the applicant/applicants 

  



Form - B 

(See rule 14 (10)) 

License Agreement 

This agreement made at............this ......... day between the Governor of the state of Rajasthan 

called the "Licenser" of the One Part and the ...................... a registered firm/company 

incorporated under the companies Act, 1956 and having registered office at........ (here in after 

called the "Licensee") which expression shall include its assignees or successors) of the 

OTHER PART 

The Licensee has applied for construction, communication and running of the Ropeway for 

carriage of passengers/goods/passengers and goods/animals and goods/passengers alone from 

the foot of..........Hill.................to the upper portion/top side of the.................... Hill and 

associated amenities situated near/at Village/Town/City- ............... in .................. District in 

the State of Rajasthan 

The Licensee had agreed to install, maintain and operate at its own cost an (aerial) Ropeway 

for carriage of passengers/goods/animals from the foot ............... of Hill to upper most/Top hill 

portion of .................. Hill and to provide for other associated and ancillary tourist amenities. 

The Licenser has agreed to the grant of Licensee under and in accordance with the provisions 

of the Rajasthan Ropeways Act, 1996 (Act No. 18 of 1997). 

Now, this license agreement grants all the liberties and power of a licensee upon the terms and 

conditions hereinafter expressed. 

The license agreement witnesses as follows, namely :- 

(1) In consideration of the royalties, covenants and conditions hereinafter reserved and 

contained on the part of the licensee, to be paid, observed and performed, the licenser 

having considered the proposals of the licensee in accordance with the provisions of 

the Rajasthan Ropeways Act, 1996 (Act No. 18 of 1997) hereby grants unto the licensee 

full liberty and power to enter upon and use such of the land and hill side situated at 

............... hill shown in the plan annexed hereto distinguished as "line of the aerial 

Ropeway" and thereon to construct and maintain as near the red line, as conveniently 

may be, Aerial Ropeway, with all necessary usual and other usual ancillary work 

facility and there after to use the same for the carriage of passenger/goods/ animals: 

Provided always that the said liberty shall be subject to the provisions of the Rajasthan 

Ropeways Act, 1996 (Act No. 18 of 1997) and the rules made there under as amended 

from time to time, and the restrictions here-in-after contained. 

(2) The Licensee shall hold enjoy all the rights, liberties, power and authorities 

hereinbefore granted for a term of.................years computed from the date of execution 

of this agreement. The Lease period may be subject to future extension by the Licenser 

for a period of years, if the Licensee may so desire, subject to the royalty mentioned in 

clause (3) of this agreement. 

(3) The Licensee shall pay a royalty of Rs.................. per annum for the original period of 

License and the royalty for the extended period shall be such as may be determined by 

the State Government. 

(4) All communications addressed to the Licensee above named shall be sent either at the 

registered office mentioned hereinbefore in this License or at the Local Office of the 

Ropeways. 



(5) The Ropeway shall be constructed/installed at................(place) and shall operate from 

............ (place/location) to.......................(place/location). 

(6) The License shall in case where he has no sufficient capital of his own/its own raise 

necessary capital within three months from the date of execution of this License 

agreement. 

(7) The construction/installation work of the Ropeway shall be completed within a period 

of one year or within such extended period as the Licenser may allow on the request by 

order in writing. 

(8) The Licensee while raising capital shall not encumber the Ropeway beyond it's net 

capital worth at any given time. 

(9) The Licensee shall be entitled to transfer to Ropeway to the State Government, Local 

authority of the circle or to any person firm or a body corporate at any time but while 

transferring the undertaking to any person or body the License shall inform the Licenser 

before hand and clear all outstanding dues, if any. The Licensee shall maintain proper 

accounts of installation and operation of the Ropeway and these Accounts shall be 

audited by a Chartered Accountant. 

(10) The Ropeway shall confirm to the specifications relating to structural designs, quality 

of martial factors of safety, methods of computing stresses and other technical details 

as have been set forth and provided in Annexure-I appended to this License Agreement. 

[Note: - This Annexure may contain the standard specifications, technical details to 

which a Ropeway must conforms as are duly approved by the Licensing the provisions 

of the Act and the Rules.] 

(11) The moving and fixed dimension of the Ropeway, its subsystem and appurtenances 

shall be such as are given in Annexure- II appended this License Agreement. 

(12) The maps, plans, sections and diagrams submitted by the License and approved by the 

Licenser are given in Annexure-III appended to this License Agreement. 

(13) The licensee shall adhere to the specification, structure designs and the quality of 

material as set forth in the preceding Clauses (10) to (13), while constructing and 

running the Ropeways. 

(14) The Licensee during the course of construction, repair, working, maintenance or 

management of the Ropeway, shall neither cause any permanent injury to any public or 

other means of communication including water way, if any, or high tension power line 

or any other thing of public utility service nor shall obstruct or interfere with, otherwise 

then temporarily as may be necessary in emergent situations the traffic on any public 

road, any other means of mass communication including a water way. 

(15) The motive power to be used for conveying the Ropes and running the system as also 

stand by arrangements are given in Annexure-IV. 

[Note: - This Annexure will contain all the details of motive power used and the stand 

by arrangements including generator or engine.] 

(16) The points of or under the Ropeway at which bridges or guards shall be constructed or 

maintained or parks shall be developed are given in Annexure-V. The Licensee shall 

constructed and maintains these facilities/guards. 



(17) The Licensee shall be authorised to carry the following type of traffic and to which he 

may refuse ..................................................................................................................... 

........................................................................................... ........................... As far other 

traffic for which he is not authorised, he may decline. 

(18) The promoter shall for the purpose of working of a public Ropeway, subject to the 

maximum rates as may be ordered by the Licensing Authority have power from time to 

time to fix rates for the carriage of passengers, animals or goods on the Ropeway. 

(19) The Licensee shall abide by the terms and conditions embodied in this Licensee 

agreement. 

(20) In the event of breach on the part of the licensee of the provisions of the Rajasthan 

Ropeways Act, 1996 (Act No. 18 of 1997) and rule made thereunder or any of the terms 

and conditions of this License Agreement, the Licensing Authority shall have power to 

suspend or cancel the License at any time. 

(21) Other terms/conditions............................................ 

(i) ............................................................. 

(ii) ............................................................. 

(iii) ............................................................. 

(iv) ............................................................. 

(v) ............................................................. 

 

In witness whereof the parties aforesaid have signed, in the presence of witness given below 

on this ....... day of ......... 1999/2000. 

Promoter 

The party of the other part. 

Licensing 

Authority 

(for an on behalf of the Governor of Rajasthan)  

Party of the one post. 

Witness: (1) Name: 

Address : 

Occupation: 

Witness: (2) Name: 

Address : 

Occupation: 

 

Witness: (1) Name: 

Address : 

Occupation: 

Witness: (2) Name: 

Address : 

Occupation: 

 

 

  



Form – “C” 

(See rule 9(7)) 

1. Name of the Ropeway system with location 

2. Name of the Promoter 

3. Name of the person for the time being in-charge of the Ropeway operations. 

Date                      Time 

Name of the Technical Officer/ 

Employee or any other person  

Carrying out inspection 

 

Details of Inspections: 

1.  Where the Ropes are in fit condition ? (Yes/No) 

2.   Where the Gondola/Trolley with all its appurtenances are in 

proper conditions and fit for use 

(Yes/No) 

3.  Whether all other system are in order (Yes/No) 

Note: - Where any defect, deficiency, wear or tear in the system is noticed, that should be clearly 

mentioned and explained. 

Certified that the Ropeway alongwith all its, appurtenances including Gondola/Trolley are fit 

for use/not fit for use owing to following defects/faults. 

Details of faults/defects 

 

Signature of the person  

inspecting the Ropeway 

Certified that the Ropeway alongwith all its sub- system/appurtenances including 

Gondola/Trolley are- 

* (i) fit for use 

* (ii) not fit for use owing to following defects/faults. 

(all defects/faults be clearly indicated with precise details) 

* Strike out the portion which is not applicable 

 

Certificate after removal of defects/faults 

 

Certified that the defects/faults indicated above in the inspection have been removed and the 

Ropeway alongwith all its sub-system/appurtenances including Gondola/Trolley is fit for use. 

 

Signature of the Person 

removing the defects/faults 

 

Counter signature 

of the person acting on  

behalf of the promoter 

and in-charge of the Ropeway.