Section 27
Employees of the Authority to be public servants.
The National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988
About this Act
An Act to provide for the constitution of an Authority for the development, maintenance and management of national highways and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
All members, officers and employees of
the Authority shall, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or of any
rule or regulation made thereunder, be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of
the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).