1. The National Highways Authority of India (for short 'the NHAI' ) is an Authority constituted under S.2(1) of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (for short 'the NHAI Act' ) for development, maintenance and management of national highways and other highways vested in it or entrusted to it by the Government.

2. The Central Government through the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) by its notification dated 24-7-2014 in exercise of the powers conferred by S.5 of the National Highways Act, 1956 , entrusted to the State Government (Department of Public Works) various national highways including old national highways situated within the State for discharging the functions in relation to the execution of works pertaining to each of the national highways described in the said notification. The MORTH also issued guidelines on 31-3-2016 regarding procedures to be adopted for invitation of tenders and qualification of Contractors for execution of Road and Bridge works on National Highways and Centrally Financed Schemes modifying the earlier procedure dated 13-11-2014.

3. The Executive Engineer, Department of Public Works, National Highway Division, Jagdalpur flo