Lawgist20APower to acquire land, etc
1[20A. Power to acquire land, etc.-- (1) Where the Central Government is satisfied that for a public purpose any land is required for execution of a special railway project, it may, by notification, declare its intention to acquire such land.
(2) Every notification under sub-section (1), shall give a brief description of the land and of the special railway project for which the land is intended to be acquired.
(3) The State Government or the Union territory, as the case may be, shall for the purposes of this section, provide the details of the land records to the competent authority, whenever required.
(4) The competent authority shall cause the substance of the notification to be published in two local newspapers, one of which shall be in a vernacular language.]
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1 Ins. by Act 11 of 2008, s. 3 (w.e.f. 31-1-2008).
- 20A Power to acquire land, etc
- 20B Power to enter for survey, etc
- 20C Evaluation of damages during survey, measurement, etc
- 20D Hearing of objections, etc
- 20E Declaration of acquisition
- 20F Determination of amount payable as compensation
- 20G Criterion for determination of market-value of land
- 20H Deposit and payment of amount
- 20-I Power to take possession
- 20J Right to enter into land where land has vested in Central Government
- 20K Competent authority to have certain powers of civil court
- 20L Utilisation of land for the purpose it is acquired
- 20M Sharing with landowners the difference in price of a land when transferred for a higher consideration
- 20N Land Acquisition Act 1 of 1894 not to apply
- 20-O Application of the National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy, 2007 to persons affected due to land acquisition
- 20P Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter
