The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint an officer who is holding or has held in office, which in its opinion is not lower in rank than that of Deputy Collector or Assistant Director of Town Planning to be a Land Acquisition Officer for the purposes of this Act, and one or more such officers may be appointed as may be necessary.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>The State Government may, by notification in the <i>Official Gazette</i>, appoint an officer who is holding or has held in office, which in its opinion is not lower in rank than that of Deputy Collector or Assistant Director of Town Planning to be a Land Acquisition Officer for the purposes of this Act, and one or more such officers may be appointed as may be necessary.<br>