Power to Acquire land under the Land Acquisition Act

Power to Acquire land under the Land Acquisition Act.-

1. (1) Any land required, reserved or designated in any Development Plan and Area development Scheme shall be deemed to be land needed for a public purpose within the meaning of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, or any other Land Acquisition Act in force from time to time, and may be acquired by the Government under the said Act as modified in the manner provided in this Act on request by the respective Planning Authority or any Local Authority.
2. (2) Where any land has been acquired by the Government, after taking possession of the land, the Government may transfer the land to the Planning Authority or any Local Authority for the purpose for which the land has been acquired on payment by the Planning Authority or the Local Authority of the compensation awarded under that Act and of the fee.
3. (3) On receipt of an application made under Sub-section (1), if the Government is satisfied that the land specified in the application is needed for the public purpose specified therein, the Government may make a declaration to that effect in the Gazette, in the manner provided in section6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in respect of the said land.
4. (4) On the publication of such declaration, the collector of the district within whose jurisdiction the land is situate, shall proceed to take order for the acquisition of such land under the said Act; and the provisions of that Act shall, so far as may be, apply to the acquisition of the said land.