Publication of notification for acquisition.

(1) Whenever it appears to the State Government it is necessary in the public interest that for the carrying of water, gas, electricity from one locality to another locality and to construct, pipeline for carrying industrial waste and works connected therewith, pipelines may be laid by the State Government or a corporation and that for the purpose of laying such pipelines, it is necessary to acquire the right of user in any land under which such pipelines may be laid, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare its intention to acquire the right of user therein. (2) Every notification under sub-section (1) shall give a brief description of the land. (3) The Competent Authority shall cause the substance of the notification to be published at such places and in such manner as may be prescribed. (4) Any person interested in the land may, within twenty-one days from the date of the notification under sub-section (1), object to the laying of the pipeline under the land. (5) Every objection under sub-section (4) shall be made to the Competent Authority in writing and shall set out the grounds thereof and the Competent Authority shall give the objector and opportunity of being heard either in person or by a legal practitioner and may, after hearing all such objections and after making such further inquiry, if any, as that authority thinks necessary, by order either allow or disallow the objections. (6) Any order made by the Competent Authority under sub-section (5) shall be final.