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section 19

Public notice calling upon displaced persons to state whether they want land for resettlement

The Maharashtra Resettlement of Project Displaced Persons Act, 1976
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  1. (1) The Resettlement Officer shall as soon as may be after the assessment is made under section 13 publish a public notice in the Official Gazette and also as provided by sub-section
  2. (2) of section 11 calling upon the displaced persons in the affected zone to intimate to him in writing before the date specified in the notice (not being earlier than 60 days from the date of publication of the notice in the Official Gazette) to state whether they require land for resettlement on occupancy price provided under section 18; and if so, to submit to him, in duplicate, before the said date, a statement containing the following particulars, namely:—
    • (a) the area of land held by each displaced person as occupant or tenant in the affected zone, separately;
    • (b) the area of land held by each displaced person, if any, in the benefited zone or outside that zone in any village or area specified under section 10 as occupant or tenant;
    • (c) the description of land on which he was working as agricultural labourer;
    • (d) the place of residence in the old gaothan, and whether the displaced person holds that place as owner or tenant; and
    • (e) choice of land for purposes of grant or for working thereon as agricultural labourer in the benefited zone, or in the village or area specified under section 10, and choice of land in the new gaothan or, as the case may be, in the extended part of the existing gaothan.
  3. (2) The Resettlement Officer shall take particular care to ensure that the notice published under sub-section
  4. (1) is given as wide publicity as possible, and for that purpose he may render such assistance to the displaced persons to understand the contents of the notice as he thinks fit in the circumstances of each case.
  5. (3) A copy of the statement received under sub-section
  6. (1) shall be sent to the Deputy Director.

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