The Maharashtra Underground Pipelines and Underground Ducts (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 2018
The Maharashtra Underground Pipelines and Underground Ducts (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 2018
This Act regulates how the Maharashtra government and public corporations acquire the right to use private land to lay underground utility pipelines and ducts. It applies to all landowners and public authorities within the Indian state of Maharashtra. This law matters because it accelerates the deployment of vital public services, such as gas and water, without the high costs of buying land outright. While landowners retain property ownership, they are prohibited from constructing buildings or planting trees over these underground routes. In exchange, the law guarantees them fair financial compensation for any property damage and the resulting land use restrictions.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Publication of notification regarding intention to acquire right of user in land.
- 4. Declaration of acquisition of right of user in land.
- 5. Power to enter and survey.
- 6. Laying underground pipelines or creating underground ducts.
- 7. Power to enter upon land for maintenance, inspection, etc.
- 8. Restrictions regarding use of land.
- 9. Compensation.
- 10. Deposit and payment of compensation.
- 11. Period within which compensation shall be made.
- 12. Special power in cases of urgency
- 13. Competent Authority to have certain powers of civil court.
- 14. Protection for action taken in good faith.
- 15. Bar of Jurisdiction.
- 16. Punishment.
- 17. Power to make rules.
- 18. Power to remove difficulties.
- 19. Repeal of Mah. Ord. XIII of 2018 and saving.
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