The Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Harijan Welfare Schemes Act, 1978
The Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Harijan Welfare Schemes Act, 1978
This Act regulates the government acquisition of private land in Tamil Nadu specifically for welfare schemes benefiting Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, referred to as Harijans. It applies to Tamil Nadu landowners whose property is acquired and the marginalized communities receiving the land for housing, pathways, or burial grounds. It matters because it bypasses standard, slower land acquisition laws to speed up social welfare initiatives, ensuring the state can quickly secure land for welfare projects while compensating displaced owners with market value plus a fifteen percent additional payment. This balances property rights with urgent constitutional directives for social justice.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Declaration.
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Power to acquire land
- 5. Land acquired to vest in Government free from all encumbrances.
- 6. Right to receive amount.
- 7. Determination of amount.
- 8. Matters to be ignored in determining the amount.
- 9. Appeal against order of amount determined.
- 10. Appointment of amount determined
- 11. Payment of amount.
- 12. Payment of interest.
- 13. Appeal to High Court
- 14. Powers of prescribed authority in relation to determination of amount.
- 15. Use of land acquired
- 16. Delegation of functions
- 17. Bar of jurisdiction of Civil Courts
- 18. Prescribed authority, etc., to be servants
- 19. Protection of action taken in good faith.
- 20. Land Acquisition Act not to apply
- 21. Act to override other laws.
- 22. Application of the Act of certain pending cases of acquisition.
- 23. Power to make rules.
- 24. Publication rules, the date of the commencement of the rules and notifications and placing of rules and notifications on the tables of the Legislature.
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