Acquisition

(1) After the publication of the final statement under section 12 or 14, the Government shall, subject to the provisions of sections 16 and 17, publish a notification to the effect that the surplus land is required for a public purpose. (2) The Government shall - (a) cause to be published in every village in which any part of the land specified in the notification is situated a proclamation containing the terms of the notification; (b) cause a copy of the notification to be served on the persons concerned, the creditors, persons whose names appear in the final statement published under section 12 or 14 and such other persons as may be specified in the rules made by the Government. (3) On the publication of the notification under sub-section (1), the land specified in the notification together with the trees standing on such land and buildings, machinery, plant, apparatus, wells, filter points or power pumps, constructed, erected or fixed on such land and used for agricultural purposes shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been acquired for a public purpose and vested in the Government free from all encumbrances with effect from the date of such publication and all right, title and interest of all persons in such land shall, with effect from the said date, be deemed to have been extinguished: Provided that where there is any crop standing on such land on the date of such publication, the authorized officer may, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, permit the harvest of such crop by the person who had raised such crop. (4) Subject to the rules made under sub-section (5), the authorized officer may, at any time after the publication of the notification under sub-section (1), take possession of any land specified in the said notification. (5) The Government may make rules specifying the classes of tenants, who may be allowed to continue in possession of the land.