The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2014

1. (1) This Act may be called the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2014.
2. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu.
3. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of January 2014.

After the Fourth Schedule to the principal Act, the following Schedule shall be added, namely:-

"THE FIFTH SCHEDULE. (See section 105-A)

LIST OF TAMIL NADU ENACTMENTS REGULATING LAND ACQUISITION IN THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU.

1. The Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Harijan Welfare Schemes Act, 1978 (Tamil Nadu Act 31 of 1978).

2. The Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997 (Tamil Nadu Act 10 of 1999).

3. The Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001 (Tamil Nadu Act 34 of 2002)."

2. Amendment of section 24 In section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, in sub-section (2), after the proviso, the following proviso and Explanation shall be added, namely:-

" Provided further that nothing contained in this sub-section shall apply, in case of land acquisition proceedings initiated under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Central Act I of 1894), where the land acquisition or dispossession of land is under litigation before the court as on the 1st day of January 2014 or where the land owner has not made any claim for compensation or has not claimed the compensation amount as on the 1st day of January 2014; or where the possession of the land has been taken, but the land or any portion thereof has been later encroached; or where physical possession of land or any portion of the land has not been taken on account of any encroachment.

Explanation.-Where the compensation payable under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Central Act I of 1894) has been deposited in a treasury or in a court, such compensation shall be deemed to have been deposited in the account of the beneficiaries and paid in accordance with the provision of the said Land Acquisition Act, for the purpose of this sub-section.".