Chapter VII LAND ACQUISITION.

Immovable property required for the purposes of a town-planning scheme shall be deemed to be land needed for a public purpose, within the meaning of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, and may be acquired,-(a) under the said Act, or (b) under the said Act as modified in the manner hereinafter provided in this chapter.

In cases falling under clause (b) of section 33 a notification under section 14 shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, operate in respect of any land for the purposes of the scheme as a declaration under section 6 of the said Act and no further declaration shall be necessary, but it shall not be incumbent on the State Government, or officer authorized in that behalf, to take immediate steps for the acquisition of such land. Provided that if the land is not acquired within three years from the date of the notification, it shall cease to have effect as a declaration under section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.

Any dispute between any two local authorities in regard to any matters arising under any of the provisions of this Act shall, in case of their failure to settle it amicably between themselves, be referred for adjudication to the State Government whose decision shall be final.

For the purpose of the making or execution of any town-planning scheme, the municipal authorities or the responsible authority or persons appointed by the State Government under section 42, sub-section (3), their subordinates and contractors shall have the same power to enter upon, survey and set up marks on property and to do all acts necessary for such purposes, subject to the same conditions and restrictions, as they have for other municipal purposes under Part VII of the Telangana Municipalities Act, 1965, and persons interfering with the exercise of such powers by the municipal authorities or the responsible authority or persons appointed by the State Government, their officers, servants, or contractors, shall be liable to the same penalties.

superseded.