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Q.1
Q.1: Answer in 2-3 sentences each
20 Marks - 2 marks each
(a)Explain the term "Appropriate Government" under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.[2]
Answer
Section 3(ee) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 says "the expression 'appropriate Government' means, in relation to acquisition of land for the purposes of the Union, the Central Government, and, in relation to acquisition of land for any other purposes, the State Government". It was inserted by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.
The test is the purpose, not the place.
- Purposes of the Union. Land for defence, a Central railway project or a Central Government office is acquired by the Central Government.
- Any other purpose. Land for a State road, an irrigation dam or an industrial area is acquired by the State Government.
What the appropriate Government does. It issues the preliminary notification (section 4) and the declaration (section 6). It may invoke urgency (section 17), and it approves the Collector's award unless approval is dispensed with (section 11). Its decision on objections is final (section 5A).
Under the 2013 Act. Section 3(e) of the Right to Fair Compensation Act, 2013, in force from 1 January 2014, defines the term more fully:
- land within a State: the State Government;
- land within a Union territory (except Puducherry): the Central Government;
- land for a public purpose in more than one State: the Central Government, in consultation with the States; and
- land for Union purposes as notified: the Central Government.
For a public purpose in a district up to a notified area, the Collector is deemed to be the appropriate Government (proviso).
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