Act 21 of 1948
Keyword(s):
Central Act Amendment, The Land Acquisition Act, 1894
Amendments appended: 12 of 1953, 23 of 1961, 41 of 1980, 16 of 1997, 43 of
1999
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LAND
TA TAMIL N$Du]A m -
ACQUISITION
MENT) ACT,19483.
(Received the assent of the Governor on the 3 1st December 1948;Jirst published in the Fort S t . George
Gazette o? the 4th January 1949.)
An Act further to amend the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, in its application to the
3[State of Tamil Nadu;\,
Act of
1894.
WHEREAS
it is expedient fvrther to amend the Land
Acquisition Act, 1894, in its application to the
$[State of Tamil Nadu], for the purposes hereinafter
appearing ; It is hereby enacted as follows :-
1. (1) This Act may be called the Land Acquisi- short title
and extent.
tion (l[Tamil Nadu] Amendn~ei~t)
Act, 1948.
- (2) It extends to the whole of the "State of
Tamil Nadu].
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LandAcquisition [I948 :
(b)'in the first paragraph of subsection (2)(i) before the word "Whenever': at the
commencement, the following shall be inserted,
namely :"In the following cases, that is to say-";
(ii) the portion beginning with the word
"Whenever" and ending with .the words "access to
any such station " shall be lettered as clause (a) and
after the clause as so lettered, the following clause
shall be inserted, namely :"(b) whenever in the opinion of the Collector it becomes necessary to acquire the immediate
possession of any land-
or
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*See now the Taolil Nadu Co-operatiw SCIC~C~{W
Act, 1961
(TauuI Nzdu Act 53 of 1961).
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Sbort title.
1. (1) This Act may be called the Land Acquisition
extea: and ('[Tamil Nadu] Amendment) Act , 1961.
comrnencement,
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Amendment)
mquiiition
o f lands fcr
housirig
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(2) In section 24 of the said Act,(i) in clause sixthly, the word ''or" occurring at the
end shall be omitted;
(li) in clause seventhly, the word
added at the end; and
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4. Tho provisions of
-.section 3 shall apply also to every
~ g iciit
p io 11~
ofybe~ato case in which p r o c ~ , w ~ &
havd
~ been started before the
pending commencement of this Act for the acquisition of any land
for the ex3cution of any housing schemes, provided that
acqu'snlon* no award has been made by the Collector under section
1 1 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Central Act I of
1894), before such commencement.
Ease? Of
Savingof
5.Sa77o
as otherwise provided in this Act,
other laws. the provisions of this Act shall be in addition to,
and not in derogation of, any other law for the time being
in force regulating any of the matters dealt with in this Act,
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to scch notification, been excluded in computing the said period of three years; and all such declaration^
made and acts done or proceedings taken in pursuan2e
of such declarations, shall be deemed to be and to have
always been validly made, done or taken in accoraance
with law, as if scb$ic~2 ~f this Act had been in force, at
all m?terial times, when such declarations were made.
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(Price
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G O V E R N M E N T G A Z E T T E ;I
CHENhAI, T H U R S M Y ,
1'~ruguni 7, 'Clr.nlBlt,
MARC^^. 20,
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('2)
1894
t;C;t.+-y~
Trrn~ilNdu in tho
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Uovornroz~ltmay, by -aoti&
cation. appolnt.
(1) in sub-section (11,(a) for the expression ''Whenever it appears to the appropriate Government1',
the expression *'Subject to the provisions of subsection (I-A), whenever it appears to
the Collector or the Commissioner of Land Administrdtion or the Government, as the
case may be, " shall be substituted;
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"Explanation.-For
the purp~sccf this sub-scclio.r, thc publication of notificiltiolt
in the Omcial Gazette, thc publication of such notification in two daily ncwspi1pcr.s ant1
the giving of ptihlic noticc,(a) nhy p r w d c cach other;
(b) shall be completed within a period of sixty days. Thc period of dxtv day&
slrall be recko:le.J fro111the Jate of publication of notiBcatio11in the OfRcial Gazette o O t b
Jate of publication of sush ~lotificationin two cl4i;j L I ~jkapers
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3r tka da6e of g i v b
public notice, wllichevcr is eiirlier.";
1.2) after sub-sectio:~(I). the following sub-section shall be insertef. rtamely:-
6; w;cccb
the Collector i n respect of land not exceeding tan acres In extent tho value
Jc;s not e.rceed .kg; ,.;Gve Iakhs;
- twoirty
(b)
~duoment
i
A;[, i'a subsection (2), for the portio?llxgiilrtrrtr:
3. In sctio 115-A of tha ~ r xipa1
with
the ~vor,ls "iq racpoct of (lirirent prmls of such Iknrl" ant1 cntlirle with tlie
words ' . O J J C ~ ~ I O . ~ ~sllall b; h ~ a l " ,tile rollodrlg ~i\i\ll be su!18lituted, n i \ m ~ l y : -
nf *Mior,
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"in respect ordiifere~lt parcels of such land,(i\ to t.tc G~vcrcl~neat.. where tne notification unl-ler mb-section (1) uf sectlon
? ~ notification under
(ii) to t;lc Co nmissionez of L a d Administration, w l . l ~ the
sub-acctioa (1) of scction 4 was puSIirrlictl by the Co:nmissioner of Land Admu~istration
or by the Collc-tor:
coabining his recorn1l1-Idations on the objections, t o g e t k with the record of the
pro:ee.jlfigs ueld by him, for thedecision of the Government or the Commissioner of
Lqnd ~Jministratioa. as the case, may be. Thedecision of the Government or the,
Commission~rol'thc Li~rld~ \ d m l ~ ~ s t r i t i oasn the
, case may He, shall be final.".
,mendmat
:of
d o n 6.
" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . ~ t i o the
# . -purpJsc
F o r of this sub-section, the publication of dcclatntion
in the Omcia1 Gazettc, thc publication of S U C dcclarajion
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in two daily IlCWSpRpcrN
thr
giviilg
of
public
notic2,and
(a) may
precede cach other;
Q shrill be completed within a period of aixty days. Tho pcriod of sixty day1
snnll hc r~kont:d from lltc d?.teof publication'of declaration in the Official Gazette or the
dnrc or pul>lic:!tion of' such dcclrrrc\Iion in two daily ncwcrpapctr or the dnta of giving
public noticc wl~icl~cvcr
is cnrlicr.";g
(3)
talc ~ l , n l l l l i q s i oor
: ~ Lnnd
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A<lministrntion,ns thc cnce may bc." shall ho iluertcd,
hsndrnot~t
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Lasertion of
now s ~ ~ t i o m
16-A and'
16-I%
tr~tir.$?r,cbtc..-(1)
(2) WHtrd it is noticcd or any information has bcen received that ahy lahd his
been transferred in contravention of sub-section (I), the Government may, by dn order,
doclare the transfer to be null and void, and on such declaratiori, the land $hall, ac
penalty, bo forfeited to, aad vest in, the Government in Revenue Dcpartmont free from
eU rnoumbrancaa :
Ptovidea that no orher wider this sub-sdction, shall be hide unte&d k@h
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authority has had a reasonable opportunity of belrlg Head.
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7. Tn section 18 of the principal Act,(1) in sub-sectiotl (2), l'or thc words "The npplication shall ststc the grounds oY
drliich objection to the award is taken", thc following shall be substttutcd, namcly;
"Tllc
npplic:\tion slur11 st:rfc( n ) the grounds on which the objection to tne award is taken i and
(h) i f i t rclntcs to thc cnhnncement of compcnoation, the exact amount required to
be enl~nncccl:" ;
(2) nftcr sub-section(?), the following sub-section sl~nllbe sdbstitiited, narnelyr-
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"ut
"(bb) thc nnmeofthcpersonorauthoritytobcimplendednsapa.rtyinfhb~r~medfnga of the coirrt whore thc ucquiaition is not made for the Government;".
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namely:-
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After section 23 of tho ptineipnl Acf, Chb fbIloWirlg . sw(ion rhatl bs inscttsd; InwHion
of new
sacticw, 234.
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the pifrpasf of thin section, "Court" includes the "tfluh,Coufiw.
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cuslpi~,~.su
fiUtt i t C L ~ I L u o1st2r.- Nutwitl~rtitn(liag
anything contJncct in this Act or i l l i ~ n yother taw for tho tintc hcir~g in torcu or
any cnntract. in cases wl cretllc acquisition is iiot made tor lllu Govern~rlelJund
tho compcascltion a w a r d d under swti011 25 or s c ~ t i o n28-A or section 54, is in:
cxess ot tl~em o u n t irwurdut by rho Collwtor u~ldcrsection 11, the excess amount
ro awarded ~ncludingtbc intcrast, if any, payablo u ~ ~ d soction
er
28, shall be paid by
F.r: per-or, or autllor~tylor w11oa1 +he acquisition is mule.
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n~endmotrt
i. section
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11. I n swtioa 28-A of the plincipnl Act, in rub-soction (l), atkr the words "the
porsorls intorestat in all the olllcr hnJ ", tllu wortls " wl~iclt is sirniliu i,) all r b s p ~ t s
and merits and is " ahdl be i~)surtLXI.
t mion
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st~b-.,ection'?(I)
12. Socclon 34-A 01 the principal Acr $hall be rc~it:nthral
ot that s e c t i ~ nand d'tcr submction (1) as so r~nu~alwrutl.
tlw tollowing yub-section
shaU be insurted, namelj :-
received that
" (2) Where it is n o t i d or any intormation has been
any
l i d has k e n transterrcd in
contravention ot
$ub-wction (I),
tha
Govertrment may, by order, declare th,: trit~~ster
tc, be lull anc4 w i r l anct on sucb
mend mOnC
NL
ilr,
in, tha
Provided that n o order under this sub-section shall be made urlless tile company
has had a reasonable opportunity of &ifig heard.".
Inmion of
new m f o n
48-B.
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"48-B. Transjer oj land to original owner irk ccrtcrin cues.-Where thr: Govcrnmcnt
are sutisEed that the land heat in the Government under this Act is not required for the
purpose for which it was acquired, or for any other public purpose, the Go\ernment may
trwldar SOL%lnnd to tile origirrul owrlcr who iu willing to repity ~hwun1ou111paid to him
of the ua~outrt ~cfcrrcd to In
undor this Act for tho ucquiailion of such land i1~~111rivo
rub-aectionr ( 1 4 ) and (2) Qf rection 23, if any, prid under (hi8 Act.
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14, After action 54 of the principal Act, the bllowirlg section shall be inserted,
namely :-
r h f d kt V of 1908). t
k
i i r r r ~ ~ ~ . ~ J p V r .
aucb rw will procted m i m ~
thc case rPd
t t e rppr-ze
bn tbac aay, to ba served on tbe person or authority also, other than
~ b t
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m .c~UtitiooL
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Governmat, for
A. K. RAIAN,
Secretary lo
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TAMIL NADU
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PlleUStiED BY ~ u T t t 0 R l n'
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Nu.43 0 F 1999.
An Act firthe6 to amend )he LandA cquisitfon Act, 1894, in ie application lo lire State
of Tamtl Nadu.
BBit enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of '1amil Nadu in the ~ ~ f t i c YeW
th
of the Reputlic of India as follows,:1. (1) Thls Act may be called the Land Acquisition (Tsmil Nadu Amendment) Act, Short &.
1999. ?
exteb8and
CommeaQb
men1.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamii Nadu.
' ~ r a ~l c t
1of 1894.
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2. In the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, .n secticn A , in zch-~ecticn(l -A), for clauses Amendm t
of8onion
(a) and (t), the following clauses shall k,substituted, namely;$'(a) the Collectcr inrespect ofland not ex&ingfortyacres
of which does not exceed rupees twenty-fivc lakhs ;
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W QUIALF OF TlIE GQVeRNMlibFT OF TAMIL hMDV.
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