Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
ABHIJEET TALWAR
201202
Section 17- Special Powers of appropriate Government or
Collector in cases of Urgency
Government can take possession of any land needed for public
purpose by way of a fifteen days notice published as inSection
9(1). Such land vests with the Government free from all
encumbrances.
applies to all types of land
Section 17(2)- states few scenarios which constitute as urgency
1. owing to sudden changes in the channel of any navigable river or any unforeseen
emergency
2. Railway Administration to acquire land for the maintenance of traffic etc
3. For the purpose of any library or an educational institution
4. For the construction, extension or improvement of:
any building or other structure in any village for the common use of inhabitants of such village
any go down
any dwelling-house for the poor
any irrigation tank, irrigation or drainage channel or any well
any road
5.The Collector shall not take possession of any building or part of a building
under this sub-section without a 48 hour notice
The Bihar government had initiated steps for acquiring tracts
of lands in Mouza Sansarpur and Hardas Chak. The
notifications had simultaneously excluded the provisions of
section 5Aof L.A. act from applying to the acquired lands. Land
owners filed objections to these notifications under section 5A
on a consideration of which the Land Acquisition Officer had
stated that the notifications could not be continued with as the
Award has not been passed within stipulated time period.