New Land Acquisition Bill 2007

Now the THE LAND ACQUISITION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2007 A BILLfurther to amend the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.18. is going introduced in loksabha so if we propose ammend ment to sec 18 as court referance is tobe given by agency then it will be possible. ammended sec 18 of La 1984 bill 2007 is as folloeIn section 18 of the principal Act,-(i) in sub-section (1), the following provisos shall be inserted, at the end, namely:—“Provided that the Collector shall, within a period of fifteen days from thedate of receipt of application, make a reference to the Authority for the Centre, oras the case may be, the Authority:Provided further that where the Collector fails to make such referencewithin the period so specified, the applicant may apply to the Authority for theCentre, or as the case may be, the Authority, requesting it to direct the Collectorto make the reference to it within a period of thirty days.”;(ii) in sub-section (2), after the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted,namely :—“Provided further that the Collector may entertain an application after theexpiry of the said period, within a further period of one year, if he is satisfied thatthere was sufficient cause for not filing it within the period specified in the firstproviso.”. Amhi Satarkar