India - Requisition for Acquisition of Land
ProcedureEdit
- Land acquisition involves Acquiring body, the processing body and the land owner.
- Acquiring body will process the requirement based on the government provision.
- Collectrate is responsible for the requisition for acquisition of land for public purpose related to different projects of development is concerned. Assessment of valuation of land on requisition is also governed by the department.
Apply In-Person
- Applicant has to approach the respective collector office (Collector of concerned District) to make request.
- An application form can be obtained from respective office on your visit or can be a written one.
- Applicant should complete the form and enclose the required documents and submit to the collector for that district (in few cases, application has to be made to the “Directorate of Administrative Reforms”).
- Along with the application, please make sure you have the entire following listed document.
- Copy of Land Documents
- Copy of recent Encumbrance Certificate
- Present Patta
- Once the application is accepted Collector will constitute a team of revenue and agriculture Officers (if applicable) of the district. They will visit the spot mentioned and make enquiry whether the requisition is consistent with the provisions.
- They make field visit with the requiring body to examine the revenue records of the proposed land, meet the families likely to be affected and submit a report based on the above process to the Collector regarding the requisition being consistent or contrary to the provisions.
- Collector will issue respective orders based on the report.
- The appropriate authorities will work with the process of acquisition of land.
Note: After collector receives the report, if any enquiries required then that will be carried out as per their mode.
- Note:
- After collector receives the report, if any enquiries required then that will be carried out as per their mode.
- In some states applicant shall apply using the respective state department online portal.
- Find the contact details and application form from the respective state portal procedures by using the link provided under respective states below.
Please select the state name for respective State Procedure.
Andaman and Nicobar –Assam – Bihar – Chandigarh – Chhattisgarh – Daman and Diu – Goa - Gujarat – Haryana – Himachal Pradesh – Jammu and Kashmir – Jharkhand – Karnataka – Lakshadweep – Madhya Pradesh – Maharashtra – Manipur – Meghalaya – Mizoram – Nagaland – New Delhi – Odisha – Puducherry – Punjab – Rajasthan – Sikkim – Tamil Nadu – Tripura – Uttar Pradesh – Uttarakhand – West Bengal
Required DocumentsEdit
- Application form (Request for acquisition).
- Detailed Project Report.
- A certificate for administrative sanction for the project for which the land is proposed to be acquired.
- A certificate by the requiring body.
- A certificate to the effect that sufficient provisions of funds in respect to cost of compensation.
- Duly Filled up Performa.
- Aadhaar card.
- Appendix 1 (Schedule of land details for 5 villages)
- Appendix 2 (Schedule of land details for next 5 villages)
- Details of land (5 copies village wise).
- Copy of recent Encumbrance certificate.
- Present Patta.
- Relevant Map on tracing cloth (5 copies village wise).
- Relevant Certificate (5 copies village wise).
- Copy of MOU with the Govt. of state.
- Copy of proceeding of High Power Committee.
Note:
- All original and copy of original with self attestation as advised by respective authorities to be submitted as per requirement.
- Apart from the above documents authorities may ask to submit additional information or documents. Please provide them for processing.
Office Locations & ContactsEdit
Department of Land Resources,
NBO Building, G-Wings, NirmanBhawan,
Moulana Azad Road, New Delhi -110011, India.
Ph: 011-23062722
Link for Contact: link
EligibilityEdit
Indian citizens, residents and organizations who want to acquire a land.
FeesEdit
Fees for the land acquisition will be calculated as per government norms considering the area and place the land acquired.
ValidityEdit
- Requisition of such acquisition can be claimed by the individual as per the timeline provided by the government.
- This procedure is the initial and the basic procedure for a project and the validity for the acquisition stand valid forever.
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Processing TimeEdit
- This procedure can have different processing timeline.
- Depending upon the size of the land, the time varies.
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Required InformationEdit
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Need for the DocumentEdit
- The Land Acquisition Act, 1894 is a law in India that allows the government to acquire private land in that country.
- In view of urbanization, Industrialization or development of infrastructural facilities the Union or a state government acquires private land and provides compensation to the affected land owners and their rehabilitation / resettlement.
- Land Acquisition Collector or the respective authority is the land acquisition officer. Requisition for the land has to be received from the requisitioning authority.
Information which might helpEdit
- Earlier the acquisition for private purposes was limited to 'Private Companies' which are registered under the Companies Act.
- Now it has been extended to any 'Private Entity' that includes proprietorship, partnership, NGO or any other entity.
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