The document outlines rules for land acquisition in Punjab, Pakistan according to the Land Acquisition Act of 1984. It details procedures for acquiring land for public or private purposes. Key steps include the acquiring agency submitting an application to the Collector, the Collector examining feasibility and issuing a notification under section 4, surveys being completed within 60 days, the Commissioner issuing a notification under section 5 within 1 year, and awards being announced within 6 months of a declaration under section 6. Objections must be disposed of within 90 days and decisions announced within 3 months.
The document outlines rules for land acquisition in Punjab, Pakistan according to the Land Acquisition Act of 1984. It details procedures for acquiring land for public or private purposes. Key steps include the acquiring agency submitting an application to the Collector, the Collector examining feasibility and issuing a notification under section 4, surveys being completed within 60 days, the Commissioner issuing a notification under section 5 within 1 year, and awards being announced within 6 months of a declaration under section 6. Objections must be disposed of within 90 days and decisions announced within 3 months.
The document outlines rules for land acquisition in Punjab, Pakistan according to the Land Acquisition Act of 1984. It details procedures for acquiring land for public or private purposes. Key steps include the acquiring agency submitting an application to the Collector, the Collector examining feasibility and issuing a notification under section 4, surveys being completed within 60 days, the Commissioner issuing a notification under section 5 within 1 year, and awards being announced within 6 months of a declaration under section 6. Objections must be disposed of within 90 days and decisions announced within 3 months.
The document outlines rules for land acquisition in Punjab, Pakistan according to the Land Acquisition Act of 1984. It details procedures for acquiring land for public or private purposes. Key steps include the acquiring agency submitting an application to the Collector, the Collector examining feasibility and issuing a notification under section 4, surveys being completed within 60 days, the Commissioner issuing a notification under section 5 within 1 year, and awards being announced within 6 months of a declaration under section 6. Objections must be disposed of within 90 days and decisions announced within 3 months.
No.2686-82/109. SI,-------in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sub-section (1)
Of section 55 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1984 (Act 1 of 1894) the Government of the Punjab is pleased to make the following rules:-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Punjab Land Acquisition Rules, 1983 (2) They shall come into force at once 2. (1) In these rules unless the context otherwise requires----- (i) “Act” means the Land Acquisition Act 1894 (1 of 1894); (ii) “Government” means the Government of the Punjab; (iii) “Acquiring Agency” means the Department, the local authority or the Company for which land is being acquired under the Act. 2. The words and expression used but not defined in these rules shall have the same meaning as are respectively assigned to them in the Act.
3. The acquiring agency shall submit an application to the Collector of the District concerned the prescribed from for the acquisition of land under the Act given full justification of the public purpose involved and the minimum area required by it with full details of all other area owned by it in same locality.
4. On receipt of the application under rule (3) the Collector of the district shall examine its feasibility taking into consideration the genuineness of the public purpose involved, the minimum requirements of the acquiring agency and suitability of the area proposed for requisition keeping in view its alternate uses if any.
5. Where after the examination of feasibility under Rule 4, the Collector of district, is of the view that the land be acquired for the acquiring agency, he shall issue a notification, under section 4 of the Act stating clearly the name of the revenue state/village or locality, tehsil, board details of the dimensions and boundaries of square of rectangles field numbers and the approximate area to be acquired.
6. After the issue of a Notification under Section 4 the Collector shall take immediate necessary step to have the area surveyed and submit his report to the Commissioner not later than sixty days from the date of publication of the Notification under section 4. 7. Where the land is to be acquired for a public purpose the Commissioner shall issue a Notification under section 5 of the Act not later than one year from the date of the publication of the Notification under section 4. If no Notification is issued under section 5 within the period specified in this rule, the Commissioner shall immediately report the matter to the Board of Revenue, for extension in time and the Board of Revenue may, in its discretion, extend the time for the issue of a Notification under Section 5, which shall not be more than sixty days if the Board of Revenue declines to grant the extension applied for of if the Commissioner fails to issue a Notification under section 5 within the extended period, the acquisition proceedings shall be deemed to have come to an end. However any time spent in the prosecution of a judicial remedy shall stand excluded from the period of litigation.
7-A. (1) After the publication of notification under section 5, the commissioner shall within six months issue declaration under section 6, of the Act, and if no notification is issued within the said prescribed date, the acquisition proceeding shall be deemed to have come to an end, provided the Board of Revenue may, in its discretion, extend the time for the issuance of notification under section 6 which shall not be more than sixty days. Any time spent in the prosecution of judicial remedy shall stand excluded from the period of litigation.
(2) After the publication of declaration under section 6 of the Act, the Land Acquisition Collector shall announce the award within a period of six months, failing which the entire responsibility towards the payments of 8% compound interest shall fall on the official officers found guilty for inordinate delay.
8. Where the land is to be acquired for Company the Commissioner
immediately on receipt of the survey report of the Collector under Rule 4, forward the same to the Board of Revenue under section 5 within a period of one year from the date of the Notification under section 4, the acquisition proceedings shall be deemed to have come to an end.
9. Every objection received by the Collector under section 5-A of the Act, shall be disposed of by Collector with the least Possible delay and his report under sub- section (2) thereof or recommendations under sub-section (3), as the case may be shall be forwarded to the Commissioner within a period of ninety days from the date of publication of the Notification under section 5. The decision of Commissioner on these objections shall announced by him within a period of three months from the date of receipt of the report or the recommendations of the Collector, as the case may be. If the report of the Collector or his recommendations, as the case may be, are not forwarded to the Commissioner, or if the decision of the Commissioners is not announced within the period specified in this rule, the objection shall be deemed to have been carried and the acquisition proceeding shall come to an end. 10. (1) The Commissioner of the Division while issuing a Notification under section 5 or 17 of the Act shall ensure that:- Thank you for using www.freepdfconvert.com service!
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