Section 9
Notification Of Land Acquisition
9. Notification of Land Acquisition :
(1) After receiving a report of preliminary Action submitted under Section 8, the local officer shall issue a notification containing the following particulars in respect to the land.
(a) The purpose for which the land is to be acquired,
(b) Whether only the land is to be acquired, or whether it is to be acquired along with the houses and walls located
thereon,
(c) The name of the Village Development Committee and Municipality and ward number in which the land is located,
(d) The plot number, if the land has already been surveyed and measured,
(e) If the land has not already been surveyed and measured, such particulars as will help to identify it, and particulars regarding the boundaries thereof,
(f) Area of the land,
(g) Other necessary particulars,
(2) One copy of the notice mentioned in Sub-Section (1) shall be affixed at each of the following offices or places:
(a) The local office of the project for which land is to be acquired,
(b) District government office,
(c) The appropriate Village Development Committee or Municipality Office,
(d) The Land Revenue Office,
(e) Thoroughfares Located around the concerned land,
(f) Such other place as the local officer may deem appropriate.
(3) In case the local officer is satisfied that the concerned person will not be able to know (about the land acquisition) notwithstanding the publication of a notice under Sub-Section (1), he/she may, if he/she so deems appropriate and feasible, personally send a notice to such person. In case the amount of compensation has already been determined by the time such notice is delivered to such person, the local officer shall also indicate in such notice the period within which he/she should appear for receiving the compensation, and the name of the office from where he/she should do so.
(4) After the notice mentioned in Sub-Section (1) has been affixed, the appropriate Land Revenue Office of documents relinquishing title to the concerned land in any manner. The suspension shall be lifted in case the local officer directs the Land Administration or Revenue Office in writing to that effect.