New Delhi: In one step, to cut the useless expenditure, in a step with the aim of making the land acquisition process more efficient for the construction of National Highways (NHS), the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (Morth) has proposed a change in the National Highway Act, 1956, Diprin has learned.
The land acquisition process for the construction of highways remains Tardi and is one of the main reasons for delay in completion of projects. The proposed amendments include a new section in Section 3D, which is related to the announcement of land acquisition by the Central Government for the construction of the National Highway.
The new clause will allow land, which has been unpublished for five years from the date of occupation or where a section of an NH project or project for which the land was obtained, within five years from the date of the notification, the original owners or owners or their legal heirs have returned to the land “on the payment of such compensation.”
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Senior Road Ministry officials informed about the changes being proposed that Thrint said that the uncontrolled land was being returned to cut useless expenses. A ministry official said, “As a result, the land owners will save the treasury money by returning uncontrollably and surplus land.”
This road ministry official said, “This type of land is no use for the government.
Under the current Act, once a land notified as NH cannot be represented and returned to the owner, even if it is found to be inaccessible for one or other reasons in the latter stage.
A road area expert said that the proposed change pressured the Ministry of Highways to do his homework before obtaining land. The expert said, “Land survey, detailed project report preparation, etc. must be more hardworking to ensure that a particular land acquired for the construction of a highway does not disable later,” said the expert.
The expert said that the proposed changes do not clarify that the land compensation given to the original owner will be withdrawn after five years after the land is withdrawn.
The Ministry of Roads has transferred a cabinet note to amend the current National Highway Act, 1956. The last time the NH Act was amended in 1997.
Cases related to land acquisition will be decided within 3 years
In addition to a new section 3 (J) in other amendments proposed, it determines that after the end of three years from the date of publication of the award for land acquisition, no lawsuit or application related to the Acquisition Award will be in any court related to such awards.
The three -year duration limit is taken from the Act, 1963, which provides for rejecting a suit or application after the prescribed period ends.
The senior government official said, “The purpose of this provision is to address a large number of cases related to land acquisition compensation, which have been challenged and pending in courts.”
The proposed amendments have also fixed deadline for various other provisions, including the award for compensation to land owners, which have been acquired by land.
This gives one year time to the competent authority for land acquisition (Cala) to determine the amount to be awarded from the date of publication of the notification under Section 3D. However, the central government can expand the time beyond one year.
Officials said, “officials said that the land acquisition process is more efficient and the authorities are more accountable to provide output in a timely manner.”
Delay in payment to increase government’s interest burden
Other changes proposed in the Act by the Ministry of Roads have included an award of interest at the rate of 12 percent per year per year at the market price of the land, which will be calculated from the date of publication of the notification under Section 3A (announced by the government with the intention of acquiring the land) until the real date of compensation. This provision was not earlier.
The provision, officials said, “There will be no unnecessary delay in compensation to land owners after notification to acquire and published under Section 3A. Another government official said, “Any delay means that the government will have to bear the interest burden.”
In cases where compensation for obtaining a particular land set by Cala is not acceptable to the land owner or the central government, they have to transfer an application within three months from the date of compensation award to the Central Government -appointed arbitrators. Arbiter will have to determine compensation within six months of receiving the application.
Another addition proposed in the Act belongs to the compensation amount prescribed by Cala for the land that has been acquired. A new provision has been proposed, according to which if the amount prescribed by the Cala is not acceptable to any party, then they will have to submit an application to the arbitraris appointed by the Central Government within three months from the date of the prize.
A road ministry official said that this provision is already under the authority of fair compensation and transparency in the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation (RFCTLARR) Act, 2013. “We are aligning the NH Act with the NH Act with the NH Act.
Like the previous case, mediators must determine compensation within six months from the date of transferring an application. This, officials said, will help accelerate the land acquisition process.
(Edited by Tony Rai)