Land Acquisition Act 1894 - Andhra Pradesh Academy of Rural ...

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESHAbstractLand Acquisition Court Cases Out of court settlement through District levelnegotiations Committee Instructions Issued------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Irrigation & CAD (LA.IV-R &R) DepartmentG.O. Ms. No. 46 Dated: 15-03-2005O R D E R:It has been observed by Government that in large number of land acquisitioncases land owners approach Civil Courts under section 18 for enhancement ofcompensation for the land. The disposal of cases takes lot of time and it is manyyears by the time the case is finally disposed of in Civil Court, High Court andSupreme Court, in most of the cases, after the case is finally disposed of in thecourts. The Government has to pay not only the enhanced compensation but alsohuge interest (9% in the first year and 15% thereafter) on enhanced compensation.2. To expedite the disposal of the cases in different courts it has beenproposed that the district level Negotiations Committee constituted under G.O. Ms.No. 1050 Revenue (Land Acquisition) Department. Dt: 17-10-1992 for passing theconsent award under section 11(2) of the land Acquisition At be empowered tonegotiate with the land owners, and once the settlement is reached, to file a consentjoint affidavit before the court with a request for a consent award or decree. Thebasic idea behind this mechanism is to bring finally to at the earlier cases pending inthe courts of Law which would help not only in early realization of the amount due tothe land owner but also reduce interest burden on the Government on account ofpayment of interest.3. Accordingly Government after careful consideration in the matter herebyempower the District Level Negotiation Committee constituted under G.O. Ms. No.1050. Revenue (Land Acquisition) Department dated 17-10-1992 to entertainpetition or initiate action suo-motu for negotiations with land owners. Oncenegotiations is reached a joint affidavit by Land Acquisition officer and the landowners concerned can be filed before the court concerned with a request to pass aconsent decree / award. Once consent affidavit is accepted by court and a consentaward / decree is issued by court the Land Acquisition officer will take further actionfor implementation of such consent award / decree without any further loss of time.4. under this provision the District Level Negotiations Committee isempowered to award an additional amount to maximum extent of 50% of thecompensation (award value inclusive by the Land Acquisition officer in his award).72