Land Acquisition Act : HEARING OF OBJECTIONS Indian Bare Acts :

Land Acquisition Act,1894

Act No : 1

Section : HEARING OF OBJECTIONS

SECTION 05A: HEARING OF OBJECTIONS
(1) Any person interested in any land which has been notified under section 4-, sub-section (1), as being needed or likely to be needed for a public purpose or for a Company may,7[within thirty days from the date of the publication of the notification], object to the acquisition of the land or of any land in the locality, as the case may be.
(2) Every objection under sub-section (1) shall be made to the Collector in writing, and the Collector shall give the objector an opportunity of being heard 8[in person or by any person authorised by him in this behalf] or by pleader and shall, after hearing all such objections and after making such further inquiry, if any, as he thinks necessary, either make a report in respect of the land which has been notified under section 4-, sub- section (1), or make different reports in respect of different parcels of such land, to the appropriate Government, containing his recommendations on the objections, together with the record of the proceedings held by him, for the decision of that Government. The decision of the appropriate Government on the objections shall be final.
(3) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to be interested in land who would be entitled to claim an interest in compensation if the land were acquired under this Act.