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Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act,1957

Act No : 20


Section : Objections to acquisitions.

8.(1)Objections to acquisitions. Any person interested in any land in respect of which a notification under section 7 has been issued may, within thirty days of the issue of the notification, object to the acquisition of the whole or any part of the land or of any rights in or over such land. Explanation.-It shall not be an objection within the meaning of this section for any person to say that he himself desires to under- take mining operations in the land for the production of coal and that such operations should not be undertaken by the Central Government or by any other person. (2)Every objection under sub-section (1) shall be made to the competent authority in writing, and the competent authority shall give the objector an opportunity of being heard either in person or by a legal practitioner 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 subsection (1) of section 7 or of rights in or over such land, or make different reports in respect of different parcels of such land or of rights in or over such land, to the Central Government, containing his recommendations on the objections, together with the record of the proceedings held by him, for the decision of that Government]. (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 or any rights in or over such land were acquired under this Act.


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