CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 4 1.1 Land Acquisition 5 1.2 History of Land Acquisition Act 5 1.3 Land Acquisition Act 1894 6 1.3.1 Some of the objectives of this act were as under 7 1.4 The acquisition proceedings pass through following four stages 7 1.5 Definition of Public Purpose 8 1.5.1 Public Purpose has been defined in the Land Acquisition Act as under 9 1.6 NEED FOR THE STUDY 10 1.7 The study AIMS towards 11 1.8 The main OBJECTIVES being 11 1.9 The Research Question Being 11 1.10 Methodology 12 2 LAND ACQUISITION PROCESS 13 2.1 Interventions in Acquisition of land 13 a) Nationalization of Land 13 b) Eminent Domain or the compulsory acquisition of Land 13 2.2 Amendments in LAA 15 2.2.1 Amendment Act 31 of 1962 15 2.2.2 The Amending Act 13 of 1967 16 2.3 Reforms in Land Acquisition 17 2.3.1 Some of the land reforms in other states 18 2.3.1.1 Gujarat 18 2.3.1.2 Haryana 18 2.4 Process of Land Acquisition 19 2.4.1 Studying the process in detail 19 2.4.2 Broad Land Acquisition Procedure 20 2.4.3 Procedure for Acquisition under LAA, 1894 (Part II) 21 2.4.4 Procedure for Acquisition under LAA, 1894 (under Emergency) 24 2.4.5 Procedure for Acquisition under LAA, 1894 (Part VII) 24 2.5 HSIIDC 26 2.5.1 Procedure for Acquisition Case of HSIIDC 27 2.5.2 Process for allotment of plots and sheds for industries by HSIIDC 28 2.6 Rationale behind Haryana Land acquisition Policy (Nov 2010) 29 2.7 Methodology for determination of value 29 2.7.1 For land acquisition collector 29 2.8 Issues In land Acquisition 30 2.8.1 Todays problem 30 2.8.2 Public purpose in urban context 31 2.8.3 Market distortions 33 2.8.4 Political Economy of Land acquisition 34 3 LAND ACQUISITION State Profile & Growth Centre 36 3.1 Introduction 36 3.2 Industrial Growth 37 3.3 Profile of cities and land acquired 38 3.4 Selection of study area 40 3.5 CASE OF BAWAL GROWTH CENTRE 41 3.5.1 Growth Centre profile 42 3.6 Profile of Villages under Bawal Growth Centre 43 3.6.1 Demographics 43 3.6.2 Socio economic 44 3.6.3 Land Ownership Status 46 3.6.4 Land holding size 47 3.6.5 Agriculture 48 3.6.6 Change in the work pattern 52 3.6.7 Compensation for land acquired 53 4 Complexities and Conflicts 55 4.1 Roles of various Stakeholders in the land development process 55 4.2 Influence of various Stakeholders on the Acquisition of land 56 4.3 Roles and Responsibilities of different officials 57 4.3.1 Collector 57 4.3.2 District Development officer 58 4.3.3 Tehsildar 58 4.3.4 Patwari 58 4.4 Perception of various stakeholders 59 4.5 Conflicts in nearby states 59 4.6 Constrains 60 5 Land acquisition: Findings 62 5.1 Issues of compensation 62 5.2 Views of various officials 62 5.3 Participation mechanism 63 5.4 Land parcel life cycle 64 6 Conclusions and Recommendations 65 Annexure 1: Various sections in Land Acquisition 69 Annexure 2: This Act of 1894 has had various Amendments by the following Acts 75