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Give compensation to villagers affected by land acquisition: High court tells Chandel DC

The petitioners complained of inaction on the part of the competent authority in making a reference to the Civil Court under Section 64 of the Act of 2013 for enhancement of the land acquisition compensation and for payment of rehabilitation and resettlement compensation.

ByIFP Bureau

Updated 7 Jul 2021, 4:20 am

Manipur High Court (PHOTO: IFP)
Manipur High Court (PHOTO: IFP)

 

The Manipur High Court on Tuesday directed the deputy commissioner of Chandel district to take appropriate and necessary action for providing compensation to villagers affected by land acquisition for improvement of Chandel to Khambathel road.

The DC was asked to pay the compensation amount within one month from the date of receipt of the order, under proper intimation to the petitioners in the case.

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The direction was given for providing compensation concerning 35.443 hectares of land in 11 villages in Chandel district for construction and improvement of the road from 18.00 Km in Chandel district to 39.581 Km in Khambathel.

The three persons from Chandel district namely chief of Khumhring Village KL Anand; assistant chief of Ngamkhu Village Sumpi Thungvol Anal; secretary of Maribung Village Authority KT Divenson Anal had filed a petition before the High Court that the government of Manipur,  initiating land acquisition proceedings under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (for brevity, ‘the Act of 2013’) in regarding the area in consideration.

Aggrieved by the quantum of compensation and the R and R measures provided, the petitioners in three writ petitions submitted representations during October and December, 2019, to the deputy commissioner/collector (LA), Chandel district, seeking enhancement of compensation in terms of Section 64 of the Act of 2013. They also claimed to have submitted reminders thereafter in February, 2020, but to no avail.

The petitioners complained of inaction on the part of the competent authority in making a reference to the Civil Court under Section 64 of the Act of 2013 for enhancement of the land acquisition compensation and for payment of rehabilitation and resettlement compensation.

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The petitioners further complained that the deputy commissioner/collector (LA), Chandel district, has not taken any action whatsoever upon their representation or reminders, and sought direction to the said authority to take appropriate action within a time frame.

The court order mentioned that Section 64 of the Act of 2013 provides that any interested person who has not accepted a land acquisition award may, by written application to the collector regarding the compensation.

It stated that the collector is required to make the reference to the appropriate authority within 30 days from the date of receipt of the application.

In the event of the collector failing to make a reference, the applicant may directly apply to the authority requesting it to direct the collector to make the reference within a stipulated time, the order mentioned.
 

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