Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013
39.
Power to take possession of land to be acquired.
1.
The
Collector shall take possession of land after ensuring that full payment of
compensation as well as rehabilitation and resettlement entitlements are paid
or tendered to the entitled persons within a period of three months for the
compensation and a period of six months for the monetary part of rehabilitation
and resettlement entitlements listed in the Second Schedule commencing from the
date of the award made under section 31:
Provided that the
components of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Package in the Second and
Third Schedules that relate to infrastructural entitlements shall be provided
within a period of eighteen months from the date of the award:
Provided further that
in case of acquisition of land for irrigation or hydel project, being a public
purpose, the rehabilitation and resettlement shall be completed six months
prior to submergence of the lands acquired.
2.
The
Collector shall be responsible for ensuring that the rehabilitation and
resettlement process is completed in all its aspects before displacing the
affected families.