Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013
74.
Re-determination of amount of compensation on the
basis of the award of the Authority.
1.
Where
in an award under this Chapter, the Authority concerned allows to the applicant
any amount of compensation in excess of the amount awarded by the Collector
under section 24, the persons interested in all the other land covered by the
same preliminary notification under section 11, and who are also aggrieved by
the award of the Collector may, notwithstanding that they had not made an
application to the Collector, by written application to the Collector within
three months from the date of the award of the Authority concerned require that
the amount of compensation payable to them may be re-determined on the basis of
the amount of compensation awarded by the Authority:
Provided that in
computing the period of three months within which an application to the
Collector shall be made under this sub-section, the day on which the award was
pronounced and the time requisite for obtaining a copy of the award shall be
excluded.
1.
2.
The
Collector shall, on receipt of an application under sub-section (1), conduct an
inquiry after giving notice to all the persons interested and giving them a
reasonable opportunity of being heard, and make an award determining the amount
of compensation payable to the applicants.
3.
Any
person who has not accepted the award under sub-section (2) may, by written
application to the Collector, require that the matter be referred by the
Collector for the determination of the Authority concerned.