Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013
102. Return of unutilised land.
When any land, acquired under this Act remains unutilised for a
period of five years from the date of taking over the possession, the same
shall be returned to the original owner or owners or their legal heirs, as the
case may be, or to the Land Bank of the appropriate Government by reversion in
the manner as may be prescribed by the appropriate Government.
Explanation.— For the purpose of this
section, "Land Bank" means a governmental entity that focuses on the
conversion of Government owned vacant, abandoned, unutilized acquired lands and
tax-deliquent properties into productive use.