 bill no 3 of 1967 the land acquisition (amendment and - validation) bill, 1967a snl further to amend the land acquisition act, 1894, and to tnllidate certain acquisitions of land under the said act be it enacted by parliament in the eighteenth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the· land acquisition (amendment and short validation) act, 1967 title s 2 in section 5a of the land acquisition act, 1894 (hereinafter amendreferred to as the principal a:c~), in sub-section (2), for the words ::!n of "submit the case for the decision of the appropriate government, sa together with the record of the proceedings held by him and a report contatni'ng his recommendations on the objection", the words, 10 figures and brackets "either make a report in respect of the land which has been notifted under aeciion 4, sub-section (1), or make cwfe:rent reports u1 respect of ciitferent parcels of such bm~ to the appropriate government, containing his recommendations on the objections, together with the record of the proceedings held by him, for the decision of that government" shall be substituted 3 in section 6 of the principal act,-(4) in sub-section (1) ,-amendmentof sect1on6 s (i) after the words "certify its orders", the following shall be inserted, namely:-', anet different declarations may be made from time to time in respect of different parcels of any land covered by the same notification under section 4, sub-section (1), 10 irrespective of whether one report or difterent reports has or have been made under section 5a, sub-section (2)"; (ii) for the words "provided that", the following shall be substituted, namely:-is "provided that, no declaration in respect of any particular land covered by a notification under section 4, sub-section (1) , published after the commencement of the land acquisition (amendment and 7 validation) ordinance, 1967, shall be made aftrr the 20 1 of 196  expiry of three years frem the date of such publication: provided further that"; (·b) in suh-section (2), for the words "the declaration", the words "every declaration" shall be substituted 4 (1) notwithstanding any judgment, decree or order of any 25 court to the contrary,-validatiodof certain acquisitions (4) no acquisition of land made or purporting to have been made under the principal act before the commencement of the land acquisition (amendment and validation) ordinance, 1967, 1 of 1967 and no action taken or thing done (including any order made, 30 agreement entered into, or notification published) in connection with such acquisition shall 'be deemed to be invalid or ever to have become invalid merely on the ground-(i) that one or more collectors have performed the functions of collector under the principal act in respect of 35 the land covered by the same notification under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the principal act; or (ii) that one or more reports have beeb made under subsectioll (2) of secti~ 5a of the principalact whether in  the land acquisition (amendment aiid validation) bill, 1967 (to be/as introduced in lok sabqe)1 page 2, line 16,-after "that" wi "," 2 - page:3 , line 8,-after "re'ports" insert "made" 3 page 4, line 7,-aft~r "in respect of" wert "the" 4 ~e 4, lin~ 12,-i after" case" ~ , - page 5, line 5,-2m!1 " rna k elf 6 page 5, line 26,-after "ex::>iry of" omit "the" 7 pase 5, line 27,-t2l: "thi3" ~" the" phalguna,888 (saka) f('spect ()f the entire land, or different parcels thereof, covm'ed by the same notification under sub-section (1) of section 4 of- the principal act; or s (iii) that one or more declarations have been made under section 6 of the principal act in respect of difif'l'ent parcels of the laud covered by the same notification under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the principal act in pursuance of one or more reports under section sa thereof; 10 is (b) any acquisition in pursuance- of any notification published under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the principal act before the commencement of the land acquisition (amendment and validation) ordinance, 1967, may be made after such lof 196'1 commencement and no such acquisition and no action taken or thing done (including any order made, agreement entered into, or notification published), whether before or after such commencement, in ccnnfction with such acquisition shall be deemed to be invalid merely on the grounds referred to in clause (a) or any of them (2) notwithstanding anything cont::' ned in clause (b) of sub-20 section (1), no declaration under secticn 6 of the principal act in respect of any land which has been not ned before the commencement of the land acqu~ition (amendment and validation) ordinance, 1967, under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the principal j o·{ 1967 act, shall be made after the expiry of two years from the commence-25 ment of the said ordinance s (1) the land acquisition (amendment and validation) ordinance, 1967, i,s hereby repealed j of 1967 repeal and  saving (2) notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal act as amended by the said ordinance 30 shall 'be, deemed to have been done or taken under the principal act as amended by this act as if this act had come into force on the 20th day of january, 1967 in acquisition of land for big projects, the practice generally followed under the land acquisition act, 1894, is that a single notification is issued under section 4(1) of the act which indicates that a particular area of land is needed or is likely to be needed for a public purpose this is the'n followed by one or more declarations under section 6 of the act in respect of land specified in the aforesaid notification to the effect that such land is needed foit a publlc purpose or for a company, as and when the plans are completed ror the various stages of the project, eg, plant, township and ancillary requirements 2 in their judgment dated 9th f'ebruary, 1966 in the case; the state of madhya pradesh vet8u8 vishnu prasad sharma and others, the supreme court held that once a declaration under section 6 of the act is issued whether it be in respect of a part of the land comprised in the ~otification under section 4 (1) or in respect of the whole of it, the effect of initial notification is exhausted and no further declarations wlder section 6 of the act are sustainable in other words, government cannot acquire land by means of successive declarations following the notiflcation under section 4(1) in respect of a particular area the supreme court has construed the acts done under sections 4, 5a and 6 of the act as part and parcel of a single process 3 the above decision of the supreme court however has the e1fect of upsetting a large number of proceedings for land acquisition for various public purposes throughout the country as in most cases of bigger projects, acquisition has been do'ne in stages consistent with the requirements of the situation and a single notification under section 4(1) has been followed with more than one declaration under section 6 of the act it was not possible to reopen all such cases and to start proceedings afresh as it would have seriously dislocated projects for which land had been acquired and compensation paid 4 consequently, to overcome the adverse effect of the supreme court judgment and in view of the urgency of the situation affecting many important pmjects the laud acquisitlod act, 1894, was amended with retrospective effect by the promulgation of the land acquisition (amendment and validation) ordinance, 1967 en the 20th january, 1967 to provide for submission of either one report in respect of the land which has been notified under section 4 (1) or make different reports in respect of different parcels of such land to the appropriate government containing the recommendations of the collector(s) on the objections submitted by the inteteited persons under section sa (1) of the act to the acquisition of the land covered by the notification under section 4 (1) or of any land in the locality, as the case may be the ordinance specifically provides that, if necessary, more than one declaration may be issued from time to time in respect of different parcels of any land covered by the same notification under section 4, sub-section (1) of the alt irrespective of the fact whether one report or di1ferent reports has or have been made under section 5a, sub-section (2) of the act 5· at the same time, care has been taken to ensure that land ae-,~uisition proceedings do not linger on for unduly long time the aforesaid ordinance, therefore, provi~ that no declaration under section 6 of the act should be issued i'n respect of any par~icu1ar land i!overed by a notification under section 4(1) published after the commencement of the ordinance, after the expiry of three years from the date of such publication in case of pending proceedings it has been provided that 'no declaration under section 6 of the act in respect of any land which has been notified before the commencement of the above ordinance, under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the act may be hloiued after the expiry of the tho years from the t!ommenceme'nt of this ordinance 6 it i!; necessary that the aforesaid: ordinance be converted into un act of parliament 'the proposed bill seeks to achieve th5s object new delhi; th~ 13th march, 1967 annasahib p shinde - -  (1 of 1894) - • - part u                   acq~ition      -               -                        -                                 -                                          -                    objections sa (1)             -                      -                               -                                       - bearing of abjec-tions    (2) every objection under sub-section (1), shall be made to the collector in writing, and the collectc'r shall give the objector an opportunity of being heard either in person or by pleader and shall, after hearing all such objections and after making such further inquiry, if any, as he thinks necessary, submit the case for the deci-sion of the appropriate government, ~gether with the record of the proceedings held by him and a report containing his recommenda-tions on the objections the decis;on of the appropriate government on the objections shall be final         -                     -                                  -                                              -                                                           -  declaratio'tl of intended acquisitiond~lara­lion that iltldis required for a public purpoee, 6 (1) subject to the provisions of part vii of this act, when the appropriate government is satisfied, after considering the report, if any made under section sa, sub-section (2), that any particular land is needed for a public purpose, or for a company, a declaration :mall be made to that effect under the signature of a secretary to such government or of some officer duly authorised to certify its orders: provided that no such declaration shall be made unless the compensation to be awarded for such property is to be paid by a company, or wholly or partly out of public revenues or some fund controlled or managed by a local authority (2) the declaration shall be published in the official gazette, and shall state the district or other territorial division in which the 1and is situate, the purpose for which it is needed, its approximate area, and where a plan shall have been made of the land, the place where such plan' may be inspected - - - - - a bill further to amend the land acqwsition act, 1894, and to validate certain acquisitions of land under the said act (shri annasahib shinde, minister of state in the mmistry of food mad agriculture ) 