 bill no 24 of  2017 the national highways (amendment) bill, 2017 by dr kirit premjibhai solanki, mp a billfurther to amend national highways act, 1956be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—48 of 19562 after section 3d of the national highway act, 1956, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section 3da5denotification of land declared for acquisition"3da where the competent authority at any stage finds that any land or portion thereof acquired under section 3d for the purpose mentioned in sub-section (1) of section 3a is either under incorrect revenue record or not required due to change in geometry or alignment, it shall, as soon as may be, submit a report accordingly to the central government and the central government shall, on receipt of such report, by notification in the official gazette, de-notify such land or portion thereof10explanation— for the purpose of this section, the expression 'competent authority'means the chairperson of the national highway authority of india" statement of objects and reasonsat present, where after declaration of notification under section 3d of national highways act, 1956, if at any stage, the competent authority realizes that the land acquired is no more useful for the highway, there is no legal provision to de-notify such land therefore, such land can not be handed over back to land losers as per figures, more than 5000 hectare of idle land is lying with the national highway authority of indiaonce the declaration for acquisition of land is published under section 3d and subsequently if the competent authority realizes that this land is not required for highway, the same could not be de-notified due to absence of any legal provision with the competent authority to de-notify such land which ultimately affects the innocent common land losers and farmers it is the statutory duty of the competent authority specified by the central government to find the way to save the innocent farmers by returning the acquired land if it is not required for developmentthe bill, therefore, seeks to amend the national highways act, 1956 with a view to provide for de-notification of the land declared to be acquired by the central government for the purpose of building, maintenance, management or operation of a national highway but is either under incorrect revenue record or not required due to change in geometry or alignmenthence this billnew delhi;kirit premjibhai solankijanuary 13, 2017 lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend national highways act, 1956————(dr kirit premjibhai solanki, mp)gmgipmrnd—4156ls(s3)—03-03-2017