GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

ABSTRACT
Revenue Department The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land
Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (No.30 of 2013) Draft
Andhra Pradesh Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,
Rehabilitation and Resettlement Rules, 2014 Preliminary Notification Orders
Issued.
REVENUE (LAND ACQUISITION) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.

Dated: 13-09-2014.
Read the following:-

1) The Gazette of India No.40, dated 27-09-2013 of Ministry of Law & Justice,
New Delhi.
2) The Gazette of India Notification No.2839, dated 19-12-2013.
3) From the Special Chief Secretary & Chief Commissioner of Land Administration,
Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, Lr.No.G1/1420/2013, dated 23-1-2014.
4) From the Special Chief Secretary & Chief Commissioner of Land Administration,
Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, Lr.No.G1/1420/2013, dated 04.08.2014.

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ORDER:
Whereas, the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land
Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (Act No.30 of 2013) has been
enacted by the Parliament and published by Government of India in the Gazette of
India 1st read above.
2.
And whereas, the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land
Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 has been brought into force
w.e.f. 1st January, 2014 vide Notification 2nd read above.
3.
And whereas, under section 109 read with section 112 of the said Act, the
State Government are empowered to make rules after previous publication.
4.
And whereas, the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration & Special Chief
Secretary, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, has submitted the draft rules to be framed
by the State Government under the said Act in the letters 3rd and 4th read above for
approval.
5.
And whereas, it has been decided to publish the said draft rules for previous
publication;
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6.
Accordingly, the following notification shall be published in the Andhra
Pradesh Extraordinary Gazette, dated 20-09-2014.
PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION
The following draft of Rules, which the State Government proposes to make
in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 109 of the Right to Fair Compensation
and Transparency in Land acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013
(Central Act 30 of 2013) is hereby published, as required by Section 112 of the said
Act, for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby, and notice is
hereby given that the said draft rules shall be taken in to consideration after expiry
of a period of thirty days from the date on which the copies of this notification as
published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette are made available to the public.
(2) Any objection or suggestion which may be received from any person with
respect to the said draft rules within the period so specified shall be considered by
the State Government.
(3)
Objections or suggestions, if any, may be sent to the Principal Secretary to
Government, Revenue (LA) Department, 4th Floor, L Block, A.P. Secretariat,
Hyderabad -500022.
( BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH )
J.C. SHARMA
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT
To
The Commissioner of Printing & Stationery (Printing Wing), Chanchalguda, Hyderabad,
with a request to publish the Notification in the Andhra Pradesh Extraordinary Gazette
and supply 50 copies of the same.
The Special Chief Secretary & Chief Commissioner of Land Administration,
Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.
Copy to:All Collectors in the State of Andhra Pradesh.
The P.S. to Secretary to Honble Chief Minister.
The P.S. to Deputy Chief Minister (Revenue).
The P.S. to Principal Secretary to Government, Revenue Department.
The Law Department.
SF/SC.

// FORWARDED :: BY ORDER //

SECTION OFFICER

(Annexure to G.O.Ms.No.

, Revenue (Land Acquisition) Department, dated 13-09-2014)

ANNEXURE-I
DRAFT RULES
CHAPTER - I
General
1. Short title , extent and commencement
1. These rules may be called the Andhra Pradesh Right to Fair Compensation
and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement
Rules, 2014.
2. They shall extend to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.
2. Definitions
(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,(a) Act means the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land
Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (No.30 of
2013);
(b) Agency
means
an
agency
appointed
by
the
Government/Commissioner, Rehabilitation and Resettlement to do the
Social Impact Assessment Process and prepare the Social Impact
Management Plan ;
(c) Appropriate Government means the State Government and includes
the District Collector of the concerned District for any extent of land to
be acquired for a public purpose within the jurisdiction of the revenue
district ;
(d) Collector means the District Collector and includes the Joint
Collector, Additional Joint Collector, Sub Collector/ RDO , Special
Collector (LA)/Special Deputy Collector (LA) and any other officer
designated by the State Government to perform all or any of the
functions of the Collector under the Act ;
(e) "Form" means Forms appended to these rules ;

(f) Grama Panchayat means the body constituted for the local
administration of a village under section 2(17) of the Andhra Pradesh
Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 ;
(g) Grama Sabha means the Grama Sabha as defined under section 6 of
the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994; for forest areas, Forest
Rights Committee under Recognition of Forest Rights Act, 2006
(h) Landless means any resident of the State of the Andhra Pradesh who
is below poverty line, major and not owning any land
(i) Specified
Person
means
State
Government/Government
Company/Trust/Society registered under Societies Act, 1860, wholly or
partially aided/controlled by the Government.
(j) "State Government means the Government of Andhra Pradesh;
(2) All words and expressions used but not defined in these rules shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Act.

CHAPTER II
Requisition for land Acquisition
3. Requisition for land Acquisition- (1) Any requiring body or its
representative duly authorised for whom land is to be acquired shall file
the Requisition to the District Collector and Commissioner, Rehabilitation &
Resettlement in Form-I appended to these rules, together with the
documents mentioned therein. In case of acquisition for Government, the
requisition shall be filed by concerned Secretary of the Department or an
authorized person.
4. Action by District Collector on receiving requisition- (1)The District
Collector upon receiving requisition shall constitute a team of revenue and
agriculture officers to make field visit along with the representative of the
requiring body to make a preliminary enquiry about the correctness of the
particulars furnished in the requisition including the enquiry whether the
requisition is consistent with the provisions of the Act, and submit a
report to the District Collector.

(2) If the District Collector, based on the report of the team, other
information available with him and instructions issued by the State
Government in this regard, is satisfied that the requisition is consistent
with the provisions of the Act; he shall calculate the estimated cost of
acquisition and other charges and arrive at administrative cost. The
District Collector will then inform the Requiring Body to deposit the
administrative cost in his office. Similarly the Commissioner,
Rehabilitation & Resettlement upon receiving the copy of the
requisition shall calculate the cost of carrying out Social Impact
Assessment study (processing fee) and in due course intimate to the
requiring body under intimation to the District Collector. The requiring
body shall deposit the administrative cost in the office of the District
Collector and cost of undertaking Social Impact Assessment study in
the office of Commissioner, Rehabilitation & Resettlement within the
intimated time.
(3) The requiring body shall also be required to deposit the amount
calculated for Rehabilitation and Resettlement at the appropriate time
of the displacement of affected families in the same manner. The
requiring body shall deposit the above mentioned costs within the
time stipulated by the District Collector. Further process under the Act
shall start only after depositing these costs.

CHAPTER III
Social Impact Assessment (SIA)
5. Acquisition under Urgency Provisions and Exemption from Social
Impact Assessment Study Where any land is proposed to be
acquired invoking urgency provisions under section 40 of the Act and if it
is considered expedient to do so, the District Collector shall submit a
report to the State Government seeking permission to invoke the urgency
provisions giving cogent reasons and for exemption from undertaking
social impact assessment study in such acquisition. The State Government
shall examine the proposal and if satisfied that urgency provisions may be
resorted to, communicate its decision to the District Collector. The District
Collector thereafter shall proceed with the acquisition in accordance with
provisions of the Act and these Rules.

6. Social Impact Assessment Study. - (1) The Commissioner,

Rehabilitation & Resettlement shall be the state Social Impact Assessment
Unit to arrange to carry out Social Impact Assessment Study.
(2)The District Collector shall, within a period of fifteen days from the
date of deposit of the processing fee for carrying the Social Impact
Assessment study by the Requiring Body, issue a notification for carrying
out Social Impact Assessment (SIA) in accordance with Part-B of
FORMII appended to these rules. The same shall be made available in Telugu
language to the Gram Panchayat, Mandal Parishad, Municipality or
Municipal Corporation, as the case may be, and in the offices of the
District Collector, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate and the Tahsildar at
Mandal level. The notification shall be published by way of a public notice
by affixing at some conspicuous places in the affected areas and shall be
uploaded on the website of the State Government and the revenue district
concerned.
(3) The Social Impact Assessment shall be conducted in consultation with
concerned Gram Panchayat, Mandal Parishad, Municipality or Municipal
Corporation, as the case may be, at village level or ward level in the
affected areas, for the purposes of section 4 of the Act, followed by a
public hearing at the affected areas by giving adequate publicity about the
date and time and venue for the public hearing to ascertain the views of
the affected families which shall be recorded in writing.
(4) The Social Impact Assessment Report shall be submitted in FORM-III
appended to these rules to the Commissioner, R&R within a period of
Three months from the date of commencement and shall include the
views of the affected families recorded in writing.
(5) The Social Impact Assessment Report including summaries shall be
prepared and divided into three parts;
(i) the Project Feasibility Report;
(ii) the Project Impact Report, and
(iii) the Social Impact Management Plan.
(6) The Social Impact Management Plan listing the ameliorative measures
required to be undertaken for addressing the impact of the project under
sub-section (6) of Section 4 shall be submitted in FORM-IV appended to
these rules to the Commissioner, R&R.

(7) The SIA Report and the Social Impact Management Plan shall be made
available in the Telugu language to the concerned Gram Panchayat,
Mandal Parishad, Municipality or Municipal Corporation, at village level or
ward level in the affected areas and in the Offices of the District Collector,
the Sub-Divisional Officer and Tahsildar. It shall also be published by way
of a public notice by affixing at some conspicuous places in the affected
areas and shall be uploaded on the website of the State Government and
the revenue district concerned.
7. Institutional support and facilitation for Social Impact
Assessment- The State SIA Unit shall undertake the following tasks
namely:(a) build and continuously expand a State Database of Qualified SIA
Resource Partners and Practitioners, which will serve as a network of
individuals and institutions with the required skills and capacities to
conduct SIAs for land acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement;
(b) respond immediately to the State Government or District Collectors
request for an SIA to be conducted by preparing a project-specific
Terms of Reference (hereinafter referred to as ToR);
(c) conduct training and capacity building programmes for the SIA team
and community surveyors and make available manuals, tools,
comparative case study reports and other materials required for the
analysis;
(d) provide ongoing support and corrective action, as required during the
SIA process;
(e) ensure that the transaction based web-based workflow for SIAs and
MIS for land acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement as
specified in rule 16 is maintained and that all relevant documents are
disclosed as per the provisions of the Act;
(f) maintain, catalogue of all SIAs and associated primary material; and
(g) continuously review, evaluate and strengthen the quality of SIAs and
the capacities available to conduct them across the State.

8. Project-specific Terms of Reference (ToR) and Processing Fee for

the SIA.- (1) The District Collector after depositing of administrative cost
by the requiring body and such other verification as may be required shall
send a proposal for such land acquisition along with all the relevant
documents to the Commissioner, Rehabilitation & Resettlement, which
shall(a) prepare a detailed project-specific ToR for each proposal of land
acquisition, listing all the activities that must be carried out indicating
the appropriate team size (and number of field teams) and profile of
the team members, and stipulate the schedule and deadlines for key
deliverables for the SIA as detailed in Part-A of FORM-II appended to
these rules;
(b) determine estimated SIA fee based on the ToR with clear break-up of
costs for each item or activity. The fee amount shall be based on
defined parameters including area, type of project and number of
affected families.
(2) Ten per cent of the SIA fee shall be allocated to SIA Unit as
administrative expenses for preparing the Terms of Reference (ToR) and
estimated SIA fee report.
(3) The Requiring Body shall deposit the SIA fee in the Scheduled Bank
account of the appropriate Government.
9. Selection of the SIA team- (1) The Commissioner, R&R shall select the
SIA team for each project from the individuals and institutions registered
or empanelled in the State Database of Qualified SIA Resource Partners
and Practitioners.
(2) The Requiring Body shall not be involved in any way in the
appointment of the SIA team being appointed to carry out the SIA.
(3) The size and selection criteria for the SIA team shall be as per the
project-specific ToR developed by the State SIA Unit.
(4) The SIA team may be constituted by appointing individuals or an
organization with experience in conducting SIAs or related field-based
assessments and the team may include(i) a combination of independent practitioners, qualified social activists,
academics, technical experts, who are not directly connected with
the requiring body; and
(ii) at least one woman member;

(5) A team leader shall be appointed from amongst the SIA team to liaison
with the State SIA Unit throughout the assessment period.
(6) While selecting the SIA team, it is to be ensured that there is no
conflict of interest involving the team members appointed to assess the
concerned project.
(7) If at any stage, it is found that any team member or any family
member of the team member directly or indirectly receives any benefit
from the Requiring Body or any other stakeholder in the project, the said
member shall be disqualified.
10. Process of conducting the Social Impact Assessment.- (1) The
SIA team shall collect and analyze a range of quantitative and qualitative
data, undertake detailed site visits, use participatory methods such as
focused group discussions, participatory rural appraisal techniques and
informant interviews in preparing the Social Impact Assessment report.
(2) All relevant project reports and feasibility studies shall be made
available to the SIA team throughout the SIA process, as required. Any
request for information from SIA team shall be met at the earliest but not
exceeding seven days. The District Collector shall be responsible for
providing the information requisitioned by the SIA team.
(3) A detailed assessment based on a thorough analysis of all relevant
land records and data, field verification, review and comparison with
similar projects shall be conducted by the SIA team. The assessment shall
determine the following, namely:(a) area of impact under the proposed project, including both land to
be acquired and areas that will be affected by environmental,
social or other impacts of the project;
(b) area and location of land proposed to be acquired for the project;
(c) the land proposed for acquisition is the bare minimum required;
(d) possible alternative sites for the project and their feasibility;
(e) whether the land proposed for acquisition is irrigated multi-cropped
land and if so, whether the acquisition is a demonstrable last
resort;
(f) land, if any, already purchased, alienated, leased or acquired, and
the intended use for each plot of land required for the project;

(g) the possibility of use of any public, unutilised land for the project
and whether any of such land is under occupation;
(h) nature of the land, present use and classification of land and if it is
an agricultural land, the irrigation coverage for the said land and
the cropping pattern;
(i) the special provisions with respect to food security have been
adhered to in the proposed land acquisition;
(j) size of holdings, ownership patterns, land distribution, number of
residential houses, and public and private infrastructure and
assets; and
(k) land prices and recent changes in ownership, transfer and use of
lands over the last three years.
(4) Based on the land assessment, land records and field verification, the SIA
team shall provide an accurate estimate of the number of affected families
and the number of displaced families among them and ensure that, as far as
possible, all affected families are enumerated:
Provided that where enumeration is not possible, a representative
sample shall be done.
(5) A socio-economic and cultural profile of the affected area must be
prepared, based on available data and statistics, field visits and consultations
as per FORM-III:
Provided that in projects where resettlement is required, the identified
resettlement sites shall be visited and a brief socio-economic profile of the
land and its current resident population shall be indicated.
(6) Based on the data collected in processes listed above and in consultation
with the affected communities and key stakeholders, the SIA team shall
identify and assess the nature, extent and intensity of the positive and
negative social impacts associated with the proposed project and land
acquisition as per FORM-III.
(7) The SIA process includes the preparation of a Social Impact Management
Plan (SIMP), which will present the ameliorative measures to be undertaken
to address the social impacts identified in the course of the assessment. The
SIA team must assess the viability of impact mitigation and management
strategies with clear indication of costs, timelines and capacities. The SIMP
shall include the following measures-

(a) that have been specified in the terms of Rehabilitation and

Resettlement and compensation for all the categories of affected
families as outlined in the Act;
(b) that the Requiring Body has stated that it will undertake in the
project proposal and other relevant project documents; and
(c) that additional measures being undertaken by the Requiring Body,
which has been undertaken by it in response to the findings of the SIA
process and public hearings.
(8) The SIA team must provide a conclusive assessment of the balance and
distribution of the adverse social impacts and social costs and benefits of the
proposed project and land acquisition, including the mitigation measures, and
provide an assessment as to whether the benefits from the proposed project
exceed the social costs and adverse social impacts that are likely to be
experienced by the affected families or even after the proposed mitigation
measures, the affected families remained at risk of being economically or
socially worse, as a result of the said land acquisition and resettlement.
11. Process for conducting public hearings- (1) Public hearings shall
be held in the affected areas to bring out the main findings of the SIA,
seeking feedback on the findings and to seek additional information and
views for incorporating the same in the final documents.
(2) Public hearings shall be conducted in all Gram Sabhas where more than
twenty five per cent of the members are directly or indirectly affected by the
acquisition of the land.
(3)The date and venue of the public hearing must be announced and
publicized by the State SIA Unit with assistance of Collector one week in
advance through public notifications affixed at some conspicuous places in all
the villages where the land is proposed to be acquired through direct
communication with Gram Panchayat or Municipal Ward representatives and
by uploading the information on the website of the concerned district.
(4)The draft SIA report and Social Impact Management Plan shall be
published in the telugu language one week prior to the public hearing and
distributed to all affected Gram Panchayats and Municipal offices. One copy of
the draft report shall be made available in the office of the District Collector.
The Requiring Body may also be served with a copy of the draft report.
Adequate copies of the report and summaries shall be made available on the
day of the public hearing.

(5) A member of the SIA team shall facilitate the public hearing. The
concerned Tahsildar, MPDO and Station House Officer of respective police
station shall also be present in the public hearing to assist the SIA team. The
Gram Panchayat or Municipal Ward representatives shall also be included in
all the decisions regarding the arrangements for the public hearings in their
respective areas.
(6) All the proceedings shall be held in the telugu language with effective
and credible translators to ensure that all the participants could understand
and express their views.
(7) Representatives from the Requiring Body and District Land Acquisition
Officer and Administrator shall also attend the public hearing and address the
questions and concerns raised by the affected parties.
(8) Public representatives, local voluntary organizations and media shall also
be invited to attend the public hearings.
(9) The proceedings of the public hearing shall be video recorded and
transcribed accordingly. This recording and transcription shall be submitted
along with the final SIA report and SIMP to the Collector.
(10) After the conclusion of the public hearings, the SIA team shall analyze
the entire feedback received and information gathered in the public meetings
and incorporate the same along with their analysis, in the revised SIA report
accordingly.
(l1) Every objection raised in the public meeting shall be recorded and the SIA
team shall ensure that the every objection shall be considered in the SIA
report.
12. Submission of SIA Report and SIMP- The SIA Report and SIMP
shall be prepared in the telugu language and shall be made available to
Grama Panchayat, Mandal Parishad, Municipality or Municipal Corporation,
as the case may be, and the offices of the District Collector, the SubDivisional Magistrate and the Tahsildar and shall be uploaded on the
website of the State Government and the district concerned.
13. Appointment of expert Group: The State SIA unit shall select the
expert group duly taking the proposals of District Collectors into
consideration, for making of appraisal of SIA report and SIMP. The expert
group shall consist two social scientists, two representatives of panchayat/
municipality/ municipal corporation/ gram sabha as the case may be, two

experts on Rehabilitation and technical expert in the subject relating to the

project.
The
experts
may
be
drawn
from
Government
departments/NGOs/private sector but shall not include members belonging
to requiring body.
14. Appraisal of Social Impact Assessment report by an Expert
Group.- (1 )The Expert Group constituted under sub-section (I) of section
7 of the Act shall evaluate the SIA report and shall make its
recommendation to that effect within a period of fifteen days from the
date of its constitution or the date of publication of SIA study report under
section 6 of the Act, whichever is later.
(2)The recommendations of the Expert Group shall be made available in
the telugu language to the concerned Gram Panchayat, Mandal Parishad,
Municipality or Municipal Corporation, as the case may be, at village level
or ward level in the affected areas and in the Offices of the District
Collector, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate and the Tahsildar and shall be
uploaded on the website of the State Government and the District
concerned.
15. Consideration of the Social Impact Assessment report,
recommendations of the Expert Group etc - (1) The District Collector
shall examine the Social Impact Assessment report, the recommendations
of the Expert Group, if any, and decide such area for acquisition which
would ensure minimum displacement of people, minimum disturbance to
the infrastructure, ecology and minimum adverse impact on the individuals
affected.
(2) The decision of the District Collector under sub-Rule (1) shall be made
available in the telugu language to the concerned Grama Panchayat,
Mandal Parishad, Municipality or Municipal Corporation, as the case may
be, at village level or ward level in the affected areas and in the Offices of
the District Collector, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate and the Tahsildar and
shall be uploaded on the website of the district concerned.
Provided that where land is sought to be acquired for the purposes
as specified in sub-section (2) of section 2, the Collector shall also
ascertain as to whether the prior consent of the affected families as
required under the proviso to sub-section(2) of section 2 has been
obtained in Form-V appended to these rules by conducting of Grama
Sabha.

16. Web-based Work Flow and Management Information System

(MIS) for Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement.The Commissioner, R&R shall create a dedicated, user-friendly website
that may serve as a public platform on which the entire work flow of each
acquisition case will be hosted, beginning with the notification of the SIA
and tracking each step of decision-making, implementation and audit.
17. Additional Norms with regard to the Social Impact Assessment
Process- Parameters and a table of contents for the Social Impact
Assessment Study and the Social Impact Management Plan are given in
FORM-III and FORM-IV respectively, which should be used by the SIA
team while preparing its report.
18. Inventory of Waste, Barren and Un-utilized Lands- To ensure
acquisition of minimum amount of land and to facilitate the utilization of
un utilized public lands, the District Collector may prepare a district-level
inventory report of waste, barren and unutilized public land, and land
available in the Government land bank and that may be made available to
the SIA team and Expert group. The inventory report shall be updated
from time to time.

CHAPTER IV
Preliminary Notification and Rehabilitation and Resettlement
Scheme
19. Publication of Preliminary Notification- (1) After conclusion of the
social impact assessment study and consent of the affected persons or
Gram Sabha, as the case may be, when it appears to the District Collector
that land is required or likely to be required in any area for any public
purpose, a preliminary notification shall be issued in FORM VI appended to
these rules.
(2)The preliminary notification shall be published in the manner provided
in section 11 of the Act.
(3) A copy of the notification shall be affixed at conspicuous places in the
affected areas and shall also be informed to the public by beat of Tom-tom.

(4) After issuing the preliminary notification, the Collector shall undertake
and complete the exercise of updating land records within a period of one
month as specified here under:(a) Delete the entries of dead persons;
(b) Enter the names of the legal heirs of the deceased persons;
(c) Take effect of the registered transactions of the rights in land such
as sale, gift, partition, etc.
(d) Make all entries of the mortgage in the land records;
(e) Delete the entries of mortgage in case the lending agency issues
letter towards full payment of loans taken;
(f) Make necessary entries in respect of all prevalent forest laws;
(g) Make necessary entries in case of the Government land;
(h) Make necessary entries in respect of assets in the land like trees,
wells, etc.
(i) Make necessary entries of share croppers in the land
(j) Make necessary entries of crops grown or sown and the area of
such crops, and
(k) Any other entries or up-dating in respect of land acquisition,
rehabilitation and resettlement.
20.

Preliminary survey of land proposed for acquisitionThe officer authorised by the District Collector to conduct preliminary
survey shall have all the powers as provided under section 12.

21. Disposal of objections- (1) The Land Acquisition Officer after

hearing all objections and making enquiry as provided under section 15(2)
shall submit a report along with his recommendations on the objections to
the District Collector for decision.
(2) The decision of the District Collector shall be final.
22. Preparation of Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme and
Public Hearing- (1) On publication of the preliminary notification under
sub-section(1) of section 11 by the Collector, the Administrator for
Rehabilitation and Resettlement shall conduct a survey and undertake a
census of the affected families within a period of two months from the
date of publication of such preliminary notification.
(2) In the survey conducted and the census of the affected families so
undertaken by the Administrator, he shall collect the data based on the
SIA report as well as collect the data from the secondary sources such as
Panchayat and Government records and verify that data by door visit of
the affected families and by site visits in case of infrastructure in the
affected area.

(3) The draft Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme prepared by the

Administrator shall in addition to the particulars mentioned in the subsection (2) of section 16, contain the following:
(i) List of likely to be displaced families;
(ii) List of infrastructure in the affected area;
(iii) List of land holdings in the affected area;
(iv) List of trades/business in the affected area;
(v) List of landless people in the affected area;
(vi) List of persons belonging to disadvantageous groups like persons
belonging to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, handicapped
persons in the affected area;
(vii) List of landless agricultural labourers in the affected area;
(viii) List of unemployed youth in the affected area.
(4) The Administrator shall prepare comprehensive and detailed draft
Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme and give wide publicity in the
affected area.
(5) The Administrator or an officer authorized by him shall conduct a
public hearing in the affected areas on such date, time and venue as
decided by giving advance notice of fifteen days. The provisions of rule
11 relating to the public hearing shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the
public hearing in this case also.
23. Publication of the Approved Rehabilitation and Resettlement
Scheme- The Commissioner of Rehabilitation and Resettlement shall
publish the approved Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme in the
affected area by affixing in conspicuous places in addition to making it
public by other means provided in section 18.
24. Development Plan for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes
Families- The Development Plan to be prepared in cases of a project
involving land acquisition on behalf of a requiring body which involves
involuntary displacement of the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes
families under section 41 shall be in FORM VIII appended to these rules.

CHAPTER V
Declaration, Award and Compensation
25. Publication of Declaration for Acquisition- (1) Upon receipt of a
report of the Collector as provided under sub-section(2) of section 15, a
declaration for acquisition of the land under sub-section(1) of section 19 of
the Act along with the summary of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement
Scheme shall be made by the District Collector in FORM VII appended to
these rules. However, no such declaration shall be made unless the
requiring body has deposited an amount in full towards the cost of
acquisition of the land.
(2)The said declaration shall be published in the manner prescribed under
section 19 (4) and also in the affected areas by way of affixing a copy of
the declaration in Telugu language at conspicuous places in the
Panchayat, Mandal, Municipality or Municipal Corporation, as the case may
be, under which the affected area falls.
26. Land Acquisition Award- (1) The Collector after enquiry into and
disposal of the objections, if any, raised by the interested persons in
pursuance of the public notice published and given under sub-section (1)
of section 21, shall make land acquisition Award under section 23 of the
Act in FORM IX appended to these rules.
27. Rehabilitation and Resettlement Award- The Collector shall also
make Rehabilitation and Resettlement Award for each affected family in
accordance with the Second Schedule of the Act in FORM X appended to
these rules and hand over family wise Awards to each affected family.
28. Compensation- (1) The compensation shall be calculated as per the
provisions laid down under section 26 to section 30 read with the First
Schedule of the Act and paid to all parties whose land or other immovable
property has been acquired. The multiplication factor under item(2) of the
First Schedule for rural areas shall be 1.25 other than scheduled areas and
1.50 for scheduled (tribal) areas subject to any further notification as may
be notified by Government.
(2) The one-time grant to artisans, small traders and others under item
(8) of second schedule of Act shall be Twenty Five Thousand Rupees.
(3) The manner in which fishing rights shall be allowed to affected families
in cases of irrigation or hydel projects under item (9) of second
schedule of Act shall be notified by fisheries department in
consultation with irrigation department.

(4)The payment of compensation shall be made expeditiously through

account payee cheques/electronic mail transfer.
(5) Where any excess amount is proved to have been paid to any person
as a result of the correction made in an award under sub-section (1) of
section 33 and such person refuses to refund the said excess amount
paid to him, then such amount shall be recovered as an arrear of land
revenue invoking the provisions of Revenue Recovery Act,1864.
29. Limits on extent of land under section 2(3)(a) read with
Section 46 of the Act- The limits on extent of land beyond which
provisions of Rehabilitation and Resettlement under the Act in Cases of
purchase by a private company through Private Negotiation with the
owner of the land shall be five thousand acres of dry land or equivalent
extent of Irrigated Dry or Wet lands in rural areas subject to any further
notification as may be notified by Government.
CHAPTER VI
Administrator and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Committee and
State Monitoring Committee
30. Power, duties and responsibilities of the Administrator- The
Administrator shall exercise the powers and perform the duties and have
the responsibilities as follows(a) To conduct a survey and undertake a census of the affected
families in the manner and within time as provided under these
rules;
(b) To prepare a draft Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme;
(c) To publish the draft scheme by the mode provided under these
Rules;
(d) To make the draft scheme available to the concerned persons and
authorities;
(e) To organize and conduct public hearings on the draft scheme;
(f) To provide an opportunity to the Requiring Body to make
suggestions and comments on the draft scheme;
(g) To submit the draft scheme to the Collector;
(h) To publish the approved Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme in
the affected area;

(i) To help and assist the Collector in preparing the Rehabilitation and
Resettlement award;
(j) To monitor and supervise the implementation of the Rehabilitation
award;
(k) To assist in post-implementation audit of Rehabilitation and
Resettlement, and
(l) Any other work required to be done for Rehabilitation and
Resettlement.
31. Procedure of State Monitoring Committee for Rehabilitation
and Resettlement and Allowances of the experts associated with
it:- (1) The State Monitoring Committee shall have its first meeting for
review and monitoring the implementation of the Rehabilitation and
Resettlement Schemes for the projects within a month of the publication
of the said approved Schemes by the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation
and Resettlement under section 18. Thereafter, the meetings of the
Committee shall be held once in three months to review and monitor the
implementation of the rehabilitation and resettlement schemes.
(2) The experts associated with the State Monitoring Committee shall be
paid an amount of rupees one thousand as sitting fee and travelling and
daily allowance at the rate admissible to the Class-I rank Officers of the
State Government for journeys outside headquarter.

CHAPTER VII
MISCELLENEOUS
32. Reconveyance of Land to the Original Land Owner- (1) Where
any land acquired under the Act remains unutilized for a period of five
years from the date of taking over the possession by the requiring body,
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 by issuing a notice to the
Requiring Body for whom the land was acquired and by giving an
opportunity of being heard and by passing the necessary written order by
the District Collector in this behalf.
(2) After passing the written order as above the District Collector shall
take the possession of the acquired land for the purpose of returning the
same to the original owner or owners or their legal heirs, as the case may
be, or to the Land Bank.

(3) If the Requiring Body does not handover possession of the said land to
the Collector, Collector shall be competent to take the help of Executive
Magistrate and police force to take the possession by giving prior notice to
the Requiring Body.
33. Removal of Difficulties- If any difficulty arises as to the
interpretation of any provisions of these Rules or in the implementation of
such provisions, the State Government shall have powers to issue
clarifications/directions for the purpose of removal of the difficulties.

FORM-I

(See rule-3)
Requisition for Land Acquisition

From:
Name
and/or Designation of the Requiring Body

To:
1. The District Collector
District___________
2. Commissioner, R&R,
Andhra Pradesh State.
It

is

requested

to

acquire

___________acre(s)

of

land

_____________________________________________project/purpose

for
and

the details are furnished in Appendix I, II & III along with three copies of
Combined Sketch showing the lands to be acquired.
Requisite cost of acquisition including cost of social impact assessment
study (SIA) is available and will be deposited in your office, as provided under
provisions of Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land
Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act-2013, as and when required
by you. It is certified that the land to be acquired was demarcated on the
field and all further necessary information and assistance will be provided on
the date/time appointed/stipulated by you.

Yours faithfully

Requiring Body

Appendix-I
Name of the project:(1) Name of the village(2) Name of the Mandal(3) Name of the Municipality/Municipal Corporation(4) Name of the District(5) Sy.Nos. to be acquired(6) Total area under requisition (in acres/Sq.Yards)(7) Boundaries of the area to be acquiredEastWestNorth
South(8) Area of the agricultural and irrigated multi-cropped land
(9) Reasons for inclusion of agricultural and irrigated multi-cropped land
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(10) Details of buildings and other structures, tanks, wells, trees, etc.,
(11) Reasons for the inclusion of religious building, graveyard or tomb
etc. for acquisition, if any.

Requiring Body

Appendix-II

Name of the project:1.

2.
3.

Department or Government or Company, Local Authority, Institution:

Official designation of the requiring body:Purpose of Acquisition (in detail) :-

4.
5.

Whether the requisition is filed u/s 2(1) of the Act by the Government
or Department for its own use hold and control :Whether the requisition is filed u/s 2(1)(a) to 2(1) (f) of the Act:-

6.

Whether the requisition is filed u/s 2(2) (a) or (b) of the Act :-

7.

How many families are affected as described u/s 3(c)(i) to (vi) of the
Act:-

8.

Whether the requisition is filed u/s 40 of the Act :-

9.

If so, on what ground?

10.

Has the land to be acquired already been taken over form the owners
by private negotiation?

11.

If so, on what date and on what terms (please state the terms of
negotiation in short and attach the copy of it)

12.

Date of issue of administrative approval for the project (copy to be

attached)

13.

Reasons for delay in filing requisition, if requisition is filed after 6

weeks from the date of administrative approval of the project.

14.

By what time possession of the land is required.

Requiring Body

Appendix-III
Certificate to be furnished along with the requisition for
acquisition of land by the requiring authorities

Name of the project:-

1) Certified that the project for which the land is sought to be acquired
has been administratively approved vide Department letter No: __________,
Dated _______________ for acquisition under the Act.

2) The estimated cost of the project is of Rs.____________________ and

necessary budget was sanctioned and funds are available towards cost of
acquisition.

3) The Department undertakes to pay the full amount in case of decree by

the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority / High Court /
Supreme Court as and when asked to do so by the Collector/District Collector.

Requiring Body

FORM-II
Part -A.

(See Sub-rule(1) of rule-8)

Terms of Reference and Processing Fee for the SIA
The State SIA Unit will review the proposal for land acquisition sent by the
Appropriate Government and produce a project-specific Terms of Reference (ToR)
and budget. Based on the ToR and budget, a processing fee will be determined,
which must be deposited by the Requiring Body before the notification of the SIA
can be issued. The ToR shall include the following information:
(i) A brief description of the project, project area and the extent of lands
proposed for acquisition
(ii) The objectives of the SIA and all the activities that must be carried out by
the SIA team
(iii) Sequencing, schedule and deadlines for deliverables with dates for the
SIA process, based on the size and complexity of the project and land
acquisition, and whether consent of Gram Sabhas and/or land owners is
required to be sought
(iv) The appropriate size and profile of the SIA team required (including field
surveyors, if needed) to conduct the SIA for the specific project
(v) A project-specific budget based on the ToR, with a clear break-up of
costs for each item/activity
(vi) The schedule for the disbursement of funds to the SIA team tied to
clearly-defined deliverables in the SIA process
(vii) The processing fee will be determined based on the ToR and budget
developed for each specific project and will be based on the type, size,
location, and sensitivity of the project and the land proposed for
acquisition
(viii) Information regarding the processing fee bands and the cost for
separate components/line items must be made consistent and easily
accessible, so that the Requiring Body can factor this into its costs in
advance. These rates must be reviewed and revised from time to time.
(ix) A fixed proportion of the fee will go towards meeting the costs of the
State SIA Unit

FORM-II

Part-B. Notification of the SIA

(See sub-rule (2) of rule 6)

The Notification of the SIA must include:

(i) Name of project developer, a brief description of the proposed project

and the extent of the lands proposed for acquisition, the project area and
the affected areas to be covered by the SIA
(ii) The main objectives of the SIA and key activities including (a)
consultations (b) survey (c) public hearing/s.
(iii) If consent of Gram Sabhas and/or land owners is required, the
notification must state this.
(iv) The timeline for the SIA and the final deliverables (SIA Report and SIMP)
along with the manner of their disclosure must be specified
(v) Statement that any attempt at coercion or threat during this period will
render the exercise null and void.
(vi) Contact information of the State SIA Unit

FORM llI
Social Impact Assessment Report

(See Sub-rule(4) of rule-6)

I Part-A: List of socio-economic and cultural parameters to be covered
by
the SIA
1. Demographic details of the population in the project area
Age, sex, caste, religion

Literacy, health and nutritional status

2. Poverty levels
Vulnerable groups
- Women, children, the elderly, women-headed households, the differently
abled

Kinship patterns and women's role in the family

Social and cultural organisation

Administrative organisation

Political organisation

Civil society organisations and social movements

3. Land use and livelihood

Agricultural and non-agricultural use

Quality of land - soil, water, trees, etc.

Livestock

Formal and informal work and employment

Household division of labour and women's work

Migration

Household income levels

Livelihood preferences

Food security

4. Local economic activities

Formal and informal, local industries

Access to credit

Wage rates

Specific livelihood activities women are involved in

5. Factors that contribute to local livelihoods

Access to natural resources

Common property resources

Private assets

Roads, transportation

Irrigation facilities

Access to markets

Tourist sites

Livelihood promotion programmes

Co-operatives and other livelihood-related associations

6. Quality of the living environment

Perceptions, aesthetic qualities, attachments and aspirations

Settlement patterns

Houses

Community and civic spaces

Sites of religious and cultural meaning

Physical infrastructure (including water supply, sewage systems etc.)

Public service infrastructure (schools, health facilities, anganwadi centres,

public distribution system)

Safety, crime, violence

Social gathering points for women

II Part-B: Key impact areas Impacts on land, livelihoods and income

- Level and type of employment Intra-household
- employment patterns Income levels
- Food security
- Standard of living

- Access and control over productive resources

- Economic dependency or vulnerability
- Disruption of local economy
- Impoverishment risks
- Women's access to livelihood alternatives

1. Impacts on physical resources

- Impacts on natural resources, soil, air, water, forests
- Pressures on land and common property natural resources for livelihoods
2. Impacts on private assets, public services and utilities
- Capacity of existing health and education facilities
- Capacity of housing facilities
- Pressure on supply of local services
- Adequacy of electrical and water supply, roads, sanitation and waste
management system
- Impact on private assets such as bore wells, temporary sheds etc.
3. Health impacts
- Health impacts due to in-migration
- Health impacts due to project activities with a special emphasis on
- Impact on women's health
- Impact on the elderly
4. Impacts on culture and social cohesion
- Transformation of local political structures
- Demographic changes
- Shifts in the economy-ecology balance
- Impacts on the norms, beliefs, values and cultural life
- Crime and illicit activities
- Stress of dislocation
- Impact of separation of family cohesion
- Violence against women
5. Impacts at different stages of the project cycle
The type, timing, duration, and intensity of social impacts will depend on and relate
closely to the stages of the project cycle. Below is an indicative list of impacts:

Pre-construction phase
- Interruption in the delivery of services
- Drop in productive investment
- Land speculation
- Stress of uncertainty
Construction phase
- Displacement and relocation
- Influx of migrant construction workforce
- Health impacts on those who continue to live close to the
construction site
6. Operation phase
- Reduction in employment opportunities compared to the construction
phase
- Economic benefits of the project
- Benefits on new infrastructure
- New patterns of social organisation
7. De-commissioning phase
- Loss of economic opportunities
- Environmental degradation and its impact on livelihoods
8. Direct and indirect impacts
- "Direct impacts" will include all impacts that are likely to be experienced by
the affected families
- "Indirect impacts" will include all impacts that may be experienced by those
not directly affected by the acquisition of land (i.e. Direct land and livelihood
losers), but those living in the project area
9. Differential impacts
- Impact on women, children, the elderly and the different abled
- Impacts identified through tools such as Gender Impact Assessment
Checklists, and Vulnerability and Resilience Mapping
10. Cumulative impacts
- Measureable and potential impacts of other projects in the area along with
the identified impacts for the project in question.
-Impact on those not directly in the project area but based locally or even
regionally.

III PART-C. Table of Contents for SIA Report and Social Impact
Management Plan
1. Chapter
Executive Summary

Contents
-

Project and public purpose

Location
Size and attributes of land
acquisition
Alternatives considered

Social Impacts
Mitigation measures
Assessment of social costs and
benefits

2. Detailed Project
Description

Background of the project, including

developers
background
and
governance/ management structure
Rationale for project including
how the project fits the public
purpose criteria listed in the
Act
Examination of alternatives

Phases of project construction

Core design features and size and type of facilities
Need for ancillary infrastructural facilities
Work force requirements (temporary and
permanent)
Details of SIA/EIA if already conducted and any
technical feasibility reports
Applicable legislations and policies

3. Team composition,
- List of all team members with qualifications.
Approach, methodology Gender experts to be included in team
and schedule of the SIA - Description and rationale for the methodology and
tools used to collect information for the SIA
- Sampling methodology used
- Overview of information/data sources used.
Detailed reference must be included separately in
the forms
- Schedule of consultations with key stakeholders
and brief description of public hearings conducted.
Details of the public hearings and the specific

feedback incorporated into the Report must be

included in the forms
4. Land assessment

Describe with the help of the maps, information

from land inventories and primary sources
Entire area of impact under the influence of the
project (not limited to land area for acquisition)
Total land requirement for the project
Present use of any public, unutilised land in the
vicinity of the project area
Land (if any) already purchased, alienated, leased
or acquired, and the intended use for each plot of
land required for the project
Quantity and location of land proposed to be
acquired for the project
Nature, present use and classification of land and
if agricultural rand, irrigation coverage and
cropping patterns
Size of holdings, ownership patterns, land
distribution, and number of residential houses
Land prices and recent changes in ownership,
transfer and use of lands over the last 3 years

5. Estimation and enumeration - Estimation of the following types of families that are
(where required) of affected (a) Directly affected (own land that is proposed to be
Families and assets
acquired):
- Are tenants/occupy the land proposed to be
acquired
- The Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest
dwellers who have lost any of their forest rights
- Depend on common property resources which will
be affected due to acquisition of land for their
livelihood
- Have been assigned land by the State Government
or the Central Government under any of its
schemes and such land is under acquisition;
- Have been residing on any land in the urban areas
for preceding three years or more prior to the
acquisition of the land
- Have depended on the land being acquired as a
primary source of livelihood for three years prior to
the acquisition
(b) Indirectly impacted by the project (not affected
directly by the acquisition of own lands)
(c) Inventory of productive assets and significant lands
6. Socio-economic and
profile (affected area
and resettlement site)
-

Demographic details of the population in the

project area-l
- Income and poverty levels
Vulnerable groups
Land use and livelihood

7. Social impacts

8. Analysis of costs and

benefits and
Recommendation
Acquisition

9. References and Forms

Local economic activities

Factors that contribute to local livelihoods
Kinship patterns and social and cultural
organisation
Administrative organisation
Political organisation
Community-based and civil society-organisations
Regional dynamics and historical change processes
Quality of the living environment
Framework and approach to identifying impacts
Description of impacts at various stages of the
project cycle such as impacts on health and
livelihoods and culture. For each type of impact,
separate indication of whether it is a direct/indirect
impact, differential impacts on different categories
of affected families and where applicable
cumulative impacts
Indicative list of impacts areas include: impacts on
land, livelihoods and income, physical resources,
private assets, public services and utilities, health,
culture and social cohesion and gender based
impacts
- Final conclusions on: assessment of public
purpose, less-displacing alternatives minimum on
requirements of land, the nature and intensity of
social impacts, the viability of the mitigation measures
and the extent to which mitigation measures
described in the SIMP will address the full range
of social impacts and adverse social costs..
The above analysis will use the equity principle as
a criteria of analysis for presenting a final
recommendation on whether the acquisition
should go through or not
- For reference and further information

FORM IV
Social Impact Management Plan

(See Sub-rule(2) of Rule-15)

(a) Approach to mitigation

(b) Measures to avoid, mitigate and compensate impact
(c) Measures that are included in the terms of R&R and compensation as outlined in
the Act
(d) Measures that the Requiring Body has stated it will introduce in the Project
Proposal
(e) Additional measures that the Requiring Body has stated it will undertake in
response to the findings of the SIA process and public hearings

(f) The SIMP must include a description of institutional structures and key person
responsible for each mitigation measure and timelines and costs for each
activity

FORM -V
PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OR DECLARATION FORM

(See sub rule(2) of rule 15)

S.No.

Details of the Person Concerned

1.

Name of the person(s) in whose name the land is registered:

2.

Name of the spouse:

3.

Name of father/ mother:

4.

Address:

5.

Village

6.

Gram Panchayat/Municipality/Township:

7.

Mandal

8.

District:

9.

Name of other members in the family with age:

(including children and adult dependents)

10.

Extent of land owned:

11.

Disputed lands if any

12.

Parchase/leases/grants, if any

13.

Any other right, if any:

14.

Regarding the acquisition of my land by the government, I wish to state the

following: (please circle one of the below):
I have read/read out the contents of this consent form and explained to
me in Telugu language and
I do not agree to this acquisition/
I agree to this acquisition.

Signature/ Thumb impression

of the affected family(s)
and date:

FORM VI

(See Sub-rule(1) of rule-19

and Section-11(1) of the Act-30/2013)
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Revenue (LA) Department
or
Collector/Joint Collector / Special Collector (LA) / SDC (LA)
Preliminary Notification
No.

Dated.

Whereas it appears to the Government of Andhra Pradesh/Collector that a

total

acres

of________

land

is

required

in

the

__________________Village________________ Mandal _____________________

District for

public

purpose,

namely,___________________________________

Social Impact Assessment Study was carried out by state SIA Unit and a report
submitted. The summary of the Social Impact Assessment Report is as follows:
_______________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________A
total _________families are likely to be displaced due to the land acquisition. The
reason necessitating such displacement is given below. Joint Collector/Additional Joint
Collector is appointed as Administrator for the purpose of rehabilitation and
resettlement
the

above

of
said

the

affected

project

in

families.

the

Therefore

it

is

notified

_____________________________

that

for

Village

of

___________________ Mandal _______________________District a piece of land

measuring, more or less ___________acres viz, ___________ hectare of standard
measurement, whose detail description is as following, is under acquisition:

Sl.No.

Survey
No.

Type of
Title

Type of Area under

Acquisition
Land
(in acre)

Name &
Address of
person
interested

Boundaries

N.

S.

E.

W.

This notification is made under the provisions of Section-11(1) of The

Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land acquisition, Rehabilitation and
Resettlement Act, 2013 (Act no.30/2013), to all whom it may concern.

A plan of the land may be inspected in the office of the District Collector
& -------------------------- on any working day. The Government of AP/Collector -cumAppropriate Government is pleased to authorize Officer _____________and
his staff___________ to enter upon and survey land, take levels of any land, dig or
bore into the sub-soil & do all other acts required for the proper execution of their
work as provided and specified in section-12 of the said Act.
Under section 11(4) of the Act, no person shall make any transaction or
cause any transaction of land i.e. sale/purchase, etc., or create any encumbrances
on such land from the date of publication of such notification without prior
approval of the Collector.
Objections to the acquisition, if any, may be filed by the person interested
within 60 (sixty days) from the date of publication of this notification as provided
under section 15 of the Act before District Collector.
Since the land is urgently required for the project, the State Government has
decided to not carry out the Social Impact Assessment Study.

Place:
Date:

District Collector

FORM VII

(See Sub-rule(1) of rule-25

and Section-19(1) of the Act-30/2013)

No:

Government of Andhra Pradesh

Revenue (LA) Department
or
Collector/Joint Collector / Special Collector (LA) / SDC (LA)
Declaration
Dated.

Whereas it appears to the Government of Andhra Pradesh/Collector

that
a
total
of _________acres land is required in the Village
___________________Mandal _______________District _____________for public
purpose, namely, _____________________________________________
Therefore declaration is made that a piece of land measuring, more or less
acres viz; ... .......... hectares of standard measurement under acquisition for
the above said project in the Village . Mandal . District--------------------- whose detailed description is as following:
Sl.
no.

Survey
no.

Type of Type of Area under Name

& Boundaries
Acquisition Address of
Title
Land
person
(in acre)
interested
N.
S. E.

W.

This declaration is made after hearing of objections of persons interested and

due enquiry as provided u/s 15 of the Act No-30/2013. The number of families likely to
be resettled due to Land Acquisition is ...
... for whom Resettlement area has
been identified, whose brief description is as following:Village____________ Mandal ______________ District------------------------Area ------------------ acres.
Mines of coal, iron-stone, slate or other minerals lying under the said land or
any particular portion of the said land, except such parts of the mines and minerals
which may be required to be dug or removed or used during the construction
phase of the project for the purpose of which the land is being acquired, are not
needed.
A plan of the land may be inspected in the office of the Land Acquisition Officer
& -------------------------- on any working day.
A summary of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme is appended.
District Collector

FORM VIII

(See rule-24)
Format for Development Plan under R&R scheme for SC/ST families
displaced due to land acquisition
Sl.
No.

Name of Permanent
the
Address
Claimant
/ family
head

Entitlements

1. Land up to one acre for

agricultural, horticultural, cattle
grazing field per family shall be
provided.
2. Provision of dwelling housing
unit per family, Drinking Water
facility toilette etc.,
3. One time financial assistance
of Rs. One lakh fifty thousand
per family shall be given.
4. For
landless
laborers
employment shall be provided
under MNREGA and any other
job providing scheme,
5. Skill development through
different training programs for
the youth of affected family.
6. Subsistence grant for displaced
family allowance equivalent to
Rs Three thousand per month
for a year should be granted
from the date of award.
7. For cattle shed and petty shop
each effected family shall be
provided minimum Rupees
twenty five thousand.

Remarks

FORM IX

(See rule-26
and section 23 & 30 of the Act 30 of 2013)
Land Acquisition Award
Land Acquisition case No:
1.

Name of the Project -

2.

Number and date of declaration under which the land is to be acquired

3.

Situation and extent of the land in acres, the number of field plots on the
survey map, the village in which situated with the number of mile plan if any.

4.

Description of the land, i.e., whether fallow, cultivated, homestead, etc. If

cultivated, how cultivated?

5.

Names of persons interested in the land and the nature of their respective
interests.

6.

Amount allowed for the land itself, without trees, buildings etc., if any

7.

Amount allowed out of such sum as compensation for the tenants interest in
the land.

8.

Basis of calculation:

9.

Amount allowed for trees, houses or any other immovable things.

10.

Amount allowed for crops.

11.

Additional compensation on the market value under section 30(3)

12.

Damages under section 28 of Act 30 of 2013

13.

Solatium u/s 30(1)

14.

Award under section 23 and 30 of Act 30 of 2013

15.

Particulars of abatement of Government Revenue, or of the capitalized value

paid, the date from which the abatement takes effect.

16.

Apportionment of
the amount of
compensation.

Serial No.

Name of
claimants

Amount
payable
to each

Bank
A/c
No.

Remarks

Area (in Acre)

17.

Date on which possession was taken u/s. 38(1) & 40(1) of Act of 30/2013.

If u/s. 40(1) the number and date of the order of government giving
authority to do so.
Date:

Signature

FORM X
(See rule-27 and 2nd Schedule of the Act)
Award for Rehabilitation and Resettlement
Land Acquisition case No:

2.

Number and date of declaration under which the land is to be acquired

3.

Situation and extent of the land in acres, the number of field plots on the survey
map, the village in which situated with the number of mile plan if any.

4.

Description of the housing units, transportation cost, housing allowances, annuity,

employment subsistence grant, cattle shed, petty shop, one time resettlement
allowances etc.

5.

Name/ Names of persons interested in the land and the nature of their respective
claim for rehabilitation and resettlement.

6.

Apportionment
of the amount
of
compensation
Area (in acres.)

Name of
claimants
/ affected
family

R & R entitlements

Bank
A/c.
No.

House to be
allotted
Land to be
allotted
Fishing rights
Annuity
Employment
transportation
cost,
Housing
allowances,
Annuity
Employment

Subsistence
grant

Amount
payable to
each

Sl.
No.

Remarks

Name of the Project -

Non
monetary
entitlements

1.

Cattle shed,
Petty shop,
One time
resettlement
allowances
One time
resettlement
allowances
7.

Date on which R& R entitlements given to the affected family.

8.

Basis of calculation:

9.

Amount allowed for trees, houses or any other immovable things.

10.

Amount allowed for crops.

11.

Additional compensation on the market value under section 30(3)

12.

Damages under section 28 of Act 30 of 2013

13.

Solatium u/s 30(1)

14.

Award under section 23 and 30 of Act 30 of 2013

15.

Particulars of abatement of Government Revenue, or of the capitalized value paid,

the date from which the abatement takes effect.
Apportionment of
the amount of
compensation.

Serial Name of claimants

No.

Amount
payable
to each

Bank
A/c. No.

Remarks

Area (in Acre)

16.

Date on which possession was taken u/s. 38(1) & 40(1) of Act of 30/2013.

If u/s. 40(1), the number and date of the order of government giving
authority to do so.

Date:

Signature

FORM XI

(Under third schedule of Act-30/2013)

Format for Provision of Infrastructural Amenities under R and R scheme
for families displaced due to Land Acquisition

Sl.No.

Components

1.

Roads

2.

Drainage

3.

Drinking water

4.

Drinking water for cattle

5.

Grazing land

6.

Fair Price Shops

7.

Panchayat buildings

8.

Post Offices

9.

Fertilizer storage

10.

Irrigation facilities

11.

Transport facilities

12.

Burial or cremation ground

13.

Toilet points

14.

Electric connections

15.

Nutritional services

16.

Schools

17.

Sub-health centre

18.

Primary Health Centre

19.

Play ground

20.

Community centre

21.

Places of worship

22.

Separate land for tribal institutions

23.

Timber forest produce

24.

Security arrangements

25.

Veterinary services

Details of infrastructure amenities

Signature