Fearing that the JDA authorities would demolish their homes in their absence to take possession of the land, the students skipped their exams because they could not afford to leave the protest site for even a minute. Under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act 1894, the Government is required to publish a preliminary notice in the Official Gazette if it wishes to acquire land for “public purposes” (section 4). Any person interested in this property may object to the acquisition in writing within 30 days of the date of publication of the notice. The collector is obliged to give objections an opportunity to be heard, and then to conduct an investigation and prepare a report in order to make a final decision on the objections. After reviewing the report, if the government is satisfied that the land is necessary for a “public purpose”, it must declare this within one year of the date of publication of the preliminary notice (section 6). (iii) determine whether the undertaking offered a reasonable price (not less than the indemnity so determined) to persons interested in the land to be acquired. (vi) in the event of a dispute as to the amount attributable to the unused part of the immovable property, the dispute shall be brought before the Court of Justice within whose jurisdiction the immovable property or part thereof is situated, and the decision of the Court thereon shall be final. (b) place copies of the notice in an appropriate place on or near the property and in any other conspicuous public place in the locality, or publish it by publication by drumbeat or by advertisement in a newspaper widely known in the locality or by two or more means; and “22A. Whenever an interested person has raised objections under article 18, paragraph 1, which have been submitted by the collector for decision of the court, the ministry on whose behalf the acquisition is made shall have the right to raise counter-objections with the court. “(i) where an interest acquired under this Law in immovable property acquired under this Act was acquired after the date of publication of the declaration referred to in section 6, no separate estimate of the value of that interest may be made to increase the amount of the indemnity payable in respect of that land; (2) In connection with the acquisition, the tenant or tenants are entitled to net compensation other than that described in clause (1).
(c) define the boundaries of these zones and, where appropriate, the proposed line of work to be carried out there; At present, more than half of farmers have refused to give up their land until their demands have been met.