Section 37 of The Arunachal Pradesh Housing Board Act, 2014 — ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF LAND
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- (1)Board may enter into an agreement with any Power to person or the State Government for the acquisition purchase, from him by purchase, lease or exchange, of any lease or land which is needed for the purposes of a housing acquire land. scheme or any interest in such land or for compensating the owners of any such right in respect of any deprivation thereof or interference therewith : Provided that the previous approval of the State Government shall be obtained in case of purchase or exchange involving land worth more than rupees one hundred lakhs or lease for more than five years:
- (2)Board may, from such date as the State Government may appoint by notification in this behalf, also take steps for the compulsory acquisition of any land or any interest therein required for the execution of a housing scheme in the manner provided in the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, as modified by this Act, and the acquisition of any land or any interest therein for the purpose of this Act shall be deemed to be acquisition for a public purpose within the meaning of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Betterment 38. (1) When by the making of a housing scheme the charges. value of any land in the area comprised in the scheme will, in the opinion of the Board, be in- creased, the Board in framing the scheme may declare that betterment charges shall be payable by the owner of the land or any person having an interest therein in respect of the increase in value of the land from the execution of the scheme.
- (2)Such increase in value shall be the amount by which the value of the land on the completion of the execution of the scheme estimated as if the land were clear of the buildings exceeds the value of the land prior to the execution of the scheme estimated in like manner and the betterment charges shall be one-half of such increase in value.
- (3)Such betterment charges shall also be levi- able in respect of any land not comprised in the scheme but adjacent to the area com- prised in the scheme.
- (4)Notwithstanding anything contained in sub- sections (1) and (3), in respect of any land used for agricultural purposes at the time of the execution of the schemes the betterment charges shall be leviable by the Board in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed, only after such land is used, or converted for use for non- agricultural purposes.