15 Land Acquisition · 15.5 Other routes to acquire land

15.5.2 MRTP Act Sections 125–129: acquisition modes under s.126, material date, s.128 and urgent possession

Chapter VII of the MRTP Act makes land reserved in a plan a deemed public purpose (s.125), lets the authority acquire it by agreement, FSI/TDR or compulsory acquisition (s.126), lets owners free the land if it is not acquired in time (s.127), allows acquisition for a different public purpose (s.128), and permits urgent possession on 15 days' notice in emergencies (s.129).

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Key terms

  • MRTP Act 1966
  • Chapter VII
  • section 125 deemed public purpose
  • section 126 modes
  • agreement
  • FSI or TDR
  • application to State Government
  • section 126(2) declaration
  • one year from draft plan
  • deemed declaration
  • section 126(3) market value date
  • section 126(4) fresh declaration
  • section 127 lapsing of reservation
  • purchase notice
  • ten years
  • twenty-four months
  • section 128 other public purpose
  • section 129 urgency fifteen days
  • defence national security natural calamities
  • interest as per RFCTLARR
  • two-thirds advance
  • Structure plan
  • Girnar Traders
  • Shrirampur Municipal Council

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