15.4 RFCTLARR Act 2013: urgency, Authority and miscellaneous notes

1. 15.4.1RFCTLARR Section 40: urgency acquisition and its extra compensation

   Section 40 lets the Collector take possession before the award — 30 days after the s.21 notice — but only for the minimum area needed for defence, national security or natural-calamity emergencies, after tendering 80% of the estimated compensation, and the owner then gets an extra 75% of the compensation.

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2. 15.4.2RFCTLARR Sections 51–74: LARR Authority – composition, reference (s.64) and appeal to High Court

   Chapter VIII sets up a one-person LARR Authority — a District Judge or a lawyer of seven years' standing — to decide references (s.64) against the Collector's award; civil courts are barred (s.63), and its award can be challenged only by appeal to the High Court within 60 days (s.74).

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3. 15.4.3RFCTLARR Sections 75–84: apportionment, payment, deposit and interest

   After the award, compensation is divided among persons interested (ss.75–76), paid into their bank accounts or deposited with the LARR Authority if refused or disputed (s.77), and if it is not paid by the time of possession it carries interest at 9%, rising to 15% after one year (s.80).

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4. 15.4.4RFCTLARR Sections 93–105: withdrawal, tax exemption (s.96), change of purpose, return of unutilised land and Fourth Schedule

   Chapter XIII lets the Government withdraw only before possession (s.93), makes awards free of income tax and stamp duty (s.96), forbids change of purpose (s.99), sends land unused for five years back to the owner or a Land Bank (s.101), shares 40% of any windfall on resale (s.102), and keeps 13 Central Acts of the Fourth Schedule outside the Act (s.105).

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5. 15.4.5Maharashtra amendments 2018 and RFCTLARR (Maharashtra) Rules 2014: s.10A exemption, consent award and lump-sum R&R

   Maharashtra has adapted the 2013 Act in two ways: the RFCTLARR (Maharashtra) Rules, 2014 (made under s.109) fix the State's procedure, and the Maharashtra Amendment Act, 2018 inserted s.10A (exemption of notified projects from SIA and food-security chapters), s.23A (consent award) and a lump-sum R&R provision (s.31A).

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