The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
[No. 10] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1978/PAUSA 20, 1899
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22 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PAST II—SEC. 3(ii)]MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION
(Department of Agriculture)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 10th January, 1978
S.O. 11(E).—Tn exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 258 of the Constitution of India and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the President hereby entrusts to the Government of the State of Sikkim, with the consent of that Government, the functions of the Central Government under—
(i) the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894), except the function cxercisable by the Central Government under the proviso to sub- section (1) of section 55 of the said Act; and
(ii) the Land Acquisition (Companies) Rules, 1963, in relation to the acquisition of land for the purposes of the Union in the State of Sikkim, subject to the following conditions, namely :—
(a) that in the exercise of such functioas, the Government of the State of Sikkim shall comply with such general and special directions as the Central Government may, from time to time, issue; and
(b) that notwithstanding the entrustment, the Central Government may itself exercise any of the said functions should it deem fit to do so in any case.
[F. No. 12018/12/76-LRD]
R. K. RATH Jt, Secy.