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Haryana Government Gazette

EXTRAORDINARY

Published by Authority

No. 178-2018/Ext.]

CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2018

(ASVINA 26, 1940 SAKA)

LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT

CONTENTS

PAGES

PART&I

ACTS

THE PUNJAB LAND IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES

291—292

(HARYANA AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018

(HARYANA ACT NO. 30 OF 2018)

PART&II

ORDINANCES

NIL

PART&III DELEGATED LEGISLATION

NIL

PART&IV CORRECTION SLIPS, REPUBLICATIONS AND REPLACEMENTS

Correction Slip No. 175 Rules/II.D4, dated 16.10.2018

(Only English)

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PART I

HARYANA GOVERNMENT

LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

Notification

The 18th October, 2018

No. Leg.35/2018.— The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Haryana received

the assent of the Governor of Haryana on the 2nd October, 2018 and is hereby published for general

information:-

HARYANA ACT NO. 30 OF 2018

THE PUNJAB LAND IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES (HARYANA AMENDMENT)

ACT, 2018

ACT

further to amend the Punjab Land Improvement Schemes Act, 1963

in its application to the State of Haryana.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Sixty-ninth Year of the

Republic of India as follows:-

This Act may be called the Punjab Land Improvement Schemes (Haryana Amendment)

Act, 2018.

Short title.

After section 15 of the Punjab Land Improvement Schemes Act, 1963, the following

sections shall be inserted, namely:-

“15A.

Laying of underground pipeline or repair or renovation of existing underground

pipeline.- (1) Where the State Government or a farmer or a group of farmers intend to lay

an underground pipeline or repair or renovation of existing pipeline through the holding of

any other land owner for the purpose of irrigation on its, his or their holdings and the

matter is not settled by mutual agreement, then the District Level Committee may, by

order, allow the State Government or the farmer or the group of farmers, as the case may

be, to lay pipeline or repair or renovation of existing pipeline, at least three feet beneath

the surface of the land along the demarcated line on payment of compensation arising out

of damage to crop or any structure of the land owner. The amount of compensation to be

paid to the land holder through whose land the pipeline is to be laid or repaired or

renovated shall be as per assessment of damage determined by the District Level

Committee and its decision shall be binding upon all the parties. The pipeline shall be used

for irrigation and the right of land owners in the event of change of land use for non-

agriculture purposes shall not be compromised.

(2)

The State Government or the farmer or the group of farmers, as the case may

be, shall submit a written application to the District Level Committee mentioning the land

and its owner’s details through which the pipeline shall be laid or repaired or renovated

and line demarcated for such work alongwith the damage as shall be caused to the crop or

any structure in way of demarcated line.

(3)

The State Government or the farmer or the group of farmers, as the case may

be, permitted to avail any of the facilities referred to in sub-section (1) shall not, by virtue

of the said facility, acquire any other right in the holding through which such facility is

granted.

(4)

The State Government or the farmer or the group of farmers, as the case may

be, to whom such facility is granted, shall also restore the land to the satisfaction of the

land holder after laying, repair or renovation of underground pipeline.

15B. Constitution of District Level Committee.- (1) There shall be constituted a

Committee to be called the District Level Committee in every district for granting

compensation to the landowner, consisting of the following, namely:-

Insertion of

sections 15A and

15B in Punjab

Act 23 of 1963.

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(i)

Deputy Commissioner

Chairman

(ii)

Divisional Soil Conservation Officer

Member-Secretary

(iii)

District Revenue Officer

Member

(iv)

Executive Engineer, Public Works

Member

Department (Buildings and Roads)

(v)

Divisional Forest Officer

Member

(2)

The Member-Secretary shall convene the meeting of the District Level

Committee on receipt of application to lay underground pipeline or repair or renovation of

existing pipeline.

(3)

Four members including the Chairman and the Member-Secretary shall form

the quorum for a meeting of the District Level Committee.

(4)

All questions before the District Level Committee shall be decided according

to the opinion of the majority of the members present and voting. In the case of equality of

votes, the Chairman shall have a second or casting vote.”.

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KULDIP JAIN,

SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT HARYANA,

LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

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