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La Gazette de L' État de Poudouchéry

The Gazette of Puducherry

PART - II



EXTRAORDINAIRE

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ºþª(hereby)¸òïçáßØÄþÅì





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“õß¼Äöéçïï©ÃÝ®µ¹©®

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(a) 

[Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)]



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







(Bio-Metric)







(b) 





(c) 





(d) 





(e) 







(f) 



(g) (Consent-Based

Aadhaar authentication Service)

UIDAI







(Authentication)

(h) EIAS



(i) 



(j) 



(k) 









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(l) MIS



(m) 



(Requiring

Body)



(n) 

(o) SIA

(p) 



(q) 





(r) SIA





(s) TOR



















¶Ý– II



(Requisition of Land Acquisition

— 













(Representative)

I



(i) 

(ii) (Sanction Letter)

(iii) 

(Copies)

(iv) 



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(v) 

(vi) 



(vii) 

 (Clearance)

(viii) 

(ix) SIA























(a) 

(b) 



(c) 

(d) 



–

(a) 



(b) 



(c) 



(d) 



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(e) 



(f) 





(g) 



(Instructions)





(Speaking Order) 

























.—



(vi)A

(in terms of)



`





(D'man)











.— 







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

















¶Ý– III



(Social Impact Assessment)



.— 

























.— 

AII





















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









(Feedback)

























III











IV









(Unit)



(a) 







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LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT



(Database)



(b)  (Terms of Reference) 





(Respond)

(c) 

















(d) 





(e) (Transactions)







(f) 



(g) 





SIA.—







–

(a) TOR

(Project-Specification)







(Profile)











II

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B





(b) 

TOR







(Parameter)



(TOR)









.— 





(State Data Base)











SIA

SIATOR

SIASIA



(a)



(Activists),

(b)





SIASIA



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LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT

SIA

























.— SIA













(Feasibility)SIASIA

SIA







(Verification)

SIA



(a) 























(b) 



(c) 



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(d) 



(e) 





(f) 





(g) 



(h) 





(i) 



(j) 

(k) 



(l) 







SIA









(Representative Sample Assessment) SIA





(Profile)

III

III-





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



SIAIIIB







SIAIV

(SIMP)











SIA





SIM



(a) 





(b) 



(c) SIA















































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















(i) 









(ii) 







(i) 











(ii) 

















(i) 







(ii) 





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























































SIASIMP.— 

SIA









SIASIMP







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

.— 

 SIA

































.— 

























(MIS).— 



SIA

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(Step)



(Work flow)



.— 







SIA



– IV



(Consent)

(Consent Requirements).— 

V













.— (i) 









(ii) 















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[PART–II















(5) (i) 



























(ii) 











(i) 















(ii) 







(i) 









(ii) 





(Handover)

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PART–II]

LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT







(i) 







(ii) 







– V



(Notification of Acquisition)

.— 







VI

VI



















(E)

VII

–

(a) 









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(b) 



(c) 

(d) 

(e) 













(a) 

(b) (Heirs)



(c) 

(Transaction)



(d) 



(e) (Deeds)

(Reconveyance)





(f) 

(g) 



(h) 

(i) 



(j) 

( Disposal of Objections).—

VI





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





(a) 



(b) 



(c) 



(d) 



(e) 





(f) 

(g) 

(h) 







– VI



(Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme)

.— 

























.—





(a) 

(Survey)





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(b) 



(c) 



(d) 



(e) 



(f) 













(g) 



(h) 











.— 



(Outsourcing agency)















SIA









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





(i) 

(ii) 



(iii) 





(iv) VIII

(v) 

(vi) 



(vii) SIA



(viii) 



(ix) 



(x) 

































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(a) 

(b) 



(c) 



(d) 

































.— 





















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LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT

(S.C).—





IX







– VII



(Declaration, Award and Compensation)

.— 







X

























.— (a) XI









(b) 











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.— 





XII-

































.—









– VIII





(Rehabilitation and Resettlement Committee and

State Monitoring Committee)

.—

















85

PART–II]

LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT











































A



.—

























A



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– IX





(Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority)



.—

















































(Mutatis Mutandis)















(i) 



(ii) 

I



(iii) 







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

















(Findings)









.— 





(Matter)





















– X



(Miscellaneous)

(Reversion).— 











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







(a) 

(b) 



(c) 



(d) 



















(Solution) 







































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













































































.— 

(a)

(Reference Date)















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(Interpretation of Rules).— 







(Clarifications)

.— 





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– I





























I, IIIII

(Gestation Period)





(SIA)











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



































————

– I













(a)















————

– II









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(a)(f)



(a)(b)















[

(Copy)]

















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– III













` 

XI

` 

` 





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





























































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















————

– II

[]

A



SIA

(i) 











SIA



(ii) SIA



(a)(b)

(c)



(iii) SIA(SIA

SIMP)



(iv) 





(v) SIA

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– II

B

SIA

SIA



(TOR)

(TOR)

(Processing fee)SIA



(TOR) 

(i) 



(ii) SIASIA



(iii) 

SIA







(iv) (SIA)





(v) (TOR)





(vi) SIA

SIA

(vii) (TOR)





(viii) 





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





(ix) SIA



————

– III

[]



A SIA





(a)



(b)







(a)



(b)



(c) 

(d)















(a)



(b)



(c)



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(d)



(e)



(f)



(g)



(h)



(i)





(a)



(b)



(c)



(d)





(a)



(b)



(c)



(d)



(e)



(f)



(g)



(h)



(i)





(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

(f) 



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(g) 



(h) 

(i) 

B 



(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

(g) 

(h) 

(i) 

(j) 



(a) 

(b) 

(Pressure).





(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 



(e) 



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

(a) 

(b)

(i) 

(ii) 







(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) (Values)



(e) 

(f) 

(g) 

(h) 









(a) (Phase):

(i)



(ii)



(iii)

(Speculation).

(iv)



(b) 

(i)



(ii)

(Inflex).

(iii)





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(c) 

(i)





(ii)



(iii)



(iv)



(d) 

(i)



(ii)



(e) 

(i)









(ii)









(f) 

(i)





(ii)





(g) (Cumulative impacts) 

(i)







(ii)







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C SIA







(1)

(2)

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) (Alternative).

(e) 

(f) (Measures)

(g) 

(a) 





(b) 











(c) 





(d) 

(e) 

(f) 



(g) 

(h) (Work Force)



(i) 







(j) 











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[PART–II

(a) 



(b) 









(c) 

(d) 

(Reference)



(e) (Stakeholder)







(Feedback)



(a) 



(b) 









(c) 

(d) 



(e) 









(f) 







(g) 





(1)

(2)





















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(h) 



(i) 







(a) 



(i) 







(Tenants)

(ii) 





(iii) 











(iv) 





(v) 





(vi) 





(b) 





(c) 



(1)

(2)



















(Enumeration).

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(a) 



(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

(g) 



(h) 

(i) 

(j) 

(k) (Dynamics)



(l) 

(a) 



(a) 















(c) 























(1)

(2)

























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(1)

(2)

(a) 































(b) 











————

– IV

[]











































(References

and Forms).

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









————

– V

[]



















(c) (i) :

(v)





























(Township).















































107

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



























(i) 







(ii) 





(iii) 



















































( Null and void).





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[]













SIA











SIA

































































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































































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





















































































(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)





























111

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– VIII

[(iii)]







(FORMAT)



















































































































112

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[PART–II

– IX















































































































113

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(a) 



(b) (Drive)



(Titles)



————

– X





















(Declaration)





















































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



















————

– XI



(Award)

































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











(Solatium)









































(Possession)











————

– XII

[]





.





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LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT

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





















(i) 



(ii) 



(iii) 



(iv) 



(annuity).

(v) 



































(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)







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(vi) 

(vii) 

(viii) 



(ix) 





(x) 







(xi) 

































(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

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[PART–II

GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT

No. 2176/Rev/B1/2006.

Puducherry, the 8th March 2017.

NOTIFICATION

Whereas, the draft rules, namely, the Puducherry Right to Fair

Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and

Resettlement Rules, 2015 were published as required under section 112

of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,

Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (30 of 2013) vide Notification

No. 7736/DRDM/B1/2015, dated 10th February, 2016 of the Department

of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry,













































————







————



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Published in Part-II of the Extraordinary Gazette No. 5, dated 11th

February, 2016, for inviting objections and suggestions from all persons

likely to be affected thereby before the expiry of a period of thirty days

from the date on which copies of the Official Gazette containing the

notification were made available to the general public.

And whereas, the copies of the Official Gazette contaning the said

notification were made available to the general public on the 11th

February, 2016.

And whereas, the objections and the suggestions received from

the general public on the said draft rules have been considered by the

Government of Puducherry.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 109

of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land

Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (30 of 2013),

the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, hereby make the following rules,

as the same having been previously published in the Notification

No. 7736/DRDM/B1/2015, dated 10th February, 2016 of the Department

of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry

and Published in Part-II of the Extraordinary Gazette No. 5,

dated 11th February, 2016, as required under section 112 of the said Act.

Dr. SATYENDRA SINGH DURSAWAT, I.A.S.,

Special Secretary (Revenue).

————

CHAPTER – I

General

1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) These rules may

be called ‘the Puducherry Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency

in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Rules, 2016’.

(2) They extend to the whole of the Union territory of

Puducherry.

(3) They shall come into force on and from the date of their

final publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions.— (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise

requires,–

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(a) “Aadhaar Number”, means a 12-digit unique identification

number generated and issued to an individual by the Unique

Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) after de-duplication of

demographic and biometric information pertaining to that individual;

(b) “Act” means the Right to Fair Compensation and

Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement

Act, 2013 (No. 30 of 2013);

(c) “Administrator” means an officer appointed by the

Government under sub-section (1) of section 43 of the Act;

(d) “Authority” means the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and

Resettlement Authority established by the Union Territory Government

under sub-section (1) of section 51;

(e) “Collector” includes the District Collector, Sub/Deputy

Collector of the concerned Revenue Sub-Division or an officer

designated by the Government to perform all or any of the functions

of the Collector under the Act;

(f) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Rehabilitation

and Resettlement appointed by the Government;

(g) “Consent-based Aadhaar authentication service” means

electronic authentication carried out by the Unique Identification

Authority of India (UIDAI), or agencies appointed by it after matching

the biometric information of an individual at his request or with his

consent, with the information maintained by the UIDAI in its own

central servers and includes a 'Yes/No' response or a response

containing the demographic information and photograph of that

individual;

(h) “EIAS” means a study to be undertaken by the Department/

Agency appointed by the Government;

(i) “Form” means the Forms appended to these rules;

(j) “Government” means the Government of Union territory of

Puducherry.

(k) “Landless” means a person who owns no land or who holds

a total extent of less than half hectare of land of dry or a total extent

of quarter hectare of wet, irrigated or garden land as defined in the

Puducherry Land Grant Rules, 1975.

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(l) “MIS” means Management Information System;

(m) “Requiring Body” means a Body of authorized representatives;

(n) “Section” means section of the Act;

(o) “SIA” means Social Impact Assessment;

(p) “Social Impact Assessment” means an assessment study

being made under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Act;

(q) “Social Impact Management Plan” means the plan prepared

as part of Social Impact Assessment Study under sub-section (6) of

section 4 of the Act;

(r) “SIA Unit” means a Department or an agency appointed by

the Government to carry out the Social Impact Assessment Study and

prepare Social Impact Management Plan;

(s) “ToR” means Terms of Referene:

(2) Words and expressions used and not defined in these rules,

but, defined in the Act, shall have the meanings respectively assigned

to them in the Act.

CHAPTER – II

Requisition of Land Acquisition

3. Requisition for Land Acquisition.— (1) Any Requiring Body

or its representative duly authorized by it for whom land is to be

acquired, shall after approval of the Government, submit a requisition

to the concerned Collector in Form-I together with the following

documents, as the case may be:

(i) Detailed project report;

(ii) Sanction letter of the project;

(iii) Three copies of Record of Rights and revenue maps of the

affected areas;

(iv) Information about the classification of land that is irrigated,

multi-cropped, single cropped, waste land, etc.;

(v) Land Plan and Schedule;

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(vi) Details of Agricultural and irrigated multi-cropped lands

with Adangal copies;

(vii) Clearance from the Commissioner, Hindu Religious

Institutions in the event of acquisition of temple land;

(viii) Fund Availability Certificate; and

(ix) Approval of Government for invoking urgency provision

and/or exempting SIA.

(2) In case of acquisition for the Government, the request shall

be filed by an officer not below the rank of Head of the concerned

Department with the approval of the Administrative Secretary concerned.

(3) If the requisition includes irrigated multi-cropped and/or

agricultural land, the Collector shall constitute a team of officers

consisting of officers from Revenue Department, Agriculture Department,

Forest Department, Ground Water Authority, Town and Country Planning

Department or any other Department as the Collector deems necessary

to visit the spot alongwith the representatives of Requiring Body to make

a preliminary enquiry regarding–

(a) Availability of waste or arid land;

(b) Correctness of the particulars furnished in the request under

sub-rule (1) of rule 3;

(c) Bare minimum land required for the project; and

(d) Whether the request is consistent with the provisions of

the Act.

(4) The team shall submit a report to the Collector comprising

of the following, namely,–

(a) That the proposed acquisition of land serves public

purpose;

(b) That the extent of land proposed for acquisition is the

absolute bare minimum needed for the purpose/project;

(c) That the acquisition of land at an alternative place has been

considered and found not feasible;

(d) That there is no sufficient/suitable unutilized land which has

been previously acquired in the area;

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(e) That the land, if any, acquired earlier and remained

unutilized, may be used for such public purpose;

(f) That the requisition is consistent or contrary to the

provisions contained in section 10/other provisions of the Act; and

(g) The recommendations of the team.

(5) If, the Collector, based on the report of the team, other

information available with him and instructions issued by the Government

in this regard, is satisfied that the requisition is, in consistent with the

provisions contained in section 10, he shall pass a speaking order to

this effect. If he is not satisfied that the requisition is not consistent

with the said provisions, he shall record the reasons in writing and return

the requisition to the Requiring Body.

(6) If, the Collector is satisfied that the request is, in consistent

with the provisions of the Act, he shall make a preliminary estimate of

the cost of the acquisition as defined in clause (i) of section 3.

4. Administrative cost for acquisition of lands.— (1) The

administrative cost in terms of paragraph (A) of sub-clause (vi) of

clause (i) of section 3 of the Act for acquisition of land for the Requiring

Body to be deposited to the Collector shall be equal to 10 per cent of

the amount of compensation subject to a maximum of ` 5 crores.

(2) The administrative cost shall be utilized for updating the

land records based on the state of ground study to be undertaken by

Revenue and Survey officials like Village Assistant, Village

Administrative Officer, Tahsildar/Deputy Tahsildar, Field Surveyor,

Deputy Surveyor, Field Assistant, D'Man and Clerical Assistants.

5. Manner of depositing cost of acquisition by Requiring Body.—

The District Collector will inform the Requiring Body to deposit the

estimated cost of acquisition in his office within a period as may be

specified by him and the Requiring Body shall deposit the same within

the period specified by the District Collector without which the process

under the Act shall not continue. The Requiring Body shall deposit the

balance cost of acquisition after final estimation is prepared by the

Collector and if any excess amount is awarded by the authority or a

Competent Court, the same shall be deposited by the Requiring Body

by way of bank cheque/draft to the Collector as and when so required.

The Collector shall deposit the same in the Public Account of

Government of Puducherry under the Head of Account “8443 – Civil

Deposits, 800 – Other Deposits”.

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CHAPTER – III

Social Impact Assessment

6. Acquisition under urgency provisions and exemption from

social impact assessment study.— Where any land is required to be

acquired by the Requiring Body by invoking urgency provisions under

section 40, the Collector shall submit a proposal to the Government

seeking permission to issue preliminary notification under urgency

provisions giving cogent reasons submitted by the Requiring Body

therefore, approximate cost of land acquisition and or for exemption from

undertaking social impact assessment study in such acquisition. The

Government shall examine the proposal and if notified that urgency

provision may be resorted to, communicate its decision to the Collector.

The Collector thereafter shall proceed with the acquisition in accordance

with the Act and these rules.

7. Social impact assessment study.— (1) The Government shall,

for the purposes of the Act, issue a notification for carrying out Social

Impact Assessment in accordance with Part A of Form-II and the same

shall be published in the affected areas in terms of sub-section (2) of

section 4 of the Act by public affixture in the Village Commune

Panchayat or Municipality concerned/Office of the District Collector,

Sub/Deputy Collector (Revenue)/Taluk Office concerned:

Provided that such notification shall be issued within a period

of thirty days from the date of deposit of the processing fee for carrying

out the Social Impact Assessment study by the Requiring Body, which

shall be determined in accordance with sub-rule (1), rule 8.

(2) The Social Impact Assessment study shall commence within

thirty days from the date of issue of such notification in consultation

with Commune Panchayat/Municipality concerned as the case may be

in the affected areas for the purposes of section 4 of the Act, the

proposal of the Requiring Body shall be forwarded to the Village

Panchayat/Municipality for furnishing their concerns about the proposal.

If no feedback is received within thirty days, it will be deemed/presumed

that the consultation is over. In case of non-existence of the elected

councils in the Commune Panchayat/Municipality, the Commissioner of

Commune Panchayat/Municipality concerned, shall publish the summary

of the proposal by public affixture in his office and upload the same in

the official website and call for views of the public within thirty days.

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(3) A public hearing at the affected areas by giving adequate

publicity about the date and time and venue for the public hearing, to

ascertain the views of the affected families, shall be conducted by the

Social Impact Assessment Unit which shall be recorded in writing.

(4) The Social Impact Assessment report shall be submitted in

Form-III to the Government within a period of six months from the date

of its commencement and shall include the views of the affected families

which was recorded in writing.

(5) The Social Impact Management Plan listing the ameliorative

measures required to be undertaken for addressing the impact of the

project under sub-section (6) of section 4 shall be submitted in Form IV

to the Government.

(6) The State Social Impact Assessment Unit notified by the

Government for the purposes of the Act shall be responsible for ensuring

that the Social Impact Assessments are commissioned and conducted

by such person or Bodies other than the Requiring Body as per the

provisions of the Act.

(7) The State Social Impact Assessment Unit shall undertake

the following tasks namely:—

(a) To build and continuously expand a State Database of

Qualified Social Impact Assessment Resource Partners and

Practitioners, which will serve as a network of individuals and

institutions with the required skills and capacities to conduct SIAs

for land acquisition and rehabilitation and resettlement;

(b) To respond immediately to the Collector's request for a

Social Impact Assessment to be conducted by preparing a project-

specification on terms of reference;

(c) To conduct training and capacity building programmes for

the Social Impact Assessment team and community surveyors and

make available manuals, tools, comparative case study reports and

other materials required for the analysis;

(d) To provide ongoing support and corrective action, as and

when required during the Social Impact Assessment process;

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(e) To ensure that the transaction, web-based workflow for

Social Impact Assessments and Management Information System

for land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement as specified in

rule 15 is maintained;

(f) To maintain catalogue of all Social Impact Assessments and

associated primary material; and

(g) To continuously review, evaluate and strengthen the quality

of Social Impact Assessments and the capacities available to

conduct them across this Union Territory.

8. Terms of Reference (ToR) and processing fee for the SIA.—

(1) Where the Government intends to acquire land, the proposal for

such land acquisition shall be sent along with all the relevant documents

to the State Social Impact Assessment Unit and it shall–

(a) Prepare a detailed project-specification upon the ToR for

each proposal of land acquisition, listing all the activities that must

be carried out indicating the appropriate team size (including the

field teams) and profile of the team members and stipulate the

schedule and deadlines for key deliverables for the Social Impact

Assessment as detailed in Part-B of Form-II under to these rules.

(b) Determine an estimated Social Impact Assessment fee based

on the ToR with clear break-up of costs for each item or activity

and the fee amount shall be based on defined parameters including

area, type of project and number of affected families.

(2) Ten percent of the Social Impact Assessment fee shall be

allocated to Social Impact Assessment Unit as administrative expenses

for preparing the Terms of Reference (ToR) and Social Impact

Assessment Report.

(3) The Requiring Body shall deposit the Social Impact

Assessment fee at the disposal of the Collector.

9. Selection of the Social Impact Assessment Team.— (1) The

State Social Impact Assessment Unit shall be responsible for selecting

the Social Impact Assessment Team for each project from the experts

and institutions registered or empanelled in the State Database of

Qualified Social Impact Assessment Resource Partners and Practitioners.