TMI Blog1970 (8) TMI 90X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n area of land in the town of Gondal, for a public purpose. Enquiry was under S. 5-A of the Land Acquisition Act and thereafter on 11/05/1966, a notification was published under Section 6 of the Act declaring that the land was needed for a public purpose. It was stated in the notification and whereas the government of Gujarat is satisfied after considering the report of the Deputy Collector under ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... government of Gujarat was not competent to acquire the land under the Land Acquisition Act. ( 3. ) S . 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, by the first subsection provides for making a declaration that the land is needed for a public purpose. There are two provisos to that S. of which the second is relevant : Provided further that no such declaration shall be made unless the compensation to ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 1904, a body which is entrusted by government with control or management, inter alia, of a local fund, there is no scope for the argument that the market committee constituted under Gujarat Agricultural Markets Act, 1963, is not a local authority within the meaning of S. 6 of the Land Acquisition Act. ( 5. ) The appeal therefore fails and is dismissed with costs. - - TaxTMI - TMITax - I ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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