Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Where no objections under sub-section (1) of section 52 have been made to the competent authority within the period specified therein or where the Competent Authority has disallowed the objections under sub-section (2) of that Section, that Authority shall as soon as may be, either make a report in respect of the land described in the notification under sub-section (1) of section 50 or make different reports in respect or different parcels of such land, to the State Government containing his recommendations on the objections together with the records of the proceedings held by him, for the decision of that Government and upon receipt of such report the State Government shall, if satisfied that such and is required for laying any pipelines for the transport of any mineral oil or natural gas, declare, by notification, that right of user in the land for laying pipelines shall be acquired and different declarations may be made from time to time in respect of different parcels of the land described in the notification made under sub- section (1) of section 50 irrespective of whether one report or different reports have been made by the competent authority under this sub-section. (2) On the publication of the declaration under subsection (1), the right of user in the land specified therein shall vest absolutely in the State Government free from all encumbrances. (3) Where in respect of any land a notification has been made under sub-section (1) of section 50 but no declaration in respect of any parcel of land covered by that notification has been published under this section within a period of one year from the date of that notification, that notification shall cease to have effect on the expiration of that period. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the State Government may, on such terms and conditions as it may think fit to impose, direct by order in writing, that the right of user in the land for laying the pipelines shall, instead of vesting in the State Government, vest, either on the date of publication of the declaration, or on such other date as may be specified in the direction, in the corporation proposing to lay the pipelines and thereupon the right of such user in the land shall, subject to the terms and conditions so imposed, vest in the corporation free from all incumbrances. State Government or corporation to lay pipelines.