Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Where, in the exercise of the powers conferred by Section 50, Section 53 or Section 54 any person interested in the land under which the pipeline is proposed to be, or is being, or has been laid, the State Government or the corporation, as the case may be, shall be liable to pay compensation to such person for such damage, loss or injury, the amount of which be determined by the competent Authority in the first instance. (2) If the amount of compensation determined by the competent authority under sub-section (1) is not acceptable to either of the parties, the amount of compensation shall, on application by either of the parties to the Deputy Commissioner within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the land or any part thereof is situated, he determined by the Deputy Commissioner. (3) The competent authority or the Deputy Commissioner while determining the compensation under Sub-section (1) or Sub-section (2) as the case may be, shall have due regard to the damage, loss or injury sustained by any person interested in the land by reason of - (i) removal of trees or standing crops, if any, on the land while exercising the powers under Section 50, Section 53 or Section 54; (ii) the temporary severance of the land under which the pipeline has been laid from other lands belonging to, or in the occupation of, such person, or (iii) any injury to any other property, whether movable or immovable, or the earnings of such person in any other manner Provided that in determining the compensation no account shall be taken of any structure or other improvement made in the land after the date of the notification made under Sub- section (1) of Section 50 (4) Where the right of user of any land has vested in the State Government or the corporation, the State Government or the corporation, as the case may be, shall, in addition to the compensation, if any, payable under Sub-section (1), be liable to pay to the owner and to any other person whose right of enjoyment in that land has been affected in any manner whatsoever by reason of such vesting, compensation calculated at ten percent of the market value of the land on the date of notification made under Sub-section (1) of Section 50, (5) The market value of the land on the said date shall be determined by the Competent Authority and if the value so determined by that Authority is not acceptable to either of the parties, it shall, on an application by either of the parties, to the Deputy Commissioner referred to in Sub section (2), be determined by that Deputy Commissioner. (6) The decision of the Deputy Commissioner under Sub-section (2) of Sub- section 50 shall be final. Deposit and payment of compensation