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(1) In any case in rvhich the Slatc Government 113s sanaioncd tnml or acquisi,iun I ~ C acquisilion or land, in any area comprised in an improvement scheme inconsidcn- which is no1 requircd For ~ h c cxeculion OC h e schemc. the owncr or the tion o i s&rid land, or any person I~aving an inrcrcsl lherein, may ~nakc an applicalion pfi?'nul", LO [he Board, requesling that the acquisition or the land should be abandoned in co~~sidera~ion of [he payment by him of a sum to bc fixed by thc Board in ~har behaIi. (2) 'Jhr: Bnard shall admit cvcry such application if it- (a) reaches them bcfore h c time fixcd by Be Collector. under scction 9 or rhe Land Acquisition Act, 1894, [or making l of I 891. claims in rcrcrcnce lo h c land, and @) is made by all persons who have jnlcresb in rhc land greater than a leasc for years having seven ycars lo run. (3) If the Board decide to allow any such application, they shall forthwith inform the Collector; and h e Colleclur shall thereupon slay For a pcriod of tlucc months all further proceedings for rhe acquisilion of \he land, and the Boxd shall procccd to fix thc sum in considcra~ion of which the acquisition oi thc land may bc abandoned. (4) Wi~hin [he said period of thee months, or. with [he permission of rhc Board, ar any lime bciorc [he Collcclor has takcn possession or h e land, undcr section 16 of thc Land Acquisition Acl, 1894, rllz pcrson from whom thc Board have arranged to acccpl thc sum so fixed may, if h e Board are satisfied thal rhc security offcred by him is suficient, execute an agrcenlznl with the Board, eilher- (i) to pay thc said sum three years after the d a ~ c of the npreemenl, or The Ho~rrah I~l~provenrn~r Act, 1956. X W of 1956.1 (Cl~np~er IV-Acquisirion ottd Disposal of Lotrd.-Sectiorr 79.) (ii) lo Icavc the said sum outstanding as n chargc on his interesl in h c land, subject lo the payment in perperuity of inrerest aL such rate no1 cxcecding '[lcn per certrrun per ar~nraa] as r l ~ e Stale Governmenl may fix by notification, and to make the first annual paymenr of such intcrcst four ycars aftcr rhc date of the agreemenl: Provided t h a ~ lhc Board may, at any time before rhe Collector has taken possession of Ihe land under section 16 af rhe Land Acquisilion Acl, 1894, acccpt immedialc pilymcnt of he said sum inslead of an agreemenl LIS aforcsid. (5) When any agreemenr has bccn cxcculcd in pursuance of sub- scctifln (4), or when any payrnenl has been acceplcd in pursuance of the proviso to thal sub-sccdon, in respect of any land, h e proceedings for [he acquisi~ion of [he land shall bc dccmcd to be abalidoned- (6) Every paymcnr duc from any person under any agreemenl cxccuted under sub-secuon (4) shall bc a chxgc on the intcresl of lhal pcrson. (7) If any instalmenl of jnrcrcst pay ablc undcr an agreement executed in pursuance of clausc (ii) o r sub-section (4) be not paid on the date on which it is due, h e sum fixed by thc Board under sub-section (3) shall be payable on that date, in addhion lo rhc said instalment. (8) A1 any rimc ahcr an agreement has been executed in pursuance of clausc (ii) of sub-secrion (4), any pcrson may pay off the charge created thereby, with intcrcsr, at the rale fixed under the provisions of that clause up to the date of such paymcnt (9) Whrn an agrecmenl in respecl of any Iand has bccn executed by any pcrson in pursuance of sub-sec~on (4), no suit with respect to such agreement shall bc brought agains~ [he Board by any oher person (except an heir, execulor or administnlor of 1he person firs1 aforesaid) chiming to have an interest in thc land. (10) Whcn an application has been madc undcr subsection (1) and llic Board are of opinion that [he whole or any pan of thc land belonging to ~ h c applicant is no1 requircd for he cxccution of the schernc bur that il is necessary hut some adjoining land should be purchased by h c applicml and amalgamntcd with his land or thc porlion not so required, in order lo conform LO rhc genera1 layou1 of h e schcme, h e y may permil h e applicant to execule an agreement to purchasc [he adjoining land abovementioned and may at rhc s m c ljme tix a fee in consideration of 'flit tvo& wirhin hc squarc brackets were subsururcd lor Ihc tvords " s i ~ per ccrirurrr per atrn~rm" by s. 33 of h c Howmh Improvemenr (Amcndrncn!) Acl, 1983 (West Ben. A r l Xl Ill nf 19R11 [West Den. Act which !lie land no! required ror the execution of the scheme may be excmpted horn acquisition. Thc price of the land sold together with the sum fixed as cxcrnp~ion k c shall lhcn be dcalt with in the manner provided in sub-scclion (41, and if rhe whole sum payablc or any part of it is kepl outstanding, it shall bc sccured as a chargc on h e applicanl's inleres~ in thc lola1 area of thc land sold to the applicant and of the land exempted. Sub-seaions (S), (7) and (8) shall apply to such agreemcnrs in the samc manner as in thc case of toial abandonment under thc foregoing provisions of his section. Bctlennnrr fee.