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(1) Any person intcres~cd in any waslc land in rcspcct of which a notificalionunder sub-section (I) ofscction 3 has bccn jssucd may within rlte hme specified in such notificalion petition to Ihe Collector showing cause why the wastc land should not bc requisitioned. (2) Thc Collector shall on such date or daies as may be fixed by him in this behalf considcr all such petitions and shall give such of he pelilioners as appcar before him in person or by pleader, an opponunity of being hcard . 'Thc words ". or conterminous wih" xvert: ornilred by s. 1 01 rhc \V;LSIC h d s (Requisi~ioning and U~ilimtion) (Amendmenl) Acl. 1954 (\Vcsl Bcn. Acr XXK or 1954). The Wrrsre Lands (Rcqrrisitio~ri~rg urrd U;ili;a~ion) Act. 1952. (3) 11 arrcr considcring all such pctilions and aflcr making such cnquiry, iiany, as he lhinks f11, die Collector is satisfied that ~ h c wasre land should not bc rcquisilioncd, hc shall canccl h c nolification ailcr sub- secrion (1) of section 3. (4) IF ailcr considering all such perilions and after making such cnquiry. if any, as hc lhinks fi~, he Collecror is salisficd that [he wnslc land should be requisitioned, he shall make an order for the requisition of [he wasle land specifying in lhc ordcr the timc within which thc possession of llic wasrc land shall bc dclivcrcd 10 him.