Act 2013 - Department of Land Resources

24THE CAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARYIP.rrr ll-(4) The State Govemment shall provide such oflicers and other employees to theCommittee as may be necessary flor its efficient functioning.CI-IAPTERVIIIEsregrrsrrN.,rrNT or LAND Aceutstfl()N. Rlj ^tl.r]ATroN AND RESETTI-EMENT AUTIIoRtTyEstablishnentol LandAcquisition.RehabilitatioandResettlementAuthori(y.Composilionol-AulhorilyQualrflcalionslorappointmenlas PrrsidrngOllicer.51. ( i ) The appropriate Govemment shall, for the purpose ofproviding speedy disposalof disputes relating to land acquisition, compensation, rehabilitation and resettlement,establish, by notification, one or more Authorities to be kno\,vn as "the Land Acquisition,Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority" to exercise jurisdiction, powers and authorityconferred on it by or under this Act.(2) The appropriate Govemment shall also speciry in the notification referred to in subsection(/) the areas within which the Authority may exercise j urisdiction for entertainingand deciding the references made to it under section 64 or applications made by the applicantunder second proviso to sub-section (/) of section 64.52. (/) The Authoriry shall consist of one person only (hereinafter referred to as thePresiding Officer) to be appointed, by notification, by the appropriate Govemment.(2) Notwithstanding an),thing contained in sub-section ( /), the appropriate Govemmentmay authorise the Presiding Officer ofone Authority to discharge also the functions ofthePresiding Oflicer of another Authority.53. (,1) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as the Presiding Officer olanAuthority unless,-(a) he is or has been a District Judge; or(6) he is a qualified legal practiiioner for not less than seven years.(2)A PresidingOfficer shallbe appointed bythe appropriate Govemm€nt in consultationwith the ChiefJustice ofa High Coun in whose jurisdiction the Authority is proposed to beestablished.'Ierms ofolllce (r1.PresidingOlfrccr.Sratl ofAtlthority54. The Presiding Officer ofan Authority shall hold office fora term ofthree years fromthe date on which he enters upon his office or until he attains the ige of sixty-five years,whichever is earlier.55. (/) The appropriate Covemment shall provide the Authority with a Registrar andsuch other oflicers and employees as that Govemmenl may think fit.(2) The Registrar and other officers and employees of an Authority shall dischargetheir functions under the general superintendence ofthe Presiding Officer.Salary andother termsand condrtionsof service ofPresidingOttlcers.Filling up ofvacancies.(3) The salaries and allowances and other conditions ofservice ofthe Registrar andother officers and employees ofan Authority shall be such as may be prescribed.56. The salary and allowances payable to and the other terms and conditions ofservice (including pension, gratuity and otherretirement benefits) ofthe Presiding Officer ofan Authority, shall be such as may be prescribed:Provided that neither the salary and allowances nor the other terms and conditions ofservice ofthe said Presiding Officers shall be varied to their disadvantage after appointment.57. If for any reason other than temporary absence, any vacamy occurs in the ofliceof the Presiding Officer of an Authority then the appropriate Govemment shall appointanother person in accordance with the provisions of this Act to fill the vacancy and theproceedings may be continued before the Authority from the stage at which the vacancy isfilled-tl