State Act

The Nagaland Land(Requisition & Acquisation) Act, 1965

Power to requisition.- 3. (1) If in the opinion of the State Government or any person authorized in this behalf by the State Government it is necessary so to do, for maintaining supplies and services essential to the life of the community or the providing proper facilites for accommodation, transport, communication, irrigation, flood control and anti-erosion measures including embankment and drainage or for providing land individually or in groups to landless, flood affected or displaced persons, or to a society registered under any law for the time being in force, or a company incorporated under any law for time being in force, formed for the benefit and rehabilitation of landless, flood affected or displaced persons the State Government or the persons so authorized as the case may be, may by order in writing, requisition any land and may make such further orders as appear to it or to him to be necessary or expedient in connection with the requisitioning: Provided that no land used for the purpose of religious worship shall be requisitioned under this section: [“Provided further that no land shall be requisitioned unless the person interested in the land has been given an opportunity of making representation against it within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed in this behalf.]1 (2) An order under sub-section (1) shall be served in the prescribed manner on the owner of the land and where the order relates to land in occupation of tenant, also on such tenant. (3) When the order for requisition is made by any authority other than the State Government, any person interested in the land, within thirty days from the date of service of the order may appeal to the State Government and decision of the State Government in such appeal shall be final.