State Act

THE UNITED PROVINCES PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT, 1947

This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016 (Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2016), s.194(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

33- Where a [Gram Panchayat]5 or a number of a [Gram Panchayats]2 which have combined under the provisions of section 20 or 30 require any land to carry out any purpose of this Act, it or they shall first try to have the land by private negotiation and if the parties concerned fail to arrive at an agreement, such [Gram Panchayat]5 or [Gram Panchayats]5 may make an application in the prescribed form to the Collector to acquire the land and the Collector may acquire such land for such [Gram Panchayat]5 or [Gram Panchayats]5. Explanation-- In this chapter the expression "land" includes benefits to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth.