Lok Sabha Question No. 123 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-15
Subject: Compensation for Land Acquisition
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Kishan Kapoor

be pleased to state:

- (a) the procedure for resolving disputes relating to compensation for the land acquired for development of National Highways; and
- (b) the number of such disputed cases, State-wise?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)  and (b) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 123 ANSWERED ON 15 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

COMPENSATION FOR LAND ACQUISITION

† *123.  SHRI KISHAN KAPOOR:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) and (b) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 123 ANSWERED ON 15.12.2022 ASKED BY  SHRI  KISHAN  KAPOOR  REGARDING  COMPENSATION  FOR  LAND ACQUISITION

- (a) As per provision of Section 3G (5) of National Highways Act, 1956, if the  determination  of  compensation  is  not  acceptable  to  either  of  the parties, such dispute is settled by the Arbitrator appointed by the Central Government. In such cases, as per Section 3G (6) of National Highways Act, 1956,  provisions  of Arbitration and  Conciliation Act, 1996  is applicable to every arbitration, subject to provisions of National Highways Act, 1956. In addition to this, Constitutional remedies as per Article 136 and Article 226 of the Constitution of India are also available for resolving disputes relating to compensation for the land acquired for development of National Highways.
- (b) The State-wise details of number of pending disputed cases related to  compensation  for  development  of  National  Highway  have  been enclosed as annexure at Annexure-1.

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 123 ANSWERED  ON  15 TH   DECEMBER,  2022  ASKED  BY  SHRI  KISHAN  KAPOOR  REGARDING COMPENSATION FOR LAND ACQUISITION

The State-wise details of number of pending disputed cases related to compensation for development of National Highway are as under:

|   S. No. | Name of State          |   No. of pending disputed cases related to compensation for development National Highway |
|----------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman &Nicobar       |                                                                                        0 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh         |                                                                                     3985 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh      |                                                                                       30 |
|        4 | Assam                  |                                                                                      169 |
|        5 | Bihar                  |                                                                                     2888 |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh           |                                                                                     2015 |
|        7 | Delhi                  |                                                                                     7962 |
|        8 | Gujarat                |                                                                                     5558 |
|        9 | Goa                    |                                                                                       30 |
|       10 | Haryana and Punjab     |                                                                                    22877 |
|       11 | Himachal Pradesh       |                                                                                     6518 |
|       12 | Jammu &Kashmir         |                                                                                      170 |
|       13 | Jharkhand              |                                                                                     1036 |
|       14 | Karnataka              |                                                                                    23501 |
|       15 | Kerala                 |                                                                                    12951 |
|       16 | Ladakh                 |                                                                                        0 |
|       17 | Madhya Pradesh         |                                                                                     6215 |
|       18 | Maharashtra            |                                                                                    37327 |
|       19 | Manipur                |                                                                                       26 |
|       20 | Meghalaya              |                                                                                        3 |
|       21 | Mizoram                |                                                                                      312 |
|       22 | Nagaland               |                                                                                       16 |
|       23 | Odisha                 |                                                                                     1520 |
|       24 | Puducherry             |                                                                                        0 |
|       25 | Rajasthan              |                                                                                     3185 |
|       26 | Tamil Nadu             |                                                                                    16157 |
|       27 | Telangana              |                                                                                     2781 |
|       28 | Tripura                |                                                                                      896 |
|       29 | Uttar Pradesh          |                                                                                    11219 |
|       30 | Uttarakhand            |                                                                                     3936 |
|       31 | West Bengal and Sikkim |                                                                                     1104 |

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