'Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India' [‎24r] (62/478)

AMENDMENT TO POLITICAL DEPARTMENT MANUAL.
No. 47.
Page 10 —
After paragraph 21, insert the following paragraph :—
The following are the principles to be observed in the assessmeni of
Compensation for land required in compensation f.rr land required
British India and in Indian States, '* l IM’itish India and in Indian
respectively, for irrigation, navigation, States, respectively, for irriga-
embankment and drainage works, and tion, navigation, embankment
^them™ 00 ^ 1 ' Vith ’ ° r subsidiary an(1 drainage works, and works
connected with, or subsidiary
to, them :—
I. When land in British territory is required by or at the. expense of an
Indian State, such land as is in private ownership will be acquired
by British revenue authorities as for a public purpose, under the
provisions of the Land Acquisition Act. The State will be re
quired to pay, as compensation for the land made over to it, the
actual amount of the awards paid in the case of private land, and,
in the case of Government land, the full market value plus such
incidental items of expenditure as the cost of establishment,
demarcation, stationery. The State will also be required to pay
compensation for the value of extinguished land revenue, the
amount to be settled by negotiation in individual cases, due re
gard being had to the indirect advantages accruing to the British
Government from the works, etc. In cases which involve the
submergence of considerable areas, compensation for the loss of
miscellaneous revenue derived from such areas may be payable
in addition. Where differences of opinion occur between J - 1 -
State concerned and the local revenue authorities as to the com
pensation payable a Board of Arbitration will be appointed con
sisting of one member appointed by the State, another by the
Government of India (or by the Local Government in the case of
a. State which is in direct relations with a Local Government), and
a third member appointed by mutual consent and their decision
shall be final.
II. Before making an award in the ease of private land in British tei
tory to be acquired for a State, or fixing the amount of compenhu-
tion in the case of Government land, the responsible officer will be
required to send all necessary details, together with the estimates
of the amounts payable, to the State and to give every facility
for checking them to the officer or the officers concerned for the
purpose, and to take into consideration any representation which
such officer or any other duly accredited representative of the
Darbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). may make, whether orally or by letter. Such officers or
*Cf. Foreign and Political Department Resolution No. F. 6 (2)-R/28, dated the oth
May 1930. [Serial No. (30), correspondence page 44.]
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