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1 · Short title, applicability and commencement. (i) These Rules may be called the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Compensation, Rehabilitation and Resettlement and Development Plan) Rules, 2018. ii) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette_ 2. Definitions. In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "Aadhaar number" means a 12-digit unique identification number generated and issued to an individual by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) after de- duplication of demographic and biometric information pertaining to that individual; (b) "Act" means the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (30 of 2013); (c) "consent-based Aadhaar authentication service" means electronic authentication carried out by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) , or agencies appointed by it, after matching the biometric information of an individual at his request or with his consent, with the information maintained by UIDAI in its own central servers, and includes a Yes / No' response or response containing the demographic information and photograph of that individual; (d) "section" means section of the Act; (e) words and expressions used but not defined in these rules and defined in the Act, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act

10 · Publication of declaration for acquisition: The declaration referred to in sub-section (1) of section 19 shall be published by affixing copy thereof in local language at conspicuous places in the affected areas in FORM V. 11. Land acquisition award. The land acquisition award referred to in section 23 shall be made in FORM VI and FORM VII:

20 · Manner of return of unutilised land. (1) When any land acquired under the Act remains unutilised for a period of five years as referred to in section 101, the same shall be returned to the original owner or owners or their legal heirs, as the case may be, or to the Land Bank by issuing a notice to the Requiring Body for whom the land was acquired and by giving an opportunity of being heard and by passing necessary order in writing by the Collector in this behalf for this purpose (2) After passing the order by Collector under sub-rule (1), the Collector shall take the possession of the acquired land for the purpose of returning the same to the original owner or owners Or their legal heirs, as the case may be, or to the Land Bank: (3) If the land is being returned to the original owner or owners or their legal heirs, as the case may be, the compensation paid to them excluding solatium shall be returned and deposited by them in the designated account of the office of the Collector as specified by him before taking possession of the land and the amount so refunded shall be used towards development of culturable wastelands_ (4) If the Requiring Body does not handover possession of the said land to Collector, the Collector shall be competent to take the help of the concerned Executive Magistrate and police force to take the possession after giving prior notice to the Requiring Body.

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