• Land aquisition by KIADB

Our land has been acquired through gazatte notification for laying gas pipeline of gail(india)limited, as per the laws of kiadb one of our family member should be given a suitable job as per his education.now it is nearing 5 years,till date we haven't been considered for it.please guide.Nagarajaiah.S.Golla halli,Bangalore South.
Asked 9 years ago in Property Law
Religion: Hindu

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It often happens as the govt takes the citizens for granted.

Send them a notice demanding the job or compensation in a time frame manner.

If they do not do that then move to high court in writ jurisdiction. You will get justice.

Devajyoti Barman
Advocate, Kolkata
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1) if as per laws of KIADB on acquisition of land one family member is to be given land and authority had failed to provide job file RTI application in this regard

2) you can also file writ petition in this regard before high court to direct KIADB to give job to one member of family

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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7538 Consultations

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The case of Smt. Anju and Others v. National Thermal Power Corporation(2006) 67 TTJ Delhi 182

In this the land-losers brought a case against NTPC which

had failed to provide jobs to the land-losers as promised during acquisition of land for its

power plant. NTPC had promised to provide permanent job to at least one member of each

land-loser family. In this case also the court rejected the contention by invoking Article 14

and 16. The court held that merely a chance of choosing of somebody’s land by the

government for acquisition cannot give him a preferential treatment in terms of employment.

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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Hi, you have to file a memorandum to the KIADB.

2. If they not provide suitable job to your family members then file a writ petition before the Hon'ble High Court.

Pradeep Bharathipura
Advocate, Bangalore
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335 Consultations

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In the case of Ravindra Kumar v. District Magistrate58 the Allahabad Court posed three

questions along with the proposed solutions:

1. Whether the order/circular passed by the government providing for a permanent job to

one member of a land-losing family in addition to the monetary compensation, be held

valid or not?

2. Whether the entity, company or the body on whose behalf the land is acquired by the

Government, can be held bound by such an order/circular passed the government,

providing for the employment, or not?

3. Whether the entity, company or the body on whose behalf the land is acquired by the

Government, can be directed by way of issuing a writ petition to act according to the

Government order/circular?

The question was related to the validity of a GO passed by the State Government in the year

1974 making it obligatory for the entity acquiring land to provide job to at least one member

of the land-loser family in addition to the monetary compensation. The argument from the

Agra Development Authority (ADA) was that the GO was not binding to it because there is

no provision in the Central LA Act, 1894, for providing job to a land-loser.

The court held, owing to the already surplus employees in all the government departments it

is not possible to give further jobs to the members of the land-loser families; as it would be an extra burden over the pockets of tax-payers. In addition to this, providing government jobs to

the land-loser would be in violation of Article 16 of the Constitution, which guarantees equal

opportunities for government jobs to all the citizens in India. Had there been any intention of

the legislature to provide job in addition to the compensation, they would have simply

inserted a clause to that effect in the LA Act.

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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1. Did you make an application for job to KIADB/GAIL, being the land loser of acquistion of your land by KIADB on behalf of GAIL.

2. If so, what was the reply you got for the same.

3. Send a legal notice to GAIL to show cause, why job is not provided to one family member of land loser.

4. Do you have the requisite qualification to be considered for a suitable job.

Shashidhar S. Sastry
Advocate, Bangalore
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314 Consultations

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Have you made any representation to the government which promised you the employment opportunity? Do you have the conditions governing acquisition rules/guidelines in your possession? Gather all the evidences and send a notice to the authority seeking employment on the basis of agreed conditions through your lawyer. If this notice is failing to invoke any response from the authority, you may approach high court with a writ petition seeking its direction to the authorities to provide you the assured employment.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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2197 Consultations

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1. You should issue a lawyer's notice to KIADB for not fulfilling its promise.

2. If the job is not given even after notice from your lawyer then you may move the High Court against KIADB.

Ashish Davessar
Advocate, Jaipur
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