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MPL-105
(Topic –Land Acquisition Models And Practices In India
And Elsewhere For Projects . Compulsory Acquisition
Land Sharing And Adjustment Models, Land Pooling ,
Negotiated Land Acquisition)
SUBMITTED TO:
PROF. MAHIMA THUSSU
SUBMITTED BY:
ANJU YADAV
POOJA YADAV

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Land acquisition is the process by
which government acquires private
property for public purposes.
LAND ACQUISITION
Land pooling is an activity where a
group of landowners handover their
land parcels to the government
collectively for infrastructure
development. Once the development is
complete, the land is handed over to the
original owners, after deducting some
portion as the cost for the same.
LAND POOLING
COMPULSORYACQUISITION OF LAND
If in the opinion of the Central Government, any
land is required for the purpose of development, or
for any other purpose, under this Act, the Central
Government may acquire such land under the
provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.
• Compulsory land acquisition based on the
principle of eminent domain.
• Eminent domain is the legal theory of
government taking power; the power of the
sovereign to take or destroy private property
for public purpose
without the consent of the owner.
• Land is a dominant source Of livelihood.
• It is a crucial resource required for development activities.
• Land Acquisition in India refers to the process of land acquisition by the central or state
government of India for various infrastructure and economic growth initiatives.
LAND ACQUISITION IN INDIA

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LOWS IN LAND ACQUISITION ACTS
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 Landowners
• Increase in Value of land
The increasement in land value resulting from the development accrues to the original owner
whenever the land is sold and developed for urban use .
• Non-Displacing Strategy of Land Assembly
• The original owner is not displaced in the process of land development and continues to
enjoy access to the land resources. Thus the negative impact of the process of urbanization
on farmers is minimized.
• The world population living in the urban areas is expected to increase to 70 percent from the
present 50 percent by the middle of this century.
• Land assembly strategy for development projects is known in different parts of the world by
different names viz.,
• Land readjustment (LR) in South Korea And Japan. No transfer of title to the development
entity. The title is simply modified at the end to show the new Property designation.
• Land consolidation in Europe and
• Land pooling in Australia & India. the original landowners actually transfer title to the
• development entity at the beginning of the process and receive a new title after
reconstitution.
LAND POOLING/RECONSTITUTION MECHANISMS
BENEFITS OF LAND POOLING/READJUSTMENT

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• Better Infrastructure:
• Not just the landlords in the area but it could also
be a good means of providing entry to land for
the lower income housing scheme.
 GOVERNMENT
• No Upfront Costs: In the new land acquisition law, the compensation and R & R costs
would have to be borne by the land requiring body.
• Under land pooling, The landowners and development entity share in the risk and return of
the project.
• Relatively less Conflict Ridden Process
• Higher tax base with increase in property prices: As explained above, the revenue
base of the local bodies increase owing to increased land values and enlarged tax base.
• The increased tax revenues provides an extra source of funding for the government.
• Conversion of irregular land parcels into plots of
regular sizes and shapes
Showing infrastructure changes after land pooling

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Others
• Not just the landlords in the area but it could also be a good means of providing entry to land
for the lower income housing scheme.
• Social Capital Creation-refers to the institutions, relationships, and norms that shape the
quality and quantity of a society's social interactions.
• is created by the private and public actors working collectively foreseeing mutual benefits.
• Increase of public-private cooperation and trust-a wider community participation in land
development and public-private partnership is fostered
The strategy ensures a three way win;
• for the private players to put their skills to use;
• the government to facilitate the development and ultimately
• the land owners who benefit from the development.
DISADVANTAGES
• Method is time consuming
• Betterment charges are assessed at the beginning of the land pooling or readjustment
scheme preparation.
• Due to the inordinate delays in finalizing schemes , the betterment charges levied on
finalization of the scheme do not meet the cost of the infrastructure provided.

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• Germany has the oldest example of land readjustment (LR).
• The legal Framework for land pooling was established in 1902 by Franz Adickes , Mayor Of Frankfurt Am-
main, Germany.
• Called UMLEGUNG in the local parlance
• The German LR process is led by the local authority.
• Has two standards of distribution For readjusted land returned to landowners-
GERMAN MODEL OF LAND POOLING (READJUSTMENT)
1. STANDARD OF DISTRIBUTION BASED ON
RELATIVE SIZE:
• Used when the land values in the redistribution area are
homogeneous.
• followed if the land values are hard to determine and
where plots have very similar characteristics.
• Under this method, the government retains up to 30
percent of the landowners land.
2. STANDARD OF DISTRIBUTION BASED ON
RELATIVE VALUE:
• Since land values are rarely Homogeneous, the
distribution based on relative value is practiced more
widely in Germany.
• The principle in this method is to share the benefit
created by the Development project between the
government and the landowners.
RELATIVE SIZE. RELATIVE VALUE.
1. PROCESS OF LAND
RECONSTITUTION IN GERMANY
Commencement
of
Readjustment
Preparation for
Land
Readjustment
Value Capture and
Reallocation
Readjustment
Plans
Implementation
of Readjustment
Plan

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LAND POOLING AND READJUSTMENT EXPERIENCE IN INDIA
In India the urban planning in
each state is governed by the
state Town planning acts and
several development acts.
1960 Model Town and
Country Planning Law
1985 Model Regional and
Town Planning and
Development Law
TCPO FORMULATED
The concept of TPS implies
• Pooling together all the land
under different ownership
• Redistributing it in a properly
Reconstituted form after deducting
the land required for open-spaces,
social infrastructures, services,
housing for the economically
weaker section and road network.
• The process enables the
government/local authority to develop the land without fully Acquiring it.

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THE INDIAN LAND POOLING MODELS
• In India, the Town Panning Scheme (TPS) was first introduced under the Bombay Town
Planning Act (TPA) of 1915.
• The first TPS was prepared for seven acres in Bandra (Deuskar, 2011).
• There are important differences in the different land pooling policies with regard to the
standards governing returnable plots to landowners.
Source- Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad.
Delhi
• 40-60%
Gujrat
• 40-50%
Raipur
• 35%
Andhra Pradesh
• 25/30% For dry/wet
Punjab
• 23%
MP
• 24%
• The minimum land size that can be pooled also varies with a minimum in Raipur to a
maximum in Delhi (two hectares and 10 hectares respectively).
• All the models have a homogeneous contribution ratio in terms of land to be returned to the
landowners with the exception of AP and MSRDC LPS (differential entitlements for wet/dry
lands and different categories of assigned land owners) and the Kutch Reconstruction
Project/KVTDS (progressive contribution ratio).
• The AP LPS is also unique in being the only pooling model that provides benefits to the
landless and other social development benefits to the affected families.

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THE INDIAN LAND POOLING MODELS
The Legislation:
In Gujarat, the first TPA was implemented in 1915 & modified in 1954
• The recent version of the Act is the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act
(GTPUDA), 1976.
• The legislation provides for the development of decadal macro level “Development Plan”
for the entire city and
• followed by a large number of micro level TPSs of 100 ha area each.
• The Act was amended in 1999 to enable the local Government to take the possession of
land for construction of roads after approval of the draft TPS.
• The allotment of land in the TPS is
1. THE GUJARAT PLAN–TOWN PLANNING SCHEME, 1976
Source- Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad.
15%
• Roads
5%
• Parks
• Play grounds
• Garden & open
spaces
5%
• Social
infrastructure
plots
15%
• Sale for
residential/com
mercial or
industrial
10%
• Housing for
EWS
• The remaining land is to be reconstituted and returned to the land owners.
• The scheme is conceptualized as a joint venture between the local authority and the owners
of land, who voluntarily agree to pool their land, redistribute the reconstituted plots of land
among themselves and share the development cost.

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THE INDIAN LAND POOLING MODELS
1. The Gujarat Plan–Town Planning Scheme, 1976
Source- Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad.
Benefits Entitlements to Land Owners/Others: The land owner gets back 50 to 60 percent of the size of the original
plot. The Government is entitled to pay compensation for the land surrendered to the Government. The land owners
are entitled to pay betterment levies at the rate of half the increase in land values of the final plots.

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1. The Gujarat Plan–Town Planning Scheme, 1976
THE INDIAN LAND POOLING MODELS
Source- Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad.
The stepwise process in Gujarat is explained below:
1. Survey of the area
2. Establishing the ownership details of land parcels.
3. Preparation of a base map.
4. Defining the boundary of the TPS.
5. Laying out the roads in the Area.
6. Carving out plots for amenities in the area.
7. Tabulating deduction and final plot size.
8. Delineation of final plots, computing compensation and final plots.
9. Estimating the cost of the TPS, value of FPs and betterment charges.
10. Owner’s meeting, modification of the Draft TPS and its Approval.
11. Appointment of the Town Planning Officer (TPO).
12. Individual hearings to each landowner on the preliminary TPS.
13. Finalisation of the preliminary TPS and Its approval.
Conclusion: The TPS is being implemented by all urban development authorities in the State of
Gujarat. The scale of TPS implementation has however increased since the 1999 amendment
across different development authorities. TPS is an established mechanism and working very
successfully in Gujarat.

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2. The Punjab Land Pooling Model
The Department of Housing and Urban Development, Government of Punjab notified the Land
Pooling Policy in June 2013, though practice of sharing a proportion of developed land existed
earlier. The stated aim of the land pooling policy is to avoid complications of compulsory
acquisition and share benefits of urban development with landowners so as to make them a
stakeholder in development.
• The landowners can opt for compensation, as arrived under the provisions of LAA or the
package under land pooling policy. The land pooling policy is available to the land owners
even if the land is acquired for other than residential purpose.
• The Policy:
The Process Flow:
Entitlements to Land Owners/Others:
• For every acre of land pooled, the land owners are entitled to 1000 square yards of residential
land. The commercial returnable plot is Shop cum Office of 121 sq yards or two shops of 60
sq. yards. A landowner possessing half an acre of land is entitled to 500 square yards of
residential land and one shop of 60 sq yards.
• The minimum land size that can be pooled is one canal, for which the residential returnable
land is 150 square yards. Similarly, returnable land for two and three canals is 300 and 450
square yards respectively. Commercial returnable plot entitlements are only for those
possessing half acre or more.
Source- Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad.

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2. The Punjab Land Pooling Model
• The Department of Housing and Urban Development, Government of Punjab notified the
Land Pooling Policy in June 2013.
• The stated aim of the land pooling policy is to avoid complications of compulsory acquisition
and share benefits of urban development with landowners so as to make them a stakeholder
in development.
The two policies are:
 Land Pooling Policy for the State of Punjab
 Land Owners become Partners in Development
• The Policy:
The Process Flow:
Source- Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad.
• The land owners can opt for
maximum three standard plots per
acre of land offered for
the scheme.
• The land owners shall be allowed
to have two standard size
residential plots for an area of
0.5 acre (4 kanals) acquired.

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• In case, the area acquired under land pooling scheme is less than 0.5 acre (4 kanals, the land
owner shall be allowed to have one residential plot as per the table above.
• Where the land owner is to be allotted two or more plots of the same size, he shall have the
option to club these plots.
• The land pooling policy shall be available to the land owners even if the land is acquired for
other than residential purpose.
• In case the possession of the structure (house) of the land owner is taken by the Authority,
• the possession shall not be made effective for a period of one year from the date of giving
possession of the developed plot to the land owner so as to enable him/her to construct a new
house in the plot in that period.
• The land owners shall be given subsistence allowance @ Rs. 25,000/ per acre upto a
maximum three years or till the possession of developed share of land is not handed over to
him/her, whichever is earlier.
Conclusion:
• The Punjab LPS provides a real option to the land owners to choose between compensation
or share the developed land in return.
• Given the high compensation cost of land in the State, the land pooling has helped the
Government in reducing its financial burden as well as reducing litigation at different
courts. It is also seen that the Government can easily recover its high compensation outgo
by the sale of high value plots.

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2. The Punjab Land Pooling Model
Source- Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad.
• The delay in the period
for returning the land to
the landowners is the
most common concern
with land pooling
models. This transition
period is critical if the
landowners were
dependent on the pooled
land for their livelihood.
• The Policy provides a transitional allowance for the landowners for a maximum period of three
years. This should be extended till the period the developed land is returned to the landowner.
• The Punjab policy has not been modified after the coming into force of the 2013 Act. According
to the 2013 Act, a mandatory SIA is to be carried out prior to land acquisition. Since the Punjab
policy is integrated with the land acquisition framework. It remains to be seen if a diligently
conducted SIA study prior to notification would cover the gaps in the existing pooling policy
viz. holistic assessment of the impacted and providing entitlements to non-title-holders and
others adversely impacted.

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3. The Andhra Pradesh Capital City Land Pooling Model
The Legislation:
The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) Act, 2014 notified an
area of 8352.69 Sq. Kms for Capital Region and 217.23 Sq.Kms as AP Capital City area. The
Capital City area falls in Guntur district, covering 24 revenue villages and part of Tadepalli
Municipality covering mandals of Thullur, Mangalagiri and Tadepalli.
• The Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) notified the Andhra Pradesh Capital
City Land Pooling Scheme (LPS) Rules in January 2015. Through the LPS, land parcels
owned by individuals or group of owners were legally consolidated by transfer of ownership
rights to the CRDA, which later transferred the ownership of a part of the land back to the
land owners.
• Half of the total land in the capital city is reserved for roads, utility services, parks,
playgrounds, gardens, open spaces, social amenities and affordable housing. The balance
after meeting the above requirements and the return of plot to the landowners were vested
with CRDA.
Source- Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad.

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3. The Andhra Pradesh Capital City Land Pooling Model
• Upon issuance of the Notification by the Commissioner the landowners had to submit their
consent/suggestions/objections within 30 days.
• The Authority made a draft LPS of the area in accordance with the sanctioned plans and in
consultation with the landowners. A 30-day period timeline was provided for suggestions/
objections and the final LPS was notified by the Commissioner.
• After the landowners executed a Development Agreement cum Irrevocable General Power of
Attorney with AP CRDA, the rights over the land were transferred to CRDA by executing a
registered deed.
• The finalized plan is notified and land owners were allotted their ‘returnable plots’ by means
of a digital lottery.
• The landowners could opt for different sizes of standard plots as per their eligibility.
Source- Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad.
The Process Flow:
Entitlements to Land Owners/Others:
• For every acre of irrigated and semi urban land surrendered for the LPS, the land owners
received 1000/450 square yards of developed residential/commercial plots. Those possessing
dry land have a lower entitlement of 1000/250 sq yards of residential/commercial plots per
acre.
• The landowners are also entitled to annuity for crop loss at the rate of Rs. 30,000 for dry and
Rs. 50,000 for irrigated lands (with annual enhancement of ten percent); one time additional
payment up to Rs 1 lakh for gardens. Agricultural loans amounting to Rs. 1.50 lakh in
agriculture loans for each family were also waived off.

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3. The Andhra Pradesh Capital City Land Pooling Model
• The AP LPS is also unique in providing benefits to the landless families viz. Rs. 2,500 /- per
month for a period of 10 years besides a plethora of other benefits that includes provision of
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) upto 365 days a year per family,
Interest free loan up to 25 lakhs to all the poor families for self employment, free education
and medical benefits and skill development trainings with sty-fund to enhance the skills of
cultivating tenants, agricultural labourers and other needy persons to have alternative
livelihoods.
Source- Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad.

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3. The Andhra Pradesh Capital City Land Pooling Model
Source- Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad.
Other Benefits:
• Rs. 2,500 /- per month for a period of 10 years to all the landless families
• One time agricultural loan waiver up to Rs. 1, 50, 000 per family to farmers who are
surrendering their lands under LPS.
• Providing NREGA upto 365 days a year per family.
• Return of land to the landowners near pooled land / within 5 KM radius subject to other
planning requirements.
• Provision of reconstituted plots in one area to different landowners having original plots in
different areas jointly.
• Demarcation of Abadi lands and extended habitations so as to ensure no displacement of
residential families.
• Provision of housing to houseless as well as those losing houses in the course of
development.
• Provision of skill development trainings with sty-fund to enhance the skills of cultivating
tenants, agricultural labourers and other needy persons to have alternative livelihoods.
• Provision of interest free loan up to 25 Lakhs to all the poor families for self employment.

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• an initiative primarily initiated by the land owners themselves.
• City covered 430 acres of land that was owned by about 120 farmer families.
• farmers joined together to form the Township called Magarpatta Township Development
Construction Company Limited (MTDCCL) and developed the city.
The objective of the Magarpatta joint venture model was-
• to create long term wealth for the farmers from their landholdings
• create opportunity for the farmers to turn into entrepreneurs
• to provide the farmers with a long term annuity and
• to create a strong real estate franchise to enable the development of other large scale
projects
• In the Model, the farmers contributed their individual landholdings under a Joint
Development Agreement (JDA) to the project for a refundable security deposit and a
revenue share.
• The property values in Magarpatta City increased from about Rs. 1000 per square feet to
about Rs. 5000 per square feet during the period 2003 to 2011.
The Magarpatta Land Pooling Model

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• In the year 2000, the land rate around the area was between Rs. 30-35 lakhs per acre.
• In 2011, the land became worth Rs. 3.5 crore per acre
• The model also offered significant advantages to the developers.
• The developers were able to acquire larger tracts of land with minimal capital
• Litigations from land owners which are a proverbial problem were non-existent since the
model locks in the land-owners.

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Comparison Of Various Land Pooling Models In India

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Comparison Of Various Land Pooling Models In India

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Comparison Of Various Land Pooling Models In India

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Comparison Of Various Land Pooling Models In India