Section 11:
Power to take possession of acquired land, etc.
(1)
1[Where any land, building, street, road or
passage has vested under sub-section (2) of section 10 and the amount determined by the competent
authority under section 13 with respect to such land, building, street, road or passage has been deposited,
under sub-section (1) of section 14, with the competent authority by the Central Government], the
competent authority may by notice in writing direct the owner as well as any other person who may be in
possession of such land, building, street, road or passage to surrender or deliver possession thereof to the
competent authority or any person duly authorised by it in this behalf within sixty days of the service of
the notice.
(2) If any person refuses or fails to comply with any direction made under sub-section (1), the
competent authority shall apply,--
(a) in the case of any land, building, street, road or passage situated in any area falling within the
Presidency-town of Bombay, Calcutta or Madras, to the Commissioner of Police;
(b) in the ease of any land, building, street, road or passage situated in any area other than the area
referred to in clause (a), to the Executive Magistrate,
and such Commissioner or Magistrate, as the case may be, shall enforce the surrender of the land,
building, street, road or passage to the competent authority or to the person duly authorised by it.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 41 of 1982, s. 5, for certain words, brackets and figures (w.e.f. 15-5-1983).