Section 10 of Land Acquisition Act, 1953

In section 35 of the said Act, (1) after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be

inserted, namely :

"(1A) Before issuing a direction under sub-section (1) the State

Government may require the Collector to submit 

(a) a plan of the land which is needed for occupation and use; and

(b) an estimate of the compensation that would be payable under
sub-section (2) and upon the issue of such a requisition the Collector shall cause
public notice of the substance of the requisition to be given at
convenient places in the locality in which the land is situated.
(1B) After the issue of such notice, it shall be lawful for any officer
either generally or specially authorised by the Collector in this
behalf, and for his servants and workmen to exercise the powers
conferred by sub-section (2) of section 4.
(1C) The officer authorised under sub-section (1B) shall at the time
of his entry pay or tender payment for all necessary damage to be
done as aforesaid, and, in the case of dispute as to the sufficiency
of the amount so paid or tendered, he shall at once refer the
dispute to the decision of the Collector and such decision shall be
final;";
(2) in sub-section (2), for the words "The Collector shall thereupon"
the words "Upon the issue of a direction under sub-section (1) the
Collector shall" shall be substituted