Section 6 of Land Acquisition Act, 1953

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After section 15 of the said Act, the following section shall be

inserted, namely
"15A. Power of State Government to call for proceedings and pass
orders thereon.- The State Government may, at any time before an
award is made by the Collector under section 11, call for and
examine the record of any order passed by the Collector or of any
inquiry or proceedings of the Collector, for the purpose of satisfying
itself as to the legality or propriety of any order passed and as to
the regularity of such proceedings. If, in any case, it shall appear to
the State Government that any order or proceedings so called for
should be modified, annulled, or reversed, it may pass such order
thereon as it deems fit.  Power of State Government.- Section 15-A of the Act clearly relates
to the power of the Government to refuse any order or proceeding;
it 

does not expressly enjoin that the objector should be heard

personally. Hence, there is no violation of any principle of natural
justice in not giving an opportunity of hearing to the objector by
the Government.- Madaiah Seddalingaiah v. State of Mysore, AIR
1972 Mys. 9 : 1971(2) Mys. L. J. 312