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Section 20L

Utilisation of Land for the Purpose It Is Acquired.

The Railways Act, 1989
1[20L. Utilisation of land for the purpose it is acquired. --(1) The land acquired under this Act shall not be transferred to any other purpose except for a public purpose, and after obtaining the prior approval of the Central Government.

(2) When any land or part thereof, acquired under this Act remains unutilised for a period of five years from the date of taking over the possession, the same shall return to the Central Government by reversion.]




1. Ins. by Act 11 of 2008, s. 3 (w.e.f. 31-1-2008)