(1) Where no objections under sub-section (4) of section 3 have been made to the competent authority within the period specified therein or where the competent authority has passed final order, thereafter the competent authority shall declare, by notification in the Official Gazette, that the right of user in the land for laying the underground pipelines may be acquired.
Publication of notification for acquisition.
Declaration of acquisition of right of user.
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(2) On publication of the declaration under sub-section (1), the right of user in the land specified therein shall vest absolutely in the State Government, free from all encumbrances.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the State Government may, on such terms and conditions, as it may think fit, direct by order in writing, that the right of user in the land for laying the underground pipelines shall, instead of vesting in the State Government, vest in the corporation proposing to lay the underground pipelines, free from all encumbrances.
5. On publication of the declaration under sub-section (1) of section 4, it shall be lawful for any person authorized by the State Government or the corporation and its servants and workmen,—
(a) to enter upon, survey and take levels of any land specified in the notification;
(b) to dig or bore into the sub-soil;
(c) to set out the intended line of work;
(d) to mark such levels, boundaries and line by placing marks and cutting trenches;
(e) to cut down and clear away any part of any standing crop, fence or jungle, where survey is not completed, levels not taken, boundaries and lines are not marked;
and
(f) to do all other acts necessary to ascertain whether underground pipelines can be laid under the land:
Provided that while exercising any power under this section, such person or any servant of such person shall cause as little damage or injury as possible to such land.