(1) Where, on any representation from the Metropolitan Authority, it appears to the State Government that, in order to enable the Authority to discharge any of its functions or to exercise any of its powers or to carry out any of its projects or schemes or development programmes, [or to provide any amenity by itself or through any recognised agency] it is necessary that any land in any part of the Metropolitan Region should be acquired, the State Government may acquire the land by publishing in the Official Gazette a notification to the effect that the State Government has decided to acquire the land in pursuance of this section :
Provided that, before publishing such notification, the State Government shall by notice published in the Official Gazette and served in the prescribed manner, call upon the owner of, or any other person who, in the opinion of that Government, may be interested in such land to show cause, why it should not be acquired, and after considering the cause if any, shown by the owner or any other person interested in the land, the State Government may pass such order as it deems fit.
[Explanation.- For the purposes of this Chapter "recognised agency" means any Department of the Central Government or the State Government or a local authority or a Government Company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 (I of 1956) or any other Corporation or Government undertaking established by or under any law for the time being in force].
(2) The acquisition of land for any purpose mentioned in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be a public purpose [and the acquisition of any land for such purpose shall in all cases be made in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Chapter].
(3) When a notification as aforesaid is published in the Official Gazette, the land shall, on and from the date on which the notification is so published, vest absolutely in the State Government free from all encumbrances.