(1) If at any time it appears to the State Government that any holding or land, the management of which has been assumed under the provisions of this Act or the interest of any other person in such holding or land should, in the public interest, be compulsorily acquired, it shall be lawful for the State Government to publish a notification to that effect in the Official Gazette. The notification so published shall be conclusive that the holding or interest needs to be acquired in the public interest.
(2) For the purposes of this section ‘public interest’ means the grant of land to persons to whom it is leased under section 84, the settlement of landless cultivators, development of co-operative organisations and increasing the efficiency of cultivation and such other purposes connected with village community life as may be prescribed by the State Government in this behalf.
(3) On the publication of such notification the Collector shall cause publicity to be given to it at convenient places in the locality and also given notices to the holder of the holding, land or interest and to all persons known or believed to be interested therein.