(1) Whenever in preparing a scheme for the consoIidation of holdings, it appears to the Consolidation Officer that it is necessary to amalgamate any road, street, lane or path with any holding in the scheme, he shall make a declaration to that effect stating in such declaration that it
11. Repealed by A.P. Act XX of 1959.
Preparation of the scheme and the principles to be followed in its preparation.
Scheme to provide for compensation.
Amalgamation of public roads, etc., within scheme for consolidation of holdings.
10 [Act No. XL of 1956] is proposed that the rights of the public as well as of all individuals in or over the said road, street, lane or path shall be extinguished or, as the case may be transferred to a new road, street, lane or path laid out in the scheme of consolidation.
(2) The declaration in sub-section (1) shall be published in the village concerned in the prescribed manner along with the draft scheme referred to in section 20.
(3) Any member of the public, or any person having any interest or right, in addition to the right of pubiic highway in or over the said road, street, lane or path, or having any other interest or right which is likely to be adversely affected by the proposal may, within thirty days after the pubiication of the declaration under sub-section (1), state to the Consolidation Officer in writing his objection to the proposal, the nature of such interest or right and the manner in which it is likely to be adversely affected and the amount and the particulars of his claim to compensation for such interest or right:
Provided that no claim for compensation on account of the extinction or diminution of the right of public highway over such road, street, lane or path shall be entertained.
(4) The Consolidation Officer shall, after considering the objections, if any, made to the proposal, submit it with such amendments, if any, as he may consider necessary to the Settlement Commissioner, together with the objections received, his recommendations thereon and a statement of the amounts of compensation, if any, which in his opinion are payable, and of the persons by whom and the persons to whom such compensation is payable. The decision of the Settlement Commissioner on the proposal and regarding the amount of compensation and the persons by whom [Act No. XL of 1956] 11 such compensation, if any, is payable, shall, subject to any modification made by the Government, be final.
19. Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, it shall be lawful for the Consolidation Officer to direct in consultation with the Village Committee-
(a) that any land specifically assigned for any common purpose shall cease to be so assigned and to assign any other land in its place;
(b) that if in any area under consolidation no land is reserved for any common purpose including extension of the village sites, or if the land so reserved is inadequate, to assign other land for such requirements and for that purpose to effect a pro-rata cut in all the holdings of the village.