(1) The State Government shall constitute a Multi-disciplinary Expert Group as provided under sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Act. The Expert Group shall consist of-
(a) Two non-official social scientists to be nominated by the state Government;
Appointment of Multidisciplinary Expert group for Appraisal of Social Impact Assessment
(0) Two representatives of Panchayats, Grams Sabha, Municipality or Report Municipal Corporation, as the case may;
(c) Two experts on rehabilitation, and;
(d) A technical expert in the subject relating to the project.
Provided that, the State Government may authorise the planning department for the empanelment of such members to exercise the powers given under the provisions of the Act.
(2) The Expert Group shall evaluate the Social Impact Assessment report in preview of conditions given under sub- sections (4) and (5) of section 7 of the Act and shall make its recommendations to that effect within a period of two months from the date of its submission:
Provided that, if Expert Group in its opinion recommends that the project shall be abandoned forthwith and no further steps to acquire the land will be initiated, then such recommendations shall be recorded in writing by the expert group giving the details and reasons for such decisions. But if the Expert Group is agrees then it shall make specific recommendations whether the extent of the land proposed to-be acquired is the absolute bare minimum extent needed for the project and whether there are no other less displacing options available. A copy of such recommendation shall be sent to the State Government and another copy to the Collector for publication.
(3) The Collector shall make arrangements to publish the recommendations of the. Multi-disciplinary Expert Group and the same shall be made available in the local language at the level of Gram Panchayat, Nagar Nigam/Nagar Panchayat/Nagar Palika Parishad, in the offices of the Collector, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Office of concemed Land Acquisition Officer, Administrator/ Tehsildar. It shall also be published in two daily newspapers circulating in the affected area of which at least one shall be in the regional language, and also by way of a public notice by affixing it at some conspicuous places in the affected areas and uploaded on the website of the district or the State Government.