(1) Soon after completion of Social Impact Assessment Study Report and Social Impact Management Plan, a public hearing shall be conducted by the state Government, in the affected area by giving notice to 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 not less than seven days before the public hearing indicating its time, place and date and other necessary details. This notice shall also be uploaded on the website of the concern district or the State Government.
(2) The public hearings shall be conducted in the concern Gram Panchayat offices or urban local bodies offices, as the case may be, any public place or convenient place in the affected area. The State Government may take decision to conduct hearing at some conspicuous place other than the affected areas within the concern district by giving the justification for it and duly published in a notice.
(3) The State Government may appoint any Revenue officer of the rank of Deputy Collector, Tehsildar or Block Development Officer to conduct the hearings.
(4) A member or members, as the case may be, of the Social Impact Assessment agency shall facilitate the public hearing which shall be organized through the local administration with the designated Government officers of appropriate level.
(5) Public hearings generally are held in the affected areas to bring out the main findings of the Social Impact Assessment, seeking feedback on the findings and to seek additional information and views for incorporating the same in the final documents.
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(6) Public hearings shall be conducted in all Gram Sabha where more than twenty per cent of the members are directly or indirectly affected by the acquisition of the land. :
(7) The draft of Social Impact Assessment report and: Social Impact Management Plan shall be published for inspection of general public in the office of the Collector for the purpose of land acquisition not less than seven days before the public hearing. |
(8) The requiring body may also be served with a copy of the draft report.
Adequate copies of the report and summaries shall be made available to the public on the day of the public hearing by the agency.
(9) All the proceedings Shall be held in the local language to ensure that all the participants can understand and express their views.
(10) Representatives from the requiring body shall also attend the public hearing and address the questions and any issue raised by the affected parties.
(11) The proceedings of the public hearing will be video recorded and transcribed accordingly. The said recording and transcription shall be submitted to the Collector along with the final Social Impact Assessment report and Social Impact Management Plan
(12) After the conclusion of the public hearings, the Social Impact Assessment team shall analyse the entire feedback received and information gathered in the public hearing and incorporate the same along with their analysis, in the revised Social Impact Assessment report accordingly.
(13) Every objection raised in the public hearing shall be recorded and the Social Impact Assessment agency shall ensure that the every objection shall be considered in the Social Impact Assessment report.
(14) No public re-hearing shall be conducted if the public hearing is disturbed by misbehavior of the miscreant's presents, leading to disturbance of public peace and law and order. In case of any disturbance, the next public hearing shall be treated as conclusive. In such circumstances, seven days shall be provided to file claims, objections/suggestions.
8. After completion of public hearing, the final Social Impact Assessment Report and Social Impact Management Plan shall be prepared and made available to the Collector or State Government, as the case may be, for publication 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 concerned 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 State Government. A copy of the final Social Impact Assessment report and Social Impact Management Plan shall also be given to the concerning requiring body. न