Making of claims for compensation and betterment

(1) A claim under this Part for compensation or in respect of an increase in the value of any property shall be made by serving upon the Central Authority or person from whom the amount alleged to be payable is claimed, a notice in writing stating the grounds of the claim and the amount claimed. (2) Subject to this Part, a claim under this Part for compensation may be made within twelve months after the date on which the provision giving rise to the claim came into operation, or within such longer period as may be specified in the scheme, or in respect of expenditure rendered abortive by the revocation or variation of a scheme, within twelve months after the date on which the action was completed, or the order came into operation, or the revocation or variation of the scheme became operative. (3) Where it is alleged that land which, at or within two years before the material date, formed the site of a building, has been injuriously affected by a provision fixing, in relation to any road, or proposed road, a line beyond which no building in that road or proposed road may project, then, subject to any agreement to the contrary, the period within which a claim for compensation may be made in respect of that land shall be a 68 period of twelve months after the date on which a new building is erected on the site in conformity with the line so fixed, Provided that, if in the case of any such land a claimant alleges in his claim, and proves to the satisfaction of a judge that it is not reasonably practicable to erect any new building on that land in conformity with the line so fixed, and, where the building is standing at the date on which the scheme comes into operation, has before commencing to demolish the building given notice to the Central Authority in accordance with subsection (4) of this section, a claim made by him at any time within a period of twelve months after the date on which the building is demolished or the date on which the scheme comes into operation, whichever last occurs, shall be deemed to be validly made and shall be entertained by a judge. (4) A person who intends to claim compensation in respect of any such land as is mentioned in the proviso to subsection (3) of this section shall, if the building is standing at the date on which the scheme comes into operation, not less than three months before he commences to demolish the building, give notice in writing of his intention to the Central Authority, and the Central Authority may, at any time before the expiration of two months from the receipt by it of the notice, require him to sell the site and the buildings thereon, and thereupon this Part with respect to the compulsory acquisition of land shall apply in relation to that site and any buildings thereon as they apply in relation to land required for the purposes of a scheme. (5) Where it is alleged that property has been injuriously affected by the execution of any work, the period within which a claim in respect of that injurious affection may be made shall be a period of three years after the completion of the work.