Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965

174. Acquisition of land and buildings for improvement of streets. - (1) The council may
acquire-
(a) any land required for the purpose of turning, diverting, opening, widening, extending,
or Otherwise improving any public street, or of making any new public street, and the
buildings, if any, standing upon such land; and
(b) any land outside the proposed street alignment, with the buildings, if any, standing
thereupon:
Provided that in any case in which it is decided to acquire any land under clause (b) of this
sub-section, the owner of such land may retain it by paying to the council an annual sum to
be fixed by the council in that behalf, or a lump-sum to be fixed by the council, not being
less than twenty-five times such annual sum and subject to such conditions as the council
thinks fit as to the removal of the existing building, if any, the description of the new
building, if any, to be erected, the period within which the new building, if any, shall be
completed and any
other similar matters.
(2) If any sum payable in pursuance of the proviso to sub-section (1) in respect of any land
be not duly paid, it shall be recoverable in the manner provided by this Act for the collection
of taxes, and, if not so recovered, the Commissioner may enter upon the land, and sell it,
with any erections standing thereon, by public auction subject to the conditions, if any,
imposed under sub-section (1) above and may deduct the said sum and the expenses of the
sale from the proceeds of the sale and shall pay the balance, if any, to the defaulter.
(3) Any sum paid in pursuance of the proviso to sub-section (1) or recovered under sub-
section (2) in respect of any land shall be left out of account in determining the capital
value or the annual rental value of such land for the purpose of assessing it to the property
tax.
(4) Any land or building acquired under clause (b) of sub-section (1) may be sold, leased or
otherwise disposed of after public advertisements, and any conveyance made for that
purpose may comprise such conditions as the council think fit as to the removal of the
existing building, if any, the description of the new building, if any, to be erected, the
period within which the new building, if any, shall be completed and any other similar
matters.
(5) The council may require any person to whom any land or building is transferred under
sub-section (4) to comply with any conditions comprised in the said conveyance before it
places him in possession of the land or building.