Under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, any person who has been dispossessed of his land can claim compensation, rehabilitation and resettlement under the said provisions of the Act. In case of land acquired from farm labourers, one member of the family is entitled to suitable employment.

If a parcel of land acquired is un­utilised for five years, or for the period specified in the concerned pro­ject for which it was acquired—whichever is later—it shall be returned to owners or deposited in the land bank.

In case a court stays a land acquisition order in a pending suit, the time­frame mentioned above shall not be applicable.