law: Land Acquisition Act, 1894
  6. Declaration that
  
  land is required for a public purpose:-
  (1) Subject to the
  
  provisions of Part VII of this Act, {Subs. by Act 38 of 1923, s.4.for
  
  "whenever it appears to the L.G."}[when the appropriate Government is
  
  satisfied, after considering the report, if any, made under section 5 A,
  
  sub-Section (2),] that any particular land is needed for public purpose or for
  
  a Company, a declaration shall be made to that effect under the signature of a
  
  Secretary to such Government or of some officer duly authorised to certify its
  
  orders:
  Provided that no such declaration shall be made unless the compensation to be
  
  awarded for such property is to be paid by a Company, or wholly or partly out
  
  of public revenues or some fund controlled or managed by a local authority.
  (2) The declaration
  
  shall be published in the Official Gazette, and shall state the district or
  
  other territorial division in which the land is situate, the purpose for which
  
  it is needed, its approximate area, and, where a plan shall have been of the
  
  land, the place where such plan may be inspected.
  (3) The said
  
  declaration shall be conclusive evidence that the land is needed for a public
  
  purpose or for a Company, as the case may be; and, after making such declaration,
  
  the appropriate Government may acquire the land in manner hereinafter
  
  appearing.