In our view Section 44A prohibits transfer of land. Section 44B of the Land Acquisition Act provides for land not to be acquired under this Part except for certain purposes for private companies other than Government Companies. Sections 44A and 44B of the Land Acquisition Act are inserted by the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1962. The amendments are intended to safeguard the public interest. Therefore, Sections 44A and 44B of the Land Acquisition Act are intended to safeguard the public interest. Section 44A accordingly puts an interdict to transfer by sale, gift or lease or otherwise any acquired land without permission of the appropriate Government. "Transfer" means passage of a right from one to another. Transfer may take place in three different ways. It may be by virtue of an act done by a transferor with an intention, as in the case of a conveyance or a gift or; secondly, it may be by operation of law as in the case of forfeiture, bankruptcy, intestacy or thirdly, it may be an involuntary transfer effected through court, as in execution of a decree for either enforcing a mortgage or for recovery of money due under a simple money decree. In view of the words, "sale, gift or lease", it seems the statute contemplates a transfer inter vivos.
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