Section 19(2) in The ANCIENT MONUMENTS PRESERVATION ACT, 1977(1920 A.D.)
(2)The power of compulsory purchase given by this section shall notextend to––(a)any image or symbol actually used for the purpose of any religiousobservance ; or(b)anything which the owner desires to retain on any reasonableground personal to himself or to any of his ancestors or to anymember of his family.ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION
