Land Acquisition Act, 1894
11.Enquiry and award
by Collector:-
On the day so fixed, or
any other day to which the enquiry has been adjourned, the Collector shall
proceed to enquire into the objections (if any) which any person interested has
stated pursuant to a notice given under section 9 to the measurements made
under section 8 , and into the value of the land {Ins.by Act 38 of 1923, s.5}[
at the date of the publication of the notification under section 4, sub-section
(1)], and into the respective interests of the persons claiming the
compensation and shall make an award under his hand of-
(i) the true area of
the land ;
(ii) the compensation
which in his opinion should be allowed for the land ; and
(iii) the
apportionment of the said compensation among all the persons known or believed
to be interested in the land, of whom, or of whose claims, he has information,
whether or not they have respectively appeared before him,