Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013
Chapter X Payment
78.
Payment of compensation or deposit of same in
Authority.
1.
On
making an award under section 31, the Collector shall tender payment of the
compensation awarded by him to the persons interested entitled thereto
according to the award and shall pay it to them by depositing the amount in
their bank accounts unless prevented by some one or more of the contingencies
mentioned in sub-section (2).
2.
If
the person entitled to compensation shall not consent to receive it, or if
there be no person competent to alienate the land, or if there be any dispute
as to the title to receive the compensation or as to the apportionment of it,
the Collector shall deposit the amount of Re-determination of amount of the
compensation in the Authority to which a reference under section 65 would be
submitted:
Provided that any
person admitted to be interested may receive such payment under protest as to
the sufficiency of the amount:
Provided further that
no person who has received the amount otherwise than under protest shall be
entitled to make any application under sub-section (1) of section 65:
Provided also that
nothing herein contained shall affect the liability of any person, who may
receive the whole or any part of any compensation awarded under this Act, to pay
the same to the person lawfully entitled thereto.