(!) Every Chief whose rights and interests in a Ram have vested. in the State in consequence of a notification issued under -section 3, shall be paid compensation according to the provisions of this Act.
· (2) The State Government shall, as soon as possible after the publication ,,of notification under section 3, appoint one or more officers, to be hereinafter called Compensation Officer, to prepare a compensation statement in the manner - and form prescribed in the rules and to perform such ot'her duties as are pr-ovided · by any provision of this Act or by any rule made thereunder·;
(3) The compensation statement shall inter alia contain {i) the total number of households within a Ram of the Chief, (ii) the am'"'unt ., of compensation to be , . paid under the provisions of this Act to such Chief and other persons whose · mterests are affected, (iii) whether payment to be made in cash or in kind, (iv) whether payment to be made in instalments or in a lump and (v) any other particulars as rna v be prescribed. ·
8. qompensation payable to a Chietl-(1) The Compensation Officer ahall for the purpose of preparing the compensation statement, determine the so ainoimt of compensatio~ payable in respect of each Ram in the manner acc(\fdan ce with the principles hereinafter set out, that is to say: <·(:a) The compensation payable to a chief shall be as follows of ten years with effect from the date of vesting
(i) three tins of paddy per year per household up to a limit of households in his Ram ; and {ii) two tins of paddy per year per household for every additional in the Ram beyond the limit of one hundred mentioned in (i) ab
(b) For the purposes of clause (a)-
(i) vvhere a chief has more than one Ram in his jurisdiction, all the shall be treated as one Ram and the total number of households be computed accordingly ;
( ii) the actual number of households within the Ram of a chief sh regarded as those paying Fathang to the Chief immediately pre · the commencement of this Act, and shall not include exempted from the payment thereof by virtue of profession, calling, employment or of the recognition of other services.
(c) The amount of compensation shall, as and when p.aid in cash, calculated according to the market price of paddy prevailing at the time in locality where the Rom concerned is situated.
(2) The compensation shall, in the first instance, be determined for the as a . whole and not separately for each of the co-sharers or interests therein.
(3) The Compensation Officer shall then apportion the share of comp payable to a co-sharer or any persons having interests in the Rllm ·and if, in d so any question involving matters of civil nature arises, he shall dispose of matter in the prescribed manner.