Section 18: Payment of amount or deposlt of tlls same i11 court

( I) After the amount has been determined und.er section 16, the competent authm ity shnll on behalf of the Government tender payment of, and pay, such arnotmt to the:

persons entitled thereto.

(2) If the persons entitled to such amount do not cont~cut to tcccive it, or if there be any dispute as to the title to receive such amontJt or ~u to the apportionment of it, the competent authority shall deposit the nmount ia the court of the Subordind.te judge hav,ing jurisdiction over the area and that court shall deal with the amount so deposttcd in the manucr luiu down in sections 34 and 35 of the Kcrala Land Acquisition Act, 1 !Hi l (21 of I 962) •