(1) Where any land (including any building thereon) is acquired and vested in the State Government under this Chapter and it is situated in [Brihan Mumbai] or any area within the jurisdiction of any municipal council in the Metropolitan Region, the State Government shall pay for such acquisition an amount, which shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(2) Where the amount has been determined with the concurrence of the Authority, by agreement between the State Government and the person to whom it is payable, it shall be determined and paid in accordance with such agreement.
(3) Where no such agreement can be reached, the amount payable in respect of any land acquired shall be an amount equal to one hundred times, the net average monthly income actually derived from such land, during the period of five consecutive years immediately preceding the date of publication of the notification referred to in section 32, as may be determined by the Competent Authority.
(4) The net average monthly income referred to in sub-section (3) shall be calculated in the manner and in accordance with the principles set out in Schedule III.
(5) The Competent Authority shall after holding an inquiry in the prescribed manner determine in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (4) the net average monthly income actually derived from the land. The Competent Authority shall then publish a notice in a conspicuous place on the land and serve it in the prescribed manner and calling upon the owner of the land and every person interested therein to intimate to it before a date specified in the notice whether such owner or person agrees to the net average monthly income actually derived from the land as determined by the Competent Authority. If such owner or person does not agree, he may intimate to the Competent Authority before the specified date what amount he claims to be such net average monthly income.
(6) Any person who does not agree to the net average monthly income as determined by the Competent Authority under sub-section (5) and the amount for acquisition to be paid on that basis and claims a sum in excess of that amount may prefer an appeal to the Tribunal, within thirty days from the date specified in the notice referred to in sub-section (5).
(7) On appeal, the Tribunal shall, after hearing the appellant, determine the net average income and the amount to be paid on that basis and its determination shall be final and shall not be questioned in any Court.