(1) Upon the confirmation of any scheme under section 20, a notification stating that the scheme has been confirmed shall be published by the Settlement Commissioner in the Official Gazette, and the scheme as confirmed shall be published in the prescribed manner in the village or villages concerned.
(2) Within one year from the date of publication of the notification in the Official Gazette, under sub-section (1), the owners from whom compensation is recoverable under the scheme shall deposit the amount of compensation in the prescribed manner.
(3) The Consolidation Officer shall from the commencement of the agricultural year next following the date of publication of the notification in the Official Gazette, under sub-section (1) and in the prescribed manner, put the owners in possession of the holding to which they are entitled under the scheme and for doing so may in the prescribed manner, evict any person from any land which he is not entitled to occupy under the scheme:
Provided that, if two-thirds or more of the owners affected by the scheme agree to enter into possession of the holdings to which they are entitled under the scheme, the Consolidation Officer may put them in possession of such holdings from such earlier date as may be decided upon by such owners.
(4) If the Consolidation Officer is satisfied that any standing crops, trees, embankments or similar other improvements which were not taken into consideration at the time of determining the compensation payable by an owner of any holding under the scheme are found on such holding at the time of putting the owner in possession of such holding, or that any such standing crops, trees, embankments or similar other improvements which were taken into consideration at the time of determining the compensation payable by an owner of any holding have ceased to exist or are substantially damaged at the time of putting the owner in possession of such holding, he shall by order determine in the prescribed manner the additional compensation payable by the owner or, as the case may be, the reduction to be made in the compensation payable to the original owner of such holding. Where additional compensation is to be paid, it shall be deposited in the prescribed manner by the owner from whom it is recoverable, within one year from the date of the order passed by the Consolidation Officer for determining the additional compensation.
(5) If the owner from whom the compensation is recoverable fails to deposit it within the period specified in sub-section (2) or (4) or within such further period not exceeding one year as may be extended by the Consolidation Officer, it shall be recovered from him as an arrear of land revenue.
(6) If an owner refuses to accept possession of the holding to which he is entitled under the scheme, his rights in such holding may be allotted in the prescribed manner by the Consolidation Officer to any other person who pays the value of the holding and in such case the value realised after deducting the expense (hereinafter called "the net value") shall be paid to the owner and any other person having an interest in the holding.
(7) If no person is forthcoming to pay the value of the holding, the State Government may recover from the owner the compensation recoverable from him under the scheme as an arrear of land revenue or the State Government may itself purchase the holding after paying the net value of the holding to the owner and any other person having interest in the holding.]