Section 6: Payment of compensation

(1) Where any land is requisitioned under this Act, there shall be paid as compensation to persons having an interest in such land, an amount which shall be determined by an officer authorised in this behalf by the State Government. (2) Such Officer shall, after holding an inquiry in the prescribed manner determine the amount of compensation, and in determining such compensation, he shall have regard to a the circumstances of the case, and in particular shall be guided by the provisions contained in the Schedule annexed to this Act. (3) Where there are several persons interested in the land, such officer shall decide the dispute, if any, as to the apportionment of the amount of compensation or any part thereof or as to the persons to whom the same or any part thereof is payable. (4) An appeal shall lie against the decision of such officer under sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) to the District Judge within whose jurisdiction the requisitioned land is situate. (5) Every appeal under sub-section (4), shall be made within a period of sixty days from the date of the decision appealed against.