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1965 (3) TMI 68 - SC - Indian LawsWhether the Land Acquisition Officer can, after making the award under s. 12 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, fixing the compensation for the land acquired and apportioning the same among the persons interested in the land, refer the question of apportionment under s. 30 of the Act to the decision of the Court? Held that:- Unable to agree with counsel for Dr. Grant that the reference made by the Collector under s. 30 was incompetent, because the State was not interested in the compensation money on the date when the award was made. The right of the State of Bihar has undoubtedly arisen after the award was made, but once the title which was originally vested in Dr. Grant stood statutorily transferred to the State, it was open to the State to claim a reference, not because the State was a person interested' in the compensation money before the date of the award, but because of the right which has arisen since the award was made. Appeal dismissed.
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