law: Land Acquisition Act, 1894
  
  31.Payment of compensation or deposit of same in Court:-
  (1) On making an award
  
  under section 11, the Collector shall tender payment of the compensation
  
  awarded by him to the persons interested entitled thereto according to the
  
  award and shall pay it to them unless prevented by some one or more of the
  
  contingencies mentioned in the next sub-section.
  (2) If they shall not
  
  consent to receive it, or if there be no person competent to alienate the land,
  
  or if there be any dispute as to the title to receive the compensation or as to
  
  the apportionment of it, the Collector shall deposit the amount of the
  
  compensation in the Court to which a reference under section 18 would be
  
  submitted;
  
  Providedthat any person admitted to be interested may receive such
  
  payment under protest as to the sufficiency of the amount:
  Provided also that no person who has received the amount otherwise than under
  
  protest shall be entitled to make any application under section 18:
  Provided also that nothing herein contained shall affect the liability of any
  
  person, who may receive the whole or any part of any compensation awarded under
  
  this Act, to pay the same to the person lawfully entitled thereto.
  (3) Notwithstanding
  
  anything in this section the Collector may, with the sanction of the
  
  appropriate Government instead of awarding a money compensation in respect of
  
  any land, make any arrangement with a person having a limited interest in such
  
  land, either by the grant of other lands in exchange, the remission of
  
  land-revenue on other lands under the same title, or in such other way as may
  
  be equitable having regard to the interests of the parties concerned.
  (4) Nothing in the
  
  last foregoing sub-section shall be construed to interfere with or limit the
  
  power of the Collector to enter into any arrangement with any person interested
  
  in the land and (As to persons who are competent to contract, see s.11 of the
  
  Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872).)competent to contract in respect
  
  thereof.