law: Indian Forest Act, 1927
  11.  Power to acquire land over which right is claimed .
  
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  (1) In the case of a claim to a right in or
  
  over any land, other than a right of way or right of pasture, or a right to
  
  forest-produce or a water-course, the Forest Settlement-officer shall pass an
  
  order admitting or rejecting the same in whole or in part.
  (2) If such claim is admitted in whole or in
  
  part, the Forest Settlement-officer shall either -
  i . exclude such land
  
  from the limits of the proposed forest; or
  ii. come to an agreement with the owner thereof for the
  
  surrender of his rights; or
  iii.proceed to acquire such land
  
  in the manner provided by the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894).
  (3) For the purpose of so acquiring such land
  
  -
  a) the Forest Settlement-officer shall be deemed to be a
  
  Collector proceeding under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894)
  b) the claimant shall be deemed to be a person interested and
  
  appearing before him in pursuance of a notice given under section 9 of that
  
  Act;
  c) the provisions of the preceding sections of that Act shall be
  
  deemed to have been complied with; and
  d) the Collector, with the consent of the claimant, or the
  
  Court, with the consent of both parties, may award compensation in land, or
  
  partly in land and partly in money.