law: Land Acquisition Act, 1894
  25.Rules as to amount
  
  of compensation:-
  (1) When the applicant
  
  has made a claim to compensation, pursuant to any notice given under section 9,
  
  the amount awarded to him by the Court shall not exceed the amount so claimed
  
  or be less than the amount awarded by the Collector under section 11.
  (2) when the applicant
  
  has refused to make such claim or has omitted without sufficient reason (to be
  
  allowed by the Judge) to make such claim, the amount awarded by the Court shall
  
  in no case exceed the amount awarded by the Collector.
  (3) When the applicant
  
  has omitted for a sufficient reason (to be allowed by the Judge) to make such
  
  claim, the amount awarded to him by the Court shall not less than, and may
  
  exceed, the amount awarded by the Collector.