law: Indian Telegraph Act, 1885
  16. Exercise of powers conferred by section 10, and
  
  disputes as to compensation, in case of property other than that of a local
  
  authority
  (1) If the exercise of the powers mentioned in section 10 in
  
  respect of property referred to in clause (d) of that section is resisted or
  
  obstructed, the District Magistrate may, in his discretion, order that the
  
  telegraph authority shall be permitted to exercise them.
  (2) If, after the making of an order under sub-section (1), any
  
  person resists the exercise of those powers, or, having control over the
  
  property, does not give all facilities for their being exercised, he shall be
  
  deemed to have committed an offence under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code,
  
  1860 (45 of 1860).
  (3) If any dispute arises concerning the sufficiency of the
  
  compensation to be paid under section 10, clause (d), it shall, on application
  
  for that purpose by either of the disputing parties to the District Judge
  
  within whose jurisdiction the property is situate, be determined by him.
  (4) If any dispute arises as to the persons entitled to receive
  
  compensation, or as to the proportions in which the persons interested are
  
  entitled to share in it, the telegraph authority may pay into the court of the
  
  District Judge such amount as he deems sufficient or, where all the disputing
  
  parties have in writing admitted the amount tendered to be sufficient or the
  
  amount has been determined under sub-section (3), that amount; and the District
  
  Judge, after giving notice to the parties and hearing such of them as desire to
  
  be heard, shall determine the persons entitled to receive the compensation or,
  
  as the case may be, the proportions in which the persons interested are
  
  entitled to share in it.
  (5) Every determination of a dispute by a District Judge under
  
  sub-section (3), or sub-section (4) shall be final:
  PROVIDED that nothing in this sub-section shall affect
  
  the right of any person to recover by suit the whole or any part of any
  
  compensation paid by the telegraph authority, from the person who has received
  
  the same.