Section 11 of Land Acquisition Act 1894 "Enquiry and award by Collector"
(1) On the day so fixed, or any other day to which the
enquiry has been adjourned, the Collector shall proceed to
enquire into the objections (if any) which any person
interested has stated pursuant to a notice given under
section 9 to the measurements made under section 8 , and
into the value of the land at the date of the publication of
the notification under section 4, sub-section (1), and into
the respective interests of the persons claiming the
compensation and shall make an award under his hand of-
(i) the true area of the land ;
(ii) the compensation which in his opinion should be allowed for the land ; and
(iii) the apportionment of the said compensation among all the persons known or believed to be interested in the land, of whom, or of whose claims, he has information, whether or not they have respectively appeared before him:
Provided that no award shall be made by the Collector under this sub-section without the previous approval of the appropriate Government or of such officer as the appropriate Government may authorise in this behalf :
Provided further that it shall be competent for the appropriate Government to direct that the Collector may make such award without such approval in such class of cases as the appropriate Government may specify in this behalf.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), if at any stage of the proceedings, the Collector is satisfied that all the persons interested in the land who appeared before him have agreed in writing on the matters to be included in the award of the Collector in the form prescribed by rules made by the appropriate Government, he may, without making further enquiry, make an award according to the terms of such agreement.
(3) The determination of compensation for any land under sub-section (2) shall not in any way affect the determination of compensation in respect of other lands in the same locality or elsewhere in accordance with the other provisions of this Act.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), no agreement made under sub-section (2) shall be liable to registration under that Act.