Inquiries into claims and award of compensation

(1) The Collector shall proceed to inquire in the prescribed manner into every claim admitted under section 24. (2) For the purpose of such inquiry the Collector shall exercise all or any of the powers of a civil court, for the trial of suits under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. (3) The collector shall after such enquiry make an award in writing with respect to each such claim, setting out therein the following particulars, namely:- (i) the person making the claim; (ii) the nature and extent of the right claimed; (iii) the extent to which the claim is upheld; (iv) the amount of compensation awarded and the person to whom it is payable. (4) The Collector shall give notice in the prescribed manner of his awarded to claimants or their representatives and to persons to whom compensation is payable.