Payment of Compensation

Where an order of permanently closing down or sealing off the well is made under section 9, the Appropriate Authority may, on making such enquiry and requiring the owner to produce such evidence as it may deem necessary, make an order for payment of compensation which shall not be less than the market value of the well and structures thereon and the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 with regard to the determination of compensation of the well shall apply in determining the market value of the well under this section as they apply to the well acquired under that Act : Provided that, where an order under section 9 relates to temporarily closing down or sealing off a well, water from which is used for the irrigated crops standing at the time of making such an order, the compensation for such crops shall also be payable under this section: Provided further that, where by virtue of an order made under section 9 any well which is permanently closed or sealed off is for any reason whatsoever, allowed to be opened for extracting water therefrom, any subsequent order made for permanently closing down or sealing off such well again shall not entitle the owner thereof to claim compensation for such well again.