https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183152 Receipt of land acquisition compensation without protest bars a reference under section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act. The statutory scheme requires non-acceptance of the award and a timely written objection as the basis for a valid reference; where the claimants accepted the amount under a written agreement and only later alleged oral protest, that protest was treated as an afterthought. As the condition precedent for reference was not met, the reference was not legally maintainable and the enhanced compensation could not be sustained. en-us Mon, 17 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 30 May 2016 18:15:58 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183152 Receipt of land acquisition compensation without protest bars a reference under section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act. The statutory scheme requires non-acceptance of the award and a timely written objection as the basis for a valid reference; where the claimants accepted the amount under a written agreement and only later alleged oral protest, that protest was treated as an afterthought. As the condition precedent for reference was not met, the reference was not legally maintainable and the enhanced compensation could not be sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 17 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183152