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Determination of compensation in certain cases.—(1) Save as provided in section 257, if an agreement is not arrived at with respect to the amount of any compensation or damages, which are by this Act directed to be paid, and, if necessary the apportionment of such amount, the amount payable or the apportionment of the same shall be ascertained and determined, in the case of 1[town municipal areas]1 by the Assistant Commissioner in charge of the taluk in which the 1[municipal area]1 is situated and in the absence of such an officer by the Deputy Commissioner and, in the case of 1[city municipal areas]1; by the Deputy Commissioner: