10. (1) On the day fixed under sub-section (2) of section 7 or on 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 7 to the measurements of the land and into the respective interests of the persons claiming the compensation and the amount and particulars of their claims, 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 under section 12; 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. (2) Such award shall be filed in the Collector's office and shall, except as hereinafter provided, be final and conclusive evidence as between the Collector and the persons interested, whether they have respectively appeared before the Collector or not, of the true area and value of the land the apportionment of the compensation among the persons interested. (3) The Collector shall give immediate notice of his award to such of the persons interested as are not present personally or by their representatives when the award is made.