Section 5 of Land Acquisition Act, 1953

After section 12 of the said Act, the following section shall be

inserted, namely :

"12A. Amendment of award.-(1) Any clerical or arithmetical mistake

in an award or errors arising therein from accidental slips or
omission may, at any time not later than six months from the date
of the award, be corrected by the Collector either on his own
motion or on the application of a person interested and the award
so corrected shall be deemed to have been amended accordingly.
(2) If the award so amended discloses any overpayment, the
Collector shall, either immediately after the amendment of the
award or after the expiry of the time allowed to make a reference
to the Court from the amendment of the award, issue a notice to a
person to whom overpayment was made that if the amount
overpaid is not paid back to the State Government within one
month after receipt of the notice, the amount overpaid shall be
recovered as an arrear of land revenue and after the expiry of the
time stated in the notice the amount shall so recoverable."