GALIB BIN AWAZ vs MOHD. ABDUL KHADER AND ORS.

The Supreme Court held that under Section 8(1)(b) of the Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952, an arbitrator is appointed by the Central Government to determine compensation when no agreement exists. The Court clarified that the interest of a protected tenant, as defined in Section 2(r) of the A.P. (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950, is established through continuous tenancy for six years prior to 1948. The Court upheld the arbitrator's decision granting the respondent sixty percent of the compensation, affirming that the determination of protected tenant status falls within the arbitrator's jurisdiction as per Section 8 of the Central Act.