"20.The Award No.17/1994 came to be passed on 12.8.1994, and there is a clear indication in the said award, that the third respondent was very much conscious of the fact that the appellant and his brother have refused to receive the compensation and it was further stated that the compensation amount will be deposited by invoking Section 31(2) of the Central Act, 1894. The second respondent/Tamil Nadu Housing Board without any loss of time, has issued a cheque dated 2.2.1995, for a sum of Rs.1,79,53,793/-, which includes the compensation amount in respect of Award No.17/1994 dated 12.8.1994. The third respondent, after receipt of the said cheque, in turn, deposited the same to the credit of "Civil Deposit for works done for public bodies work deposit" on 16.2.1995; but, he fails to deposit the compensation amount in respect of Award No.17/1994, on the file of the then jurisdictional Court viz. Sub Court at Krishnagiri, by invoking Section 31(2) of the Central Act, 1894, and only pursuant to the interim order dated 27.9.2012, made in this writ appeal, the third respondent has withdrawn a sum of Rs.4,06,199/- from the credit of the above said Account and deposited the same on the file of the present jurisdictional Court viz. Sub Court at Hosur, on 29.10.2012, that too after the expiry of the time granted by this Court. It is to be noted that if extension of time was obtained from this Court and the amount was deposited prior to 1.1.2014, the provisions of Section 24 (2) of Act 30 of 2013 may not apply and the appellant could have been denied of the relief. In the light of Section 24(2) of Central Act 30 of 2013 coupled with the above cited decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, though the award came to be passed five years or more prior to the commencement of the present Central Act 30 of 2013, which came into effect from 1.1.2014, the third respondent has not chosen to withdraw the
