Section 10(2)(a) in Andhra Pradesh Forest Act, 1967
(a)If any claim is admitted wholly or in part under sub section (1), the Forest Settlement Officer may:(i)accept the voluntary surrender of the right by the claimant or determine the amount of compensation payable for the surrender of the right of the claimant, as the case may be; or(ii)direct the exclusion of the land from the limits of the proposed forest; or(iii)acquire such land in the manner provided by the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereafter in this sub section referred to as the said Act).