10.-(1) Where more than one notice of reference has been given in respect of the same land, an application to the President, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 9, for an order that the references shall be heard together may be made by the authority liable for the payment of compensation.
(2) Where any such notices of reference have been given as are referred to in the last foregoing paragraph, the President or the Tribunal may, without any application in that behalf, make an order that the appeals or references shall be heard together.
(3) When two or more references are pending before the Tribunal whether by the same or different claimants against the same Acquiring Authority, and the subjects of such reference involve a common question of law or fact of such importance in proportion to the rest of the matters involved in such references as to render it desirable that the references should be consolidated, the President or the Tribunal may, on the application of any interested party, or of his or its own motion, make an order that the references shall be heard together.
(4) An order for consolidation may be made with respect to some only of the matters to which the notices of reference relate.