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Assessment and recovery of development charges, - (1) Any person who intends to carry out any development or institution of any use or charge of use of any land or building for which permission is required under the Act, whether he has applied for such permission or not, and any person who commenced or carrying out such development or instituted or changed any such use shall apply to the Commissioner, within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed, for the assessment of development charges payable in respect thereof. (2) The Commissioner shall after receipt of any application for Development permission or I no such application is made, serve a notice on the person liable to such payment, intimate in writing the development charges to be levied and fix a date by which such payment shall be made. 88 (3) The development charges payable in respect of any land and / or building b any person shall be a first charge on such land and /or building, subject to the condition that there s no change in use or activity or additions or extensions in which case fresh development charges are applicable. (4) The Commissioner may allow the development charges to be remitted in phase-wise manner in case of phase-wise development, subject to the payment of the development charges as per the prevailing rates as on the date of release of phase-wise permission. (5) The development charges including the penal interest for the delayed payment up to the date of realization shall be collected from such person or his successor-in-interest in such land and/or building as arrears of land revenue. For calculating the panel interest, such interest rates as being levied by the State Bank of India shall be adopted.