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(1) Subject to any rules made by lhe State Government in this behalf and without prejudice to the provisions of section 48, where any person is in arrears of rent payable in respectofany Board premises or arrears ol instalments payable in respect of any loan advanced by the Board for construction, reconslruction or repair of a house 216 (21 s1. (1) (2\ 217 the competent authority may, by notice served by post or by atfixing a copy of it on lhe outer door or some other conspicuous part of such premises or in such other manner as may be prescribed, order that person to pay the same within such time not being less than thirty days as may be specified in the notice. lf such person refuses or fails to pay the arrears of rent or the arrears of instalments of loan within the time specilied in the notice. such arrears may be recovered as arrears of land revenue. Where any person is in unauthorised occupation of any Board premises, the competent authority may, in the prescribed manner, assess such damages on account of the use and occupation of the premises as it may deem fit, and may by notice served by post, or by affixing a copy ol it on the outerdoor or some other conspicuous part ol such premises or in such other manner as may be prescribed, order that person to pay the damage within such time not being less than thirty days as may be specified inthe notice.ltany person refuses orfails to pay the damages wilhin thetime specilied in the notice, the damages may be recovered from him as per the provisions of law. Without prejudice to the provisions of section 49 any person, who is an employee of the State Governmentor a localauthority and who has been allotted any Board premises, may execute an agreement in lavour of the Slate Government providing that the State Government or the local authority, as the case may be, under or by whom he/she is employed, shallbe competent to deduct trom the salary or wages payable to him/her such amount as may be specified in the agreement and to pay the amount so deducted to the Board in satisfaction cf the rent due from him in respect of the Board premises allotted to him/her. On the execulion of such agreement, the State Government or local authority, as the case may be, shall, if so required by the Board by requisition Rent to be recovered by deduction from salary or wages in certain cases. 218 in writing make the deduction of the amount specified in the requisition from the salary or wages ofthe employees specified in the requisition in accordance with the agreement and pay the amount so deducted to the Board. Penalty s2. (1) (2) s3. (1) lf any amount due undertheAct or the rules made thereunder is nol paid by any person in compliance with the orders of the competent authority, such authority may, after giving such person an opportunity of being heard, impose upon him a penalty not exceeding twenty{ive per cent of the amount due, if it has reason to believe that the person liable to pay the amount has wilfully failed to pay the same. It the penalty imposed under sub-section (7,) is not paid within a period ol thirty days the same shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue. Any person aggrieved by an order of the competent authority may within thirty days from the date of- (i) the service of notice under section 49 or seclion 50 ; or (ii) the imposition ol penalty under section 52, preferan appealto the Deputy Commissioner ol the District in which the premises ol the Board are situated or lo any other officer, as the State Government may appoint in this behalf : Provided that the appellate officer may entertain the appeal after the expiry ol the said period ol thirty days, if he is satisfied that lhe appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time. (2) Where an appeal is preferred under sub-section frl, the appellate officer may stay the enforcement of the order of the competent authority for such period and on such conditions as he deems fit. (3) Every appeal under this section shall be disposed of by the appellate officer as expeditiously as possible. Appeal. s4.(1) (2) 219 Save as othen ise expressly provided in thisAct, every order made by a competent authority or an appellate officer under this chapter shall be final and shall nol be called in question in any original suit, application or execution proceedings. No Civil Court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any suit or proceeding in respect of any matter ol which the cognizance can be taken of and disposed of by any authority, empowered by this Act or the rules made thereunder. Finality of orders and bar of jurisdiction of Civil Courts. CHAPTEH. VII FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT