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Power of Executive Engineer to cut off or turn off supply of Woter:-Notwithstonding onyhing contoined in this Act, the Executive Engineer moy cut off the connection of onywoterworks ofthe deportment to ony lond or building to which woter is supplied or moy turn off such supply for ony of the following coses:- (i) lf the lond or building is unoccupied, or (ii) lf ofter receipt of written notice from the Executive Engineer requiring him to refroin from so doing the owneroroccupont ofthe lond or building continues to use the woter or permits the some to be used in controvention of this Act or ony rules mode thereunder, or (iii) lf the owner or occupont of ony lond or building to which woter supply is mode by the deportment refuses to odmit ony officer or employee ofthe deportmentduly outhorized for the purpose of moking ony inspection or repoiring reloting to woter supply or prevent such officer or employee from moking such inspection or repoir, or, 12 (iv) lf the owner or occupont of the lond or building willtully or negligently iniures or couses domoges to ony pipe or ony fittings, volves etc. conveying woter of the deportment, or (v) lf ony pipe works or fitting conneaed with supply of woter to the lond or building is found on exominotion, out of order to such on extent os to couse wostoge of woter ond immediote prevention is necessory or (vi) lf by reoson of leokoge in the service pipe or fitting, domoge is coused to o public slreet or ony public or privote property ond immediote prevention is necessory or (vii) lf there is ony woter pipe situoted within the lond or building to which no top or other efficient meons of turning the woter off is ottoched cousing wostoge of woter, or (viii) lf due to ony reoson it is seen thot the pipeline is being contominoted, or (ix) lf ony fee, rentol, cost of woter or ony chorge or other sum due under this Act, is not poid by the consumer within the period of fifteen doys ofter receipt of o bill for the some. I 7. Disputes between the Deportment ond Consumer:- (l) The Superintending Engineer or such other officer not below the ronk of Executive Engineer or such other officer speciolly empowered, sholl hove the power to decide oll disputes reloting to the liobility for the poyment of toriff, fees ond other chorges or exemption therefrom. Provided thot notwithstonding onything contoined in the oforesoid provisions, ony person oggrieved by the finol order possed under sub-section (2) of section 5 ond other relevont sections of the Act, moy, within thirty doys of the soid order, prefer on oppeol to the Superintending Engineer hoving jurisdiction over the oreo. (21 No oppeol under sub-section (l) sholl be entertoined unless on omount equol to one third of the ossessed omount is deposited within the period prescribed lor the purPose. (3) The oppellote outhority relened to in sub-sedion (l ) sholl dispose of the oppeol within thirty doys of presentotion of oppeol ofter heoring the porties. 13 (4) The orders of the oppellote outhority possed under sub- section (3) obove sholl be finol.