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Power to enter on land for survey tn conructton wrth a htghway scheme.-( I) The h1ghway authority or any officer not below the rank of an Assistant Engmeer of Public Works Department 01 any agency authorised by the highway authority jn this behalf, may under- take a su1 vey 1n connection with a h1ghway scheme and may for this purpose,- · (a) enter upon any land along with his wm kmen and survey team and take n1easurements and levels on it, (b) mark such levels, d1g or bore into the subsoil and do all other acts necessary to ascertain whethe1 the land is suitable or not; (c) set-out the bounda1 Jes of the proposed highway by placing survey marks and cu ttmg trenches; and (d) cut down and cleac any part of a stand1ng crop, or fence m cases where survey cannot be completed, levels taken or boundaries marked otherwise y I II 'l • I I I I I I I 119 Provided that,- (i) no such entry 1nlo a bmlding shall be made between sunset and sunrise; (i1) no dwelling house or place shall be so entered except with the consent of the occupier thereof or without giving the occupier at least forty e1ght houTs' notice of the intention to make such an entry; (in) reasonable opp01 tunity and facility shall be allowed to · the woman occupying any part of a dwelling house to· withch aw; and {iv) due 1 egard shall, so fa,· as feasible, be paid to the social and rehgious customs and usages of the occupants of the premises entered into. (2) The highway authm ity or the officer or the agency refe,! ed to 1n sub-section ( 1) shall in exercise of any power conferred by that sub-section do as little damage as may be possible and compensation for such damage, if any, shall be payable by the htghway authority to the owner or occupier of such premises o1· both and in case of any dispute as to the sufficiency of the amount of compensation, the dispute shall be refeued to the Collector of the concerned district and the Collector will take a decision therem~ w1th1n thirty days. ..