Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
All money payable in respect of any land by any person in respect of a betterment fee under section 81, section 82 or section 85 or by any person under an agreement executed pursuance of sub-section (1) of the section 86, shall be recoverable by the Board (together with interest due up to the date of realization at the rate of four and a half per cent per annum), from the said person or his successor in interest in such land, in the manner provided by the Trivandrum City Municipal Act for the recovery of taxes and, if the said money is not so recovered, the Chairman may, after giving public notice of his intention to do so, and not less than one month after the publication of such notice, sell the interest of the said person or successor in such land by public auction, and may deduct the said money and the expenses of the sale from the proceeds of the sale, and shall pay the balance (if any) to the defaulter.