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(1) Where a highway authority is of opinion that it is necessary for the prevention of danger arising from obstruction of the view or distraction of the attention of persons using any highway, especially at any bend or corner of the highway, it may serve a notice upon the owner or occupier of land along side or at the bend or corner of such highway to alter or remove altogether,within such time and in such a manner as may be specified in the notice, the height or character of any existing wall, (not being a wall forming part of a permanent structure), fence, hedge, tree, advertistement post, bill board or any other object thereon, so as to eliminate er minimise the apprehended danger. (2) If any person upon whom a notice has been sentd tinder sub-section (1), objects to comply with any requixement or such notice, he may, within 14 days of its receipt send to thehigiway authority his objection in writing stating the grounds themo‘. (3) The highway authority shall, within 14 days of the receipt of the objection consider the grounds advanced and shall, by order in writing,either Withdraw the notice or amend or confirm it. (4) If a person is aggrieved by an order issued by a highway authority under sub—section (3), he may prefer an appeal within 7 days of the date of such Order to the collector or Chief Revenue Ofiicer of the district, whose decision in the matter shall be final. (,5) If any person falls to Comply with the notice served on him under snb-section (1) as amended or confirmed as the case may be under suh-seetion (3) or (4), the highway authority may take action ‘ to alter or remove the object causing obstruction or distraction 0t? view‘at ‘its own expense, and such expenditure together with 15% departmental charges, shall he recovered from such persen in accordance With the provisions of Section 23,‘ without'prejudice to any other action which may be taken against him. 25 (c) benefitted. by the eonstruetign, expansion improvement or alteration of an irrigation work which .is not capable of irrigating mere than forty hectares of land. ' 1 (2) As soon as may be, after the publication of notification under sub-section (2) of section 52 in reSpect of any irrigation work, the betterment levy Officer shall prepare a statement showing the lands under irrigable command of the irrigation work in reSpeCt of which the betterment contribution in accordance With the‘ provisions of the notification .to be issued under suh-section (1) of section 53. (3) The statement so prepared along with a public notiee Shall be published in the village and the office of the sub-deputy collector con- cerned and in such other manner as may be prescribed. and such notice mull require the ewners of lands under the cultural commanded area of the irrigation work to appear. before the Betterment Levy Oflicet either personally or by agent at a time and place therein mentioned, such. time not being earlier than one month from the date of publication of the notice, and to state 2—— (a) to the inclusion of lands in the statement as lands under the irgigable cpmmand of the irrigation work ;, (b) to the inclusion of the Iangis in the‘ statement as lands of any specifiggt nature and extent of irrigabiiity ; and (c) in respect of payment of betterment contribution, the basis 9;; which they claim that the. amount 9f betterment contri- biition‘ has to be computed. and such statement. shall be made in writing and signed by the party or, his agent. ' (4) The Betterment Levy Ofiicer shall also serve notiee to the same effect on the' owner: of such l-‘ancf or his' agent authorised to receive service on his behalf, who resides within the revenue diist’rict inwhieh the land'vis situated and in case any ownef'resrides elsewhere and has not such agent, the notiee shall- be sent to him by registered post. (5) On the date fixed under sub-section (3) or on such other date to which an inquiry may be adjourned, the Betterment Levy Officer shin“: after holding an inquiry inthemanner prescnibed and: after giving. an Opportunity 03% being; heard to every person; who has made a‘s’tate— ment under sub-section (3), make as order specifying— (13); the;amo,unt of: betterment contribution: payable in. respect of ’ the saixztlandsu and V (b). the date: from which such betterment contribution shall be: Rayable. ' (6) The State Government or any person aggrievedby an order made under sub—section (5) may, within sixty days from the date of the order, appeal, to. the; prescribed authenty and the anthoritymay pass. . i V such other; onthe appeal.» as it»: may» deem; fit. M (7) An order passed by the prescribed authority" on an appealfpree- ferred to it uhder siibesecti-onm) ‘ andsubjeet to the orders 9f thej authority the' ordef-of"the-‘Betterm‘eht: Levy O&iccr‘under‘sub-‘seeuontfifi shall be final. Notice of demand for payment of betterment levy. Method of payment of contribution. Payment by occupiers. Protection liabiliiy for damages 26 (8) At the end of every four years from the year in -which the betterment ,contribution is finally determined under sub—section (1) any future instalment of such contribution shall be liable to be revised on the same basis as provided in that subsection. (9) If, in the' opinion of the State Govt. the enforcement of all or any of the provisions of this chapter will cause hardship in any case or cases, the Government may,’by notification setting out the ground therefore, exempt either permanently or for Specified period such case or cases from all or any of the provisions of this chapter, subject to such conditions, if any, as the Government may deem fit to impOSe.