Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Where a land-owner, from whom .mrnpcn- compensation is recoverable under t lli s Act, fails to ~ t ~ O o ~ pay the same within six months from the date of intimation under sub-section (2) of section 24, the person entitIed to receive Ihe same may, in addition to any other mode of recovery open to him, apply to the ColIector within six months from the expiry of the aforesaid period to recover on his behalf, the amount due as if it were a public demand payable to the State Government. (2) Interest at the rate of six per cent per annum shall be charged on the amount of compensation remaining unpaid after expiry of the earlier period referred to in sub-section (1). Reduction of rent and cess on account of contribution of land for public pur- Po=