(1) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Act, where any person to whom any public premises have been allotted is-
(a) an employee of the state Government or of a corporate authority, or
(b) an employee of a local authority, other than a corporate authority, who has executed an agreement as provided in sub-section (2), and is in arrears of rent payable in respect of such public premises, the amount of rent in respect of such premises shall, on a requisition in writing made in that behalf by the competent officer be liable to be deducted from the salary or wages payable to such person. On receipt of such requisition the head of the department or office of the State Government, corporate authority, or as the case may be, local authority under whom such person is employed, shall deduct from the salary or wages payable to such person the amount specified in the requisition, and pay the amount so deducted to the competent officer in satisfaction of the amount due as aforesaid.
(2) An employee of a local authority other than a corporate authority, who is allotted any public premises may execute an agreement in favour of the State Government, or, as the case may be, the corporate authority to whom such premises belong, providing that the local authority by or under whom he is employed shall be competent to deduct from time to time from the salary or wages payable to him, such amount as is specified in the agreement, and to pay the amount so deducted to the competent officer in satisfaction of any amount due by him in respect of the public premises allotted to him.
16. No court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any suit or proceeding in respect of the eviction of any person on the ground that he is in unauthorised occupation of any public premises or for any other reason specified in sub-section (1) of section 4, or the recovery of the arrears of rent payable under sub-section (1) of section 7 or the damages payable under sub-section (2) of that section or the costs awarded to the State Government or the corporate authority under sub-section (5) of section 9 or any portion of such rent, damages or costs.
17. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the State Government or the corporate authority or the appellate officer or the competent officer in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or of any rules or orders made thereunder.