(1) Where any persons have been evicted from any public building under section 5, the estate officer may, after giving fourteen days' notice to the persons from whom possession of the public building has been taken and after publishing the notice in at least one newspaper having circulation in the locality, remove or cause to be removed or dispose of by public auction any property left by such persons in such building.
(2) Where any property is sold under sub-section (1), the sale proceeds shall, after deducting the expenses of the sale and the amount, if any, due to the Government or the local authority, 1[or the company or the corporation], as the case may be, on account of rent payable in respect of the public building or damages payable under sub-section (2) of section 8 or costs awarded under sub-section (5) of section 10, be paid to such person or persons as may appear to the estate officer to be entitled to the same:
Provided that where the estate officer is unable to decide as to the person or persons to whom the balance of the amount is payable or as to the apportionment of the same, he may refer such dispute to the civil court of competent jurisdiction and the decision of the court thereon shall be final.