(1) Any sum due to a Planning Authority under this Act, rule or any regulation made thereunder shall be a first charge on the plot on which it is due, subject to the prior payment of land revenue, if any, due to the Government thereon.
(2) Any sum due to the Planning Authority under this Act, rule or any regulation made thereunder which is not paid on demand on the day on which it becomes due or on the day fixed by the Planning Authority, shall be recoverable by the Planning Authority from the defaulter as if they were arrears of land revenue.
(3) If any question arises whether a sum is due to the Planning Authority within the meaning of sub-section (2), it shall be referred to a tribunal constituted by the State Government consisting of one or more persons not connected with the Planning Authority or any authority subordinate to it or with the person by whom the sum is alleged to be payable which the tribunal shall, after making such inquiry at it may deem fit and after giving to the person by whom the sum is alleged to be payable, an opportunity of being heard, decided the question ; and the decision of the tribunal thereon shall be final and shall not be called in question in any court or before any other authority.
(4) The procedure to be followed by the tribunal in deciding questions referred to it under sub-section (2) shall be such as may be prescribed by the State Government.