(1) Whenever it appears to the Board that a housing or improvement scheme is sufficiently advanced to enable the amount of the betterment fee to be assessed, the Board shall, by a resolution passed in this behalf, declare that for the purpose of assessing such fee, the execution of the scheme shall be deemed to have been completed and shall thereafter give notice in writing to every person on whom a notice in respect of land to be assessed has been served under sub-section (1) of section 42, or to the successor in interest of such person, as the case may be, that the board proposes to assess the amount of the betterment fee payable in respect of the land under section 63.
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(2) The Board shall then assess the amount of betterment fee payable by each person concerned, after giving such person an opportunity of being heard, and such person, shall, within one month from the date of receipt of notice in writing of such assessment from the Board, inform the Board in writing whether or not he accepts the assessment.
(3) When the assessment proposed by the Board is accepted by the person concerned within the period specified in sub-section (2), such assessment shall be final.
(4) If the person concerned does not accept the assessment made by the Board or fails to inform the Board as required under sub-section (2) within the period specified therein, the matter shall be referred to the Government..
(5) The Government shall, after holding an inquiry, and after hearing the person concerned, assess the amount of betterment fee payable by the person.
Board to give notice to persons liable to payment of betterment fees
65. When the amount of all betterment fees payable in respect of land in the area comprised in the scheme and in respect of land not comprised in the scheme area but is adjacent to the area comprised in the scheme referred to in sub-section (3) of section 63 has been assessed under section 64, the Board shall, by a notice in writing to be served on all persons liable to such payment, fix a date by which such payment shall be made, and interest at the rate of four and a half per cent per annum upon any amount outstanding shall be payable from that date:
Provided that any person liable as aforesaid may make payment, if he so chooses, in such number of annual instalments not exceeding ten as the Board may determine.
Recovery of betterment fees
66. All moneys payable as betterment fees in respect of any land by any person shall, together with interest due up to the date of realization, be recoverable by the Board from the said person or his successor-in interest in such land, as an arrear of land revenue.
Levy of betterment fee not bar to acquisition
67. Levy or payment of betterment fee with respect to a land under the provisions of this Chapter shall not be deemed to prevent the acquisition of the land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Central Act 1 of 1894).
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CHAPTER – VIII POWER TO EVICT PERSONS FROM BOARD PREMISES Power to evict certain persons from Board premises