(1) Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed in this behalf, every registered holder of land shall be bound to maintain, renew and repair the survey marks on or within the boundaries of his holding and in default of his doing so the survey officer or the Collector may, at the cost of the Government, maintain, renew and repair such survey marks determine and apportion the cost of so doing, and recover such cost as an arrear of land revenue. Such cost may include the cost of all operations incidental to such renewal or repair but not any charges on account of survey officers and supervising establishment.
(2) Before a survey officer or Collector maintains, renews or repairs any survey marks, he shall serve a notice in writing on the registered holder in the prescribed manner giving particulars of the survey marks in respect of which default has been committed and calling upon him to maintain, renew or repair the same within the time to be specified in such notice which shall be not less than 15 days from the date of service thereof.
(3) If the notice under sub-section (2) cannot be served personally on the registered holder, a copy of the same shall be served also on the cultivator or other person interested in the land.
48 Duties of village officers
14. It shall be the duty of every village headman and of every village accountant ---
(i) to prevent the destruction, injury, removal or alteration of any survey mark on or within the limits of his jurisdiction; and
(ii) when he becomes aware that any such mark has been destroyed, injured, removed or altered, to report the fact to the prescribed officer.
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CHAPTER IV MISCELLANEOUS Power to enter upon, examine and clear obstruction on lands
24. For the purposes of any survey, inquiry or other proceedings under this Act, the survey officer or the Collector or any of the subordinates of such officers shall have power to enter upon, examine and measure any land under survey, to carry out inspection of current land utilisation and crops and to clear by cutting down or removing any trees, jungle fences, standing crops or other material obstructions, the boundaries or other lines the clearance of which may be necessary for the purposes of the survey.
Power to summon witnesses and require production of documents
25. Any survey officer generally or specially authorised in that behalf, or the Collector or any officer to whom an appeal is preferred under any of the provisions of this Act, may for the purpose of rendering assistance in the survey of any land, summon and enforce the attendance of any person who has an interest therein and may for the purposes of any survey, inquiry or other proceedings under this Act, summon and enforce the attendance of any person for giving evidence and for the production of documents and the procedure prescribed in the law relating to civil procedure for the time being in force in that behalf shall be followed as far as it can be applicable.
Reference to arbitration