If the record is found and the Executive Authority or Commissioner or Secretary, as the case may be, decides to grant copies or extracts thereof, the applicant shall deposit in cash, a fee to be fixed by the Panchayat which shall not be less than five rupees for every page or part thereof.
(2) In the case of maps or plans, a reasonable fee shall be fixed by the Executive Authority or Commissioner or Secretary, as the case may be, in consultation with the Engineering staff incharge of Panchayat works and in any case the fee shall not be less than twenty-five rupees per copy of a map or plan, as the case may be. A receipt signed by the Executive Authority or Commissioner or Secretary, as the case may be, or any person empowered by him in this behalf, shall be furnished to the person depositing search fees or copying fees.