(1) Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed in this behalf, every registered holder of Government 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 12[State 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 a 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-clause (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.
16. It shall be the duty of every village headman and of every village accountant,-
12. The words “State Government” were substituted by the Adaptation of Laws Orders, 1937 and 1950.
Registered holders responsible for the maintenance of survey marks.
Notice to the registered holder.
Notice to cultivator or other person interested.
Duties of village officers.
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(a) to prevent the destruction, injury, removal or alteration of any survey mark on or within the limits of his jurisdiction; and
(b) when he becomes aware that any such mark has been destroyed, injured, removed or altered, to report the fact to the prescribed officer.
CHAPTER III.
THE SURVEY OF ESTATES.
17. The 13[State Government], or subject to the control of the 13[State Government], any officer or authority to whom this power may be delegated by it, may by notification direct the survey of any estate or portion of an estate or of any boundary therein,-
(a) on the application in writing of the proprietor of such estate or, in the case of boundary, of any person interested therein; or
(b) without such application whenever in the opinion of the 13[State Government] such survey is necessary,-
(i) for the better or more convenient assessment or levy of irrigation cess;
(ii) for any other reason to be recorded prior to the issue of such notification:
Provided (1) that any person making an application under clause (a) shall forward with his application a statement in writing signed by him to the effect that he will pay the whole cost of the survey and if required will deposit
13. The words “State Government” were substituted by the Adaptation of Laws Orders, 1937 and 1950.
State Government may direct the survey of an estate in certain cases.
[Act No.VIII of 1923] 11 the amount in a Government treasury before the survey is commenced and (2) that any survey commenced under that clause may be stopped on the withdrawal of his application by the applicant unless the 14[State Government] sees reason to direct the continuance of the survey in virtue of the power conferred on it by clause (b).
18. Except as provided in sections 19 and 20, the conduct of such survey and the proceedings of the survey officer shall, as far as may be, be regulated by the procedure laid down in Chapter II with regard to the survey of Government lands; and the provisions contained in that chapter in regard to appeals from the orders of survey officer, the granting of copies thereof and the effect of such orders, and of the decisions passed in appeals therefrom and in regard to the right of suit in respect of such orders and decisions shall, as far as may be, apply to all orders passed by a survey officer under this chapter and to the decisions passed in appeals against such orders.
19. All costs incurred by the 14[State Government] on account of a survey directed under clause (a) of section 17 shall be recoverable from the persons who have any interest in the estate, portion of estate, or boundary of which the survey has been ordered as an arrear of land revenue; the cost of a survey directed under clause (b) (i) and (ii) of section 17 shall be borne by the 14[State Government] unless otherwise provided by any law for the time being in force.