Power to enforce scheme

(1) Owner of land included in the scheme shall pay the cost or part of the cost, as the case may be, of the works which, under the scheme are carried out by the Government in his land at the cost or part of the cost of the owner. (2) If the owner of the land included in the scheme desires to carry out himself under technical guidance provided free by the Deputy Commissioner any works which under the scheme are to be carried out in his land by the Government, at the cost or part of the cost of the owner, he shall give notice in writing to that effect to the Area Committee within thirty days of the publication of the scheme in the Official Gazette in the village concerned whichever is later. (3) On receipt of such notice, the Area Committee shall inform the owner of the works which are to be carried out in his land and shall fix a date before which the owner shall carry out the works. (4) If such owner fails to carry out such works to the satisfaction of the Area Committee before the date fixed or within such further time as may be allowed or at any time intimates to the Area Committee in writing that he is unable to carry out any work before that date, the Committee may require the Executive Officer to carry out the work and recover the expenses incurred for the purpose from the owner in such manner as may be prescribed. (5) Where the owner of the land included in a scheme is the Government, the Department of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration which has the control or management of such lands or the Executive Officer, if so directed in this behalf by the Area Committee, the Board or the Government shall carry out the works which the Government as the owner of the land is liable to carry out under the scheme.