Recovery of dues

Recovery of dues

1. (1) If any person fails to pay within the time allowed by the Mela Officer the rent fixed under section 6 or the cost referred to in section 11, the Mela officer may forward to the Collector a certificate specifying the amount due from such a person, and the collector shall give such a person an opportunity to prefer objection and shall after hearing and determining such objections as may be made, recover the amount entered in the certificate or such amount, if any, as he may find to be due, as arrears of land revenue and if the collector finds that no amount is due from such a person, he shall return the certificate to the Mela Officer with his findings.
2. (2) The Mela Officer may eject any lessee or licencee who contravenes any rules or orders made under this Act from the site allotted to him.