Betterment charges to be first charge on land next to land revenue

From the date specified in the award as the date from which the betterment charges shall be leviable, or from such date as may be otherwise specified by the Collector in appeal under section 43 or by the Government in revision under section 44 as the date from which such charges shall be leviable, the betterment charges recoverable in respect of any land shall, No water shall be taken by any person before his application has been sanctioned and before a pass has been delivered to him.