Appeal against notices served under sub-section (1) of section 23 :-

Where the person to whom notice to remove an encroachment has been served under sub-section (1) of section 21 may claim that the land in possession of which encroachment has been alleged is his property or that otherwise he shall within the time limit prescribed in the notice for the removal of the encroachment file an appeal before the Deputy Commissioner under intimation to the Highway Authority or the officer authorized under sub-section (1) of section 21, as the case may be. The Deputy Commissioner shall after due inquiry, record his decision in writing and communicate the same to the appellant and the Highway Authority or such officer. The Highway Authority or such officer shall desist from taking further action in the matter till the receipt of the communication of the Deputy Commissioner.