Rights to carry drain through land or into drain belonging to other persons.

102. Right to carry drain t hrough land or into drain belonging to other persons. - (1) If the owner or occupier of any building or land within a panchayat area desires to connect the same with any Grama Panchayat drain by means of a drain, to be constructed through land or connected with a drain belonging to or occupied by or in the use of some other person, he may make an application in that behalf to the Grama Panchayat. (2) Thereupon the Grama Panchayat after giving to such other person a reasonable opportunity of stating any obje ction, may, if no objection is raised or if the objection raised is insufficient, authorise the applicant to carry his drain into or through or under the land or into the said drain, as the case may be, in such manner and on such conditions as to the payme nt of rent or compensation, and as to the respective responsibilities of the parties for maintenance and repair as may appear to it to be adequate and equitable. (3) Every such order shall be a complete authority to the person in whose favour it is made, or to any agent or other person employed by him for this purpose, after giving or tendering to the owner, occupier or user of the said land or drain the compensation and rent, if any ,specified in the said order, and otherwise fulfilling as far as possib le the conditions of the said order, and after giving to the said owner, occupier or user reasonable notice in writing, to enter upon the land specified in the said order with assistants and workmen at any time between sunrise and sunset and, subject to th e provisions of this Act, to do all such work as may be necessary, - (a) for the construction or connection of the drain as may be authorised by the said order; (b) for renewing, repairing, or altering the same as may be necessary from time to time; or (c) for discharging any responsibility attaching to him under the terms of the order as to maintaining, repairing, flushing, cleaning or emptying the said drain or any part thereof. (4) In executing any work under this section as little damage as possib le shall be done and the owner or occupier of the building or land for the benefit of which the work is done shall cause the work to be executed with the least practicable delay and fill in, reinstate and make good at his own cost the ground or any portion of the building or other construction opened, broken up or removed for the purpose of executing the said work and pay compensation to any person who sustains damage by the execution of the said work.