Recovery of expenditure on failure to comply with orders for planting trees

Where the owner or occupier of any land fails to comply with any order made by the Tree Officer under section 8, 9 or 10, the Tree Officer may, after giving a reasonable opportunity to such owner or occupier of being heard, and without prejudice to any other action which may be taken against the defaulter under this Act, take the necessary action himself and recover the expenditure incurred therefor from the owner or the occupier, as the case may be. For the purpose of recovery of amount of such expenditure, the Tree Authority shall have the same powers as are available to the urban local authority for the purpose of recovery of arrears of a property tax or where such tax is not levied, for the purpose of recovery of betterment charges or other dues levied by the urban local authority under the relevant Act.