When the person causing any damage, alteration, enlarge- Procedure .

When the person causing any damage, alteration, enlargement or obstruction to any irrigation work without proper authority cannot after such enquiry as the Divisional Canal Officer may deem sufficient be ascertained or identified, the Divisional Canal Officer may on requisition from the Canal Officer after giving not less than one month's notice to the owners and occupiers of all lands benefited thereby, and after hearing their representations if any, recover from them, in such proportion as he thinks fit, the cost of repairing such damage, or of removing such alteration or obstruction.