Payment of compensation for damages, etc

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Chapter III EXECUTION OF SCHEMES AND MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF WORKS

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(1) Reasonable compensation in respect of any loss, damage or injury caused to the property of any person in carrying out any operations under this Chapter shall, on a claim being made in that behalf in the prescribed manner, be paid to the person-
- (a) where an agreement has been entered into with the person concerned, in accordance with such agreement; and
- (b) where no such agreement is possible, by the Collector as may be assessed by him in that behalf.
(2) No claim for compensation shall be entertained by the Collector under sub-section
(1) unless it is made within ninety days from the date notified by the Collector in that behalf in the prescribed manner inviting such claims.
(3) Any person aggrieved by an order of the Collector under clause
- (b) of sub-section
(1) may before the expiry of sixty days from the date of the order appeal to such authority and in such manner as may be prescribed and the orders passed in such appeal shall subject to the provisions of sub-section
(4) be final.
(4) The High Court may, on any question of law raised in an application for revision by any person aggrieved by an order passed under sub-section
(3) filed within sixty days from the date of the said order, revise the same and confirm, reverse or modify the said order according as the Court thinks proper.

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