section 210
Appeal against the decision of the auditor.
The Puducherry Municipalities Act, 1973Infrastructure1973318 of 312 sections available1 chapters
Chapter IX FINANCE
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- (1) Any person aggrieved by disallowance, surcharge or charge made may, within fourteen days after he has received or been served with the decision of the auditor, apply to the Director, who may after considering the decision of the auditor and after making such further inquiry as he considers necessary, confirm, modify or remit such disallowance, surcharge or charge. A copy of such order shall be immediately communicated to the Commissioner with intimation to the person concerned.
- (2) In case where the order of the Director is against the person concerned, the Commissioner shall direct such person to pay to the municipality before a fixed date to be specified in the notice, the amount required to be reimbursed as per the orders of the Director referred to in sub-section (1). It the amount is not so paid, it shall be recovered in the manner prescribed under section 175 and credited to municipal fund.
- (3) An appeal shall lie to the District court against the order of the Director made under sub-section (1). But no such appeal shall be held by such court, unless it is brought within one month from the receipt by the concerned person of the order of the Director or of the notice of the Commissioner whichever is later and the amount claimed has been deposited by him with the Commissioner, and the court after taking such evidence as it thinks necessary, may confirm, modify, or remit such amount and make such order as to costs as it thinks proper in the circumstances.
- • 211. Recovery of amount certified to be due. – Every sum certified to be due from any person by auditors under this Act shall be paid by such person to the Commissioner within fourteen days after the intimation to him of the decision of the auditors; and such sum if not so paid, shall be recoverable in the manner prescribed under section 175.
- • 212. Powers of the Government to waive. – Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding sections, the Government may, at any time direct that the recovery of the whole or any part of the amount certified to be due from any person by auditors under this Act shall be waived if in their opinion such a course is necessary considering all the circumstances of the case.
- • 213. Contributions to expenditure by other local authorities. – (1) If the expenditure incurred by the Government or by any other municipality to which this Act applies or by any other local authority in the Union territory for any purpose authorised by or under this Act is such as to benefit the inhabitants of a municipality, the municipal council may, with the sanction of the Government, make a contribution towards such expenditure.
- (2) The Government may direct a municipal council to show cause, within a month after receipt of the order containing the direction, why any contribution described in sub-section (1) should not be made. The section came into force on the 26th day of January, 1974 vide Extraordinary Gazette No. 11, dated 17th January, 1974.
- (3) If the municipal council fails to show cause within the said period to the satisfaction of the Government, the Government may direct it to make such contribution as it shall name, and it shall be paid accordingly.
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