Provided that no compensation shall be awarded for an advantage obtained by an arbitrary or inequitable course of action.

Power of the Collector to regulate flow of water and prohibit or remove obstructions When the '[State] Government has by notification as provided in section 49 taken power to regulate the flow of water in any river creek or natural channel or line of natural drainage it may authorize the Collector to exercise such power on its behalf in accordance with such rules as it may prescribe. A Collector so authorised may, in the execution of such rules exercise all the powers conferred upon him by section 50, and his authority shall include the power to take such action as the '[State] Government is empowered by section 49 to take after inquiry through the Collector. Such authority may on every occasion be exercised without the publication of any further notification in the '[Official Gazette.]