Removal of filth or noxious vegetation from lands and buildings

Removal of filth or noxious vegetation from lands and buildings. –

1. (1) If, at any time, it appears to the Executive Authority or Commissioner that any land or building or any well, tank or other place, being private property, -
   • (a) is in an insanitary state; or
   • (b) is overgrown with noxious vegetation; or
   • (c) is, from the want of drainage, in a state which is likely to be injurious to the health of the inhabitants of the village or a centre of infection for disease, the Executive Authority or Commissioner may, by notice, require the owner or the person in occupation of such land, building, well, tank or other place, to clean, drain, clear or otherwise put in an insanitary state or to remove such vegetation or to provide such drainage.
2. (2) If the owner or the person in occupation of such land, building, well, tank or other place fails to comply with the requisition made under sub-section
3. (1) within the period specified in the notice, the Executive Authority or Commissioner may himself take such action as is required and the expenses thereof shall be recoverable from the owner or the person in occupation as if it were a tax due to the Village Panchayat or Panchayat Union Council.