Power to take action in default of a Village Panchayat, President or Executive Authority, etc

Power to take action in default of a Village Panchayat, President or Executive Authority, etc. –

1. (1) If at any time it appears to the Inspector that a Village Panchayat, President or Executive Authority or to the Government that a Panchayat Union Council or District Panchayat, Chairman or Commissioner or Secretary has made default in performing any duty imposed by or under this Act or any other law, he or they may, by order in writing, fix a period for the performance of such duty.
2. (2) If such duty is not performed within the period so fixed, the Inspector or the Government, as the case may be, may appoint some person to perform it, and may direct that the expense of performing it shall be paid, within such time as he or they may fix, to the Government by the Village Panchayat, Panchayat Union Council or District Panchayat.
3. (3) If the expense is not so paid, the Inspector or the Government, as the case may be, may direct the person having the custody of the Village Panchayat Fund, Panchayat Union Fund or District Panchayat Fund, as the case may be, to pay such expense from such fund.