Section 7A — Power of Central Government to recover certain amounts as arrears of land revenue.

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[7A. Power of Central Government to recover certain amounts as arrears of land 

revenue.―(1) Where any person, liable to― 

(a) pay any amount in pursuance of any order made under section 3, or 

(b) deposit any amount to the credit of any Account or Fund constituted by or in pursuance of 

any order made under that section, 

                                                      
1. Subs. by Act 30 of 1974, s. 6, for sub-sections (1) and (2) (w.e.f. 22-6-1974). 

2. Ins. by Act 36 of 1967, s. 7 (w.e.f. 30-12-1967). 

3. Ins. by Act 34 of 1984, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-7-1984). 

 



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makes any default in paying or depositing the whole or any part of such amount, the amount in respect 

of which such default has been made shall [whether such order was made before or after the 

commencement of the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 1984 (34 of 1984), and whether the 

liability of such person to pay or deposit such amount arose before or after such commencement] be 

recoverable by Government together with simple interest due thereon computed at the rate of 
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[fifteen 

per cent.] per annum from the date of such default to the date of recovery of such amount, as an arrear 

of land revenue 
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[or as a public demand]. 

(2) The amount recovered under sub-section (1) shall be dealt with in accordance with the order 

under which the liability to pay or deposit such amount arose. 

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force or any 

contract to the contrary, no court, tribunal or other authority shall grant any injunction or make any 

order prohibiting or restraining any Government from recovering any amount as an arrear of land 

revenue 
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[or as a public demand] in pursuance of the provisions of sub-section (1). 

(4) If any order, in pursuance of which any amount has been recovered by Government as an 

arrear of land revenue 
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[or as a public demand] under subsection (1) is declared by a competent court, 

after giving to the Government a reasonable opportunity of being heard, to be invalid, the Government 

shall refund the amount so recovered by it to the person from whom it was recovered, together with 

simple interest due thereon, computed at the rate of 
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[fifteen per cent.] per annum, from the date of 

recovery of such amount to the date on which such refund is made. 

Explanation.―For the purposes of this section, “Government” means the Government by which 

the concerned order under section 3 was made or where such order was made by an officer or 

authority subordinate to any Government, that Government.]