Section 10 — Works to be carried out by Government at owner’s expense.

10. Works to be carried out by Government at owner’s expense.- 
(1) Where under the scheme any work is to be carried out on any land at the 
expense of the owner or owners thereof, and such owner, or any one of such 
owners, is willing to carry out the work, he may give notice to that effect in 
writing to the Deputy Commissioner within sixty days of the coming into 
force of the scheme. 

(2) On receipt of such notice the Deputy Commissioner shall furnish 
the owner with full details of the work and fix the date before which the 
owner shall carry out the work. 

(3) If the owner fails to carry out the work to the satisfaction of the 
Deputy Commissioner before the date fixed by him or if the owner at any 
time informs the Deputy Commissioner in writing of his inability to do so, 
the Deputy Commissioner may get the work carried out by the Gram 
Panchayat or such other agency as he thinks fit and the expenses incurred in 
carrying out the work may be recovered from the owner as arrears of land 
revenue. 



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(4) Where any work is carried out in pursuance of this section by one 
or more of several owners, the other owners shall be liable to contribute 
towards the expenses incurred by him or them such amount as the 
committee may determine.