Section 7(1)

7. Application of endowment to repair a protected monument. (1) If any owner
or other person competent to enter into an agreement under section 5 for the maintenance
of a protected monument refuses or fails to enter into such an agreement and if any
endowment has been created for the purpose of keeping such monument in repair, the
Government may institute a suit in the court of the District Judge or, if the estimated cost
of repairing the monument does not exceed one thousand rupees, may make an
application to the District Judge, for the proper application of such endowment or part
thereof.