Section 15B

15B. Where any amount or any instalment thereof payable to the Company by or under this
Act is not paid on the date when it becomes due,
(a) and the claim is not disputed, the Company Officer may send to the Collector a
certificate under his hand indicating therein the sum winch is due to the Company or
is claimed by the Company, as the case may be, and thereupon, the Collector shall
recover the sum due or claimed as arrear of land revenue;
(b) and the claim is disputed, it shall be referred to an officer authorised in this behalf
by the State Government for the purpose;
and such officer shall after making such
inquiry as he deems fit, and after giving to the person by whom the amount is alleged
to be payable an opportunity of being heard, decide the question;
and the decision of
such Officer shall be final; and there upon the amount, if any, determined to be due to
the Company may be recovered in the manner provided under clause (a) as if the
claim is not disputed.