1[133-C. Land converted in violation to escheat to Government. ––(1)
Any land converted for other purposes in violation of the provisions of
section133-A or section133-B or 133-BB shall escheat to the Government.
(2) The Collector or any other officer as he may authorise, may direct such person to remove the contravention and restore the land or water-surface or water field or floating field, as the case may be, to its original condition by a particular date and if such person fails to do so, within the prescribed time, the Collector or such officer may, remove or cause to be removed the contravention and in doing so, may use such force as may be necessary and impose the cost of restoration thereof on the violator.
(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the person found to have contravened the provisions of section 133-A or section 133-B or Section 133-BB, shall be punishable by the Collector or any officer not below the rank of an Assistant Collector of the first class as may be authorised by him with penalty which may extend to twenty-five thousand rupees and till such time such contravention is removed he shall be punished further with a penalty of five thousand rupees for each day during which the contravention continues.
(4) (a) Any person aggrieved by an order made under section133-C or section 133-D, may prefer an appeal to the Divisional Commissioner within a period of thirty days from the date the order is passed.
(b) An appeal under clause (a) shall not operate as a stay of the proceedings under an order appealed from.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, nothing done or purporting to have been done by the Collector, or the officer authorised by him in this behalf, under sections 133-A, 133-B,133-BB or 133-C shall be called in question in any Court and no Court shall entertain any suit or proceeding or grant any injunction with respect to any action or thing or any matter for which a proceeding has been taken under the said provisions.]
(2) The Collector or any other officer as he may authorise, may direct such person to remove the contravention and restore the land or water-surface or water field or floating field, as the case may be, to its original condition by a particular date and if such person fails to do so, within the prescribed time, the Collector or such officer may, remove or cause to be removed the contravention and in doing so, may use such force as may be necessary and impose the cost of restoration thereof on the violator.
(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the person found to have contravened the provisions of section 133-A or section 133-B or Section 133-BB, shall be punishable by the Collector or any officer not below the rank of an Assistant Collector of the first class as may be authorised by him with penalty which may extend to twenty-five thousand rupees and till such time such contravention is removed he shall be punished further with a penalty of five thousand rupees for each day during which the contravention continues.
(4) (a) Any person aggrieved by an order made under section133-C or section 133-D, may prefer an appeal to the Divisional Commissioner within a period of thirty days from the date the order is passed.
(b) An appeal under clause (a) shall not operate as a stay of the proceedings under an order appealed from.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, nothing done or purporting to have been done by the Collector, or the officer authorised by him in this behalf, under sections 133-A, 133-B,133-BB or 133-C shall be called in question in any Court and no Court shall entertain any suit or proceeding or grant any injunction with respect to any action or thing or any matter for which a proceeding has been taken under the said provisions.]
1. Section 133-C substituted by S.O. 3808(E) dated 26.10.2020. *. Sections 133-B, 133-C, 133-D, 133-E, 133-F and 135-G inserted by Act VI of 1971.