24. Compensation to be paid in respect of agricultural land which is not properly cultivated

Where a Supervision Committee appointed under section 25 reports to the Commissioner-General that the cultivation of the extent of land to which a Supervision Order under section 23 relates has not shown improvement during the period specified in such order, the Commissioner-General shall after inquiry issue an order requiring the owner cultivator or occupier of such land to pay compensation of a sum not exceeding rupees five thousand for each acre of land comprised in such extent or portion thereof, to the credit of the Agrarian Development Fund.

A person aggrieved by an order made under subsection (1) may appeal against the order to the Agrarian Tribunal within whose local jurisdiction the land in respect of which the order is made is situate,within one month at the date of the order. A copy of such appeal shall simultaneously be sent by registered post to the Commissioner-General.

Where no appeal is preferred against an order made by the Commissioner-General under subsection (1) to an

Where the landlord or occupier fails to pay the compensation on or before the date specified by the

A certificate issued by the Commissioner-General that such sum is due as compensation shall be proof that such sum is so due.