State Act

The Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act, 1994

177. Costs and payment thereof out of security deposits and return of such deposits.- (1) Costs including pleader’s fees shall be in the discretion of authorised officer. (2) If in any order as to costs under the provisions of this chapter, there is a direction for payment of costs by any party to any person, such costs shall, if they have not been already paid, be paid in full or so far as possible, out of the security deposit made by such party under this chapter, on an application made in writing in that behalf, within a period of one year from the date of such order, to the Collector by the person in whose favour the costs have been awarded. (3) If there is any balance left of the security deposit under this chapter after payment under sub-section (1) of the costs referred to in that sub-section, such balance or where no costs have been awarded or no application as aforesaid has been made within the said period of one year, the whole of the said security deposit may, on an application made in that behalf in writing to the Collector by the persons by whom the security has been deposited or if such person dies after making such deposit, by the legal representative of such person, be returned to the said person or to his legal representative, as the case may be.