State Act
Section 20. State Government may direct apportionment of costs among lands surveyed.
THE TAMIL NADU SURVEY AND BOUNDARIES ACT, 1923
20 (1) On the application of the proprietor of an estate in which any survey has been made, the 1[State Government] or any officer, or authority to whom this power may be delegated by it, may direct the survey officer to apportion among the holders of the lands or persons interested in the boundaries which have been surveyed the whole or a specified portion of the cost of such survey; provided that no tenant under a proprietor shall be called upon to pay a larger sum on account of such survey than he would be liable to pay if he held his land directly under the Government. (2) The apportionment under sub-section (1) shall be made in the prescribed manner. (3) The amount apportioned under this section when it is due by the tenants of a proprietor shall be recoverable as if it were an arrear of rent due by a tenant to his landholder (4) For the purpose of this section and section 21, the expression ‘tenant’ shall include the holder of a rent-free grant.