State Act

THE UTTAR PRADESH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT, 1959

514- (1) If the amount due is not paid within the period stated in sub-section (I) of section 513 the immovable property or a sufficient portion thereof may be sold by public auction by order of the Mukhya Nagar Adhikari unless the warrant is suspended by him, or the sum due and the cost of recovery are paid by the defaulter and the Mukhya Nagar Adhikari shall, apply the proceeds or such part thereof as shall be requisite in discharge of the sum due and of the costs of recovery. (2) The surplus, if any, shall be forthwith credited to the [Corporation]2 Fund, but if the same be claimed by written application to the Mukhya Nagar Adhikari within six months from the date of the sale, a refund there of shall be made to the defaulter and any surplus not claimed within six mouths as aforesaid shall be the property of the [Corporation]2. (3) Where the sum due and the costs of recovery are paid by the defaulter before a sale is effected; the attachment of immovable property shall be deemed to have been removed. (4) Sales of immovable property under this section shall be held in the manner laid down in the rules. (5) After sale of the immovable properly as aforesaid, the Mukhya Nagar Adhikari shall put the person declared to be the purchaser in possession of, the same and shall grant him a certificate to the effect that he has purchased the property to which the certificate refers. (6) It shall be lawful for the Mukhya Nagar Adhikari on behalf of the [Corporation]2 to offer a nominal bid in the case of any immovable property put up for sale, provided the previous approval of the Executive Committee is obtained to such bidding. (7) The Mukhya Nagar Adhikari may direct the removal from the immovable property by any police officer of any person who obstructs him in any action taken in pursuance of sub-section (5) and may also use such force as is reasonably necessary to effect entry on the said property.