law: Railways Act, 1989
  91. Price to he paid to person entitled after deducting
  
  dues.  
  (1) Out of the proceeds of any sale of goods under sub-section (1)
  
  of section 90 or the price payable therefor under sub-section (4) of that
  
  section, the railway administration may retain a sum equal to the freight and
  
  other charges due in respect of such goods and the expenses incurred in respect
  
  of the goods and the auction thereof and render the surplus, if any, to the
  
  person entitled thereto.
  (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the
  
  railway administration may recover by suit any such freight or charge or
  
  expenses referred to therein or balance thereof.
  (3) Any goods sold under sub-section (1) of section 90 or
  
  transferred in compliance with the directions issued under sub-section (2) of
  
  that section shall vest in the buyer or the transferee free from all
  
  encumbrances but subject to a priority being given for the sum which may be
  
  retained by a railway administration under sub-section (1), the person in whose
  
  favor such encumbrance subsists may have a claim in respect of such encumbrance
  
  against the surplus, if any, referred to in that sub-section