law: Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 
  
  52.Recovery of penalty.- 
  Where any penalty imposed on any person under
  
  section 50 is not paid.----
  ( i ) the Director-General or, as the case may be, the
  
  Chief Inspector may deduct the amount so payable from any money owing to such person
  
  which may be under his control; or
  (ii) the Director-General or, as the case may be, the Chief Inspector may
  
  recover the amount so payable by detaining or selling the goods belonging to
  
  such person which are under his control; or
  (iii) if the amount cannot be recovered from such person in the manner provided
  
  in clause (I) or clause (ii), the Director-General or, as the case may be, the
  
  Chief Inspector may prepare a certificate signed by him specifying the amount
  
  due from such person and send it to the Collector of the district in which such
  
  person owns any property or resides or carries on his business and the said
  
  Collector, on receipt of such certificate shall proceed to recover from such
  
  person the amount specified thereunder as if it were
  
  an arrear of land revenue.