law: The Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002
  27. Recovery of cost
  
  of removal of unauthorised occupation and fine imposed.-
  1.  Where
  
  a Highway Administration or the officer authorised by such Administration in
  
  this behalf has removed any unauthorised occupation or made any construction
  
  including alteration of construction in respect of any unauthorised occupation
  
  or repaired any damage under sub-section (2) of section 36, the expenditure
  
  incurred in such removal or repair together with fifteen per cent. of
  
  additional charges or any fine imposed under this Act shall be recoverable in
  
  the manner hereinafter provided in this section.
  2.  The
  
  Highway Administration or the officer authorised in this behalf by such
  
  Administration shall serve a copy of the bill in the prescribed form indicating
  
  therein the expenditure, additional charges or fine recoverable under
  
  sub-section (1) on the person from whom such expenditure, additional charges or
  
  fine is recoverable and the provisions of section 26 relating to the service of
  
  notice shall apply for the service of copy of the bill under this sub-section
  
  as if for the word "notice" the word "bill" has been
  
  substituted in that section.
  3.  A
  
  copy of the bill referred to in sub-section (2) shall be accompanied with a
  
  certificate issued by the Highway Administration or the officer authorised by
  
  such Administration in this behalf and the amount indicated in the bill shall
  
  be the conclusiv proof that such amount is the expenditure actually incurred
  
  for all or any of the purposes referred to in sub-section (1) as indicated in
  
  the bill.
  4.  Where
  
  a Highway Administration or the officer authorised in this behalf by such
  
  Administration has removed any unauthorised occupation or made any construction
  
  including alteration of construction in respect of any unauthorised occupation
  
  or repaire any damage under sub-section (2) of section 36, the material, if
  
  any, recovered as a result of such removal, construction, alteration or repair
  
  shall be retained in possession of the Highway Administration or such officer
  
  till the payment of the bill in respect thereof served under sub-section (2)
  
  and on payment of such bill such material shall be returned to the person
  
  entitled for the material, but in case of the failure of such payment within
  
  the time specified for the payment in the bill, the mat rial may be sold by
  
  auction by the Highway Administration or such officer and after deduction of
  
  the amount payable under the bill from the proceeds of the auction, the
  
  balance, if any, shall be returned to the person entitled therefor.
  5.  In
  
  case where the proceeds of the auction under sub-section (4) is less than the
  
  amount recoverable under the bill referred to in that sub-section, the
  
  difference between such proceeds and the amount so recoverable or where no such
  
  auction has been m de, the amount recoverable under the bill shall, in case of
  
  failure of the payment within the time specified in the bill, be recoverable as
  
  the arrears of land revenue.