law: Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958
  6.Preservation of protected monument by
  
  agreement.-
  (1) the Collector, when so directed by the Central
  
  Government, shall propose to the owner of a protected monument to enter into an
  
  agreement with the Central Government within a specified period for the
  
  maintenance of the monument.
  (2) An agreement under this section may provide for all or any of the following
  
  matters, namely:-
  (a) the maintenance of
  
  the monument:
  (b) the custody of the
  
  monument and the duties of any person who may be employed to watch it;
  (c) the restriction of
  
  the owner's right-
  ( i )
  
  to use the monument for any purpose,
  (ii) to charge any fee
  
  for entry into, or inspection of, the monument,
  (iii) to destroy, remove, alter or deface the monument, or
  (iv) to build on or
  
  near the site of the monument;
  (d) the facilitates of
  
  access to be permitted to the public or any section thereof or to
  
  archaeological officers or to persons deputed by the owner or any
  
  archaeological officer or the Collector to inspect or maintain the monument;
  (e) the notice to be given to the Central Government in case the land on which
  
  the monument is situated or any adjoining land is offered for sale by the
  
  owner, and the right to be reserved to the Central Government to purchase such
  
  land, or any specified portion of such land, at its market value;
  (f)  the  payment of any expenses incurred by the owner
  
  or by the Central Government in connection with the maintenance of the
  
  monument;
  (g) the proprietary or other rights which are to vest in the Central Government
  
  in respect of the monument when any expenses are incurred by the Central
  
  Government in connection with the maintenance of the monument;
  (h) the appointment of an authority to decide any dispute arising out of the
  
  agreement; and
  ( i )
  
  any matter connected with the maintenance of the monument which is a proper
  
  subject of agreement between the owner and the Central Government.
  (3) The Central Government or the owner may,
  
  at any time after the expiration of three years from the date of execution of
  
  an agreement under this section, terminate it on giving six months' notice in
  
  writing to the other party:
  Providedthat where the agreement is terminated
  
  by the owner, he shall pay to the Central Government the expenses, if any,
  
  incurred by it on the maintenance of the monument during the five years
  
  immediately preceding the termination of the agreement or, if the agreement has
  
  been in force for a shorter period, during the period the agreement was in
  
  force.
  (4) An agreement under this section shall be binding on any person claiming to be the owner of the monument to which it relates, from, through or under a party by whom or on whose behalf the agreement was executed.