15. Disputes between telegraph authority and local authority.__ (1) If any dispute arises
between the telegraph authority and a local authority in consequence of the local authority refusing
the permission referred to in section 10, clause (c), or prescribing any condition under section 12, or
in consequence of the tele graph authority omitting to comply with a requisition made under section
13, or otherwise in respect of the exercise of the powers conferred by this Act, it shall be determined
by such officer as the 1[Federal Government] may appoint either generally or specially in this behalf.
(2) An appeal from the determination of the officer so ap pointed shall lie to the 1[Federal
Government]; and the order of the 1[Federal Government] shall be final.
Provisions applicable to other Property
16. Exercise of powers conferred by section 10, and disputes as to compensation, in case of
property other than that of a local authority.__ (1) If the exercise of the powers mentioned in
section 10 in respect of property referred to in clause (d) of that section is resisted or obstructed, the
District Magistrate may, in his discre tion, order that the telegraph authority shall be permitted to
exercise them.
(2) If, after the making of an order under subsection (1), any person resists the exercise of those
powers, or, having control over the property, does not give all facilities for their being exer cised, he
shall be deemed to have committed an offence under section 188 of the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of
1860).
(3) If any dispute arises concerning the sufficiency of the compensation to be paid under section
10, clause (d), it shall, on application for that purpose by either of the disputing parties to the District
Judge within whose jurisdiction the property is situate, be determined by him.
(4) If any dispute arises as to the persons entitled to receive compensation or as to the proportions
in which the persons interested are entitled to share in it, the telegraph authority may pay into the
Court of the District Judge such amount as he deems sufficient, or, where all the disputing parties
have in writing ad mitted the amount tendered to be sufficient or the amount has been determined
under subsection (3), that amount; and the District Judge, after giving notice to the parties and
hearing such of them as desire to be heard, shall determine the persons entitled to receive the
compensation or, as the case may be, the propor tions in which the persons interested are entitled to
share in it.
(5) Every determination of a dispute by a District Judge under subsection (3) or subsection (4)
shall be final:
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall affect the right of any person to recover by suit the
whole or any part of any compensation paid by the telegraph authority from the person who has
received the same.
1 Subs. by the Telegraph (Amdt.) Act, 1975 (67 of 1975), s. 2, for “Cen t ral Government” which was originally subs. by A. O., 1937, for “L. G.”.
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