Section 10. Breach of agreement.

On receiving an application from aparty aggrieved by the non-compliance or violation of any condition of lease agreement under this Act, or breach of such agreement, the Competent Authority by issuing show cause notice, require the other party, to immediately stop such violation or breach and comply with the lease agreement and to personally furnish a compliance report in this regard or else show cause as to why such fine at a maximum rate of fifty thousand per hectare as the Competent Authority may specify should not be imposed on such party. After considering the reply to the show cause notice and the evidence on affidavit, and after hearing both the parties, the Competent Authority may pass appropriate order for ensuring compliance of the lease agreement and the case shall be disposed of after ascertaining the compliance of such order: Provided that, if the Competent Authority is satisfied that the compliance of the lease agreement is not possible, then he shall order termination of the agreement and determine the claims of both the parties and may imposed fine upto a maximum rate of rupees fifty thousand per hectare, the party responsible for breach of agreement, which shall be recoverable as an arrears of land revenue: Provided further that, the State Government shall be competent to prescribe higher limit for the maximum rate of fine that can be imposed under this section, by making rules in this regard.