Section 113 in Telangana District Boards Act, 1955
113. Treatment of mosquito breeding places.
(1)The Board may, by notice in writing require the owner or the occupier of any place containing any collection of standing or flowing water in which mosquitoes breed or are likely to breed, within such time as may be specified in the notice, to take such measures with respect to the same, or to treat the same by such physical, chemical or diological method, as the Board, on recommendation of the Health Officer, may consider suitable in the circumstances.(2)If a notice under sub-section (1) is served on the occupier, he shall, in the absence of a contract, express or implied, to the contrary, be entitled to recover from the owner the recoverable expenses incurred by him in taking the measures or adopting the method of treatment specified in the notice and may deduct the amount of such expenses from the rent which is then or which may thereafter be due from him to the owner.
