Section 416 in The Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949
416. Appeals against decision of the Judge regarding payment of expenses for works executed. - (1) An appeal shall lie to the District Court from the decision of the Judge regarding the amount or payment of expenses for any work executed, when the amount of the claim in respect of which the decision is given exceeds two thousand rupees:
Provided that no such appeal shall be heard by the District Court unless it is filed within one month from the date of the decision of the Judge.(2)The decision of the Judge regarding the amount or payment of expenses for any work executed, if no appeal is filed under this section, and, if an appeal is filed, the decision of the District Court in such appeal shall be final.(3)When an appeal is filed under sub-section (1) in respect of a decision regarding the amount or payment of expenses for any work executed, the Commissioner shall defer proceedings for the recovery of the amount determined under the said section to be due pending the decision of the District Court and, after the decision, shall proceed to recover only such amount, if any, as shall be thereby determined to be due.[416A. Fees in appeals before District Court. - The State Government may, from time to time by notification in the Official Gazette, prescribe what fee, if any, shall be paid for an appeal to the District Court under sections 411, 415 or 416:Provided that the District Court may, whenever it thinks fit, receive an appeal by or on behalf of a poor person, without payment or on a part payment of the prescribed fees:Provided further that whenever an appeal made to the District Court is settled by agreement of the parties before the hearing, half the amount of the fees paid up shall be repaid by the District Court to the party by whom the same may have been paid.]V. Proceedings before Judge
