(1) Upon the completion of any improvement scheme, the municipal council shall draw up a notification stating the fact of a scheme having been made and the limits of the area comprised therein, and naming a place where particulars of the scheme, a map of the area comprised therein and a statement specifying the land which it is proposed to acquire and of the land in regard to which it is proposed to recover a betterment fee may be seen at all reasonable hours; and shall cause a copy of the said notification to be published during three consecutive weeks in the official Gazette and posted up in some conspicuous part of the municipal office and the Tahsildar's office.

(2) During the thirty days next following the day on which such notificationis published in the official Gazette, the municipal council shall serve a notice on every person whose name appears in the assessment list of the municipal council or in the land revenue register as being primarily liable to pay the property tax or land revenue assessment on any building or land which it is proposed to acquire in executing the scheme, or in regard to which the municipal council proposes to recover a betterment fee, stating that the municipal council proposes to acquire such building or land or to recover such betterment fee for the purpose of carrying out an improvement scheme and requiring an answer within thirty days from the date of service of the notice stating whether the person so served, objects to such acquisition of the building or land or to the recovery of such betterment fee, and if the person objects, the reasons for such objection.

(3) Such notice shall be signed by, or by the order of the MunicipalCommissioner or Chief Officer and shall be served in the manner specified in section 262.