Power to enter on State land for purposes of installation
97.  For the purpose of providing any telecommunication service, a public telecommunication licensee or any person authorised by that licensee in that behalf may, at any reasonable time, enter upon any State land and may, subject to the approval of the Collector of Land Revenue, erect in or upon the State land such installation or plant used for telecommunications or excavate such trenches as may be necessary or proper for the purpose of providing the telecommunication service, and may carry out all necessary works in connection therewith, and may, in the course thereof, fell or lop trees, remove vegetation and do all other things necessary for that purpose, but —
(a)where any such work interferes with improvements, buildings, growing trees or crops, the licensee shall pay compensation for any disturbance or damage; and
(b)where the land is occupied under a licence for temporary occupation, the compensation shall be paid to the occupant under the licence.