If the board of directors of the district, a board of supervisors, or officer of a board, or a county assessor or tax officer of a county neglects or refuses to perform any official act necessary to create or impress a lien of taxes or to collect taxes as required by this chapter, any person holding evidence of a matured, unpaid and undisputed indebtedness of the district may compel the performance of such official act by mandamus. The application for the writ may join as defendants all directors, boards and officers whose neglect, failure or refusal is the cause of complaint. The court may make such order as will give the party complaining the relief which is appropriate.