Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
For clause (d) clauses (d) and (dd) substituted by Act No.7 of 2003, S.2. under any law, for the time being in force, which lends money for the development of the area of operation of the farmers’ organisation; (n) “Government” means the State Government of Andhra Pradesh; (o) “hydraulic basis” means the basis for identifying a viable irrigated area served by one or more hydraulic structures such as headworks, distributories, minors, pipe outlets and the like; (p) “irrigation system” means such major, medium and minor irrigation system for harnessing water for irrigation and other allied uses from Government or Corporation source and includes reservoirs, open head channels, diversion systems, anicuts, lift irrigation schemes, tanks, wells and the like; Explanation: (1) ‘Major Irrigation system’ means irrigation system under Major Irrigation Project having irrigable command area of more than 10,000 hectares 1[Such system may have three tiered Farmers Organisation, namely;- (i) Water Users Association at primary level; (ii) Distributory Committee at Secondary level; and (iii) Project Committee at Project level;] (2) ‘Medium Irrigation system’ means irrigation system under Medium Irrigation Project having irrigable command area of more than 2000 hectares and upto 10,000 hectares 2[Such system may have two tiered Farmers Organisation, namely:- (i) Water Users Association at primary level; and (ii) Project Committee at Project level.] (3) ‘Minor Irrigation system’ means irrigation system under minor irrigation project having irrigable command area upto 2,000 hectares 3[Such system may have single tiered Farmers Organisation, namely:- Water Users Association;] (q) “land holder” means an owner and or a tenant recorded as such in the record of rights under the Andhra Pradesh Record of Rights in Land Act, 1971 (Act 26 of 1971) in respect of land in the notified ayacut area of an irrigation system; (r) “maintenance” means execution of such works on the irrigation system as are necessary to ensure that the physical system designed to the standards operates for proper distribution of water to the land holders in the area of operation; (s) “notification” means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, and the expression ‘notified’ shall be construed accordingly; (t) “operational plan” means a schedule of irrigation deliveries with details of the mode and duration of supplies drawn up for regulation of irrigation in the command area of an irrigation system; (u) “prescribed” means prescribed by the Government by rules made under this Act; 4[(uu) “Superintending Engineer” means the Superintending Engineer of 5[Water Resources] Department incharge of concerned Farmers’ Organisations;]