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for the maintenance of a water-supply in springs, rivers and tanks; rv. for the protection of public roads, public bridges, railways and other lines of communication; v. for the preservation of public health. (2) the (State)1 Government may, for any such purpose, construct at its own expense in or upon any forest or waste land, such work as it thinks fit. (3) No notification shall be made under sub- section (I) nor shall any work be begun under sub- section (2) until after the issue of notice to the owner of such forest or land calling on him to show cause, within a reasonable period to be specified in such notice, why such notification should not be made or work constructed, as the case may be, and until his objections, if any and any evidence he may produce in support of the same, have been heard by an Penalties Nothing in this chapter to prohibit acts done in certain cases. Protection of forests for special purposes. officer not below the rank of Deputy Commissioner duly appointed in that behalf. (4) All objections filed under the proceeding subsection, together with the proceedings of the Special Officer relating thereto, shall b€ referred to the [State]1 Government for orders. On receipt of such reference, and after hearing such further cause as the objector may have to show, tie [State]1 Government shall pass such orders as it thinks fit. In any case in which an order under sub-section (I) or action under Sub-section (2) is, in the opinion of the [State]' Government, likely to disturb substantially the owner's rights in the land to which such order or action relates, the [State]1 Government may award to such owner such compensation as it may deem equitable : Provided that any compensation so paid shall be deducted from the amount payable to the owner under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, in the event of action being taken under the provisions of section 36 C.