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(1) Any two or more farmers owning or ~~~~~~f- 0 r~~~·having a right in any agricultural land in com- mers and pact area may form a group and apply to the request for I · t' Offi · h 'b d preparing a rnga 10n cer in t e prescn e manner re- >cheme. questing him to frame a scheme for the purpose of implementation of the provisions of this Act. (2) On receipt of such. application, the Irriga- tion Officer may enter- upon any land proposed to be affected by the scheme and make the necessary enquiry or survey about the feasibility of the scheme and if he is satisfied about the feasibility of the scheme, he shall prepare a draft scheme and forward it to the applicant farmers for suggestions and objections. (3) After considering such suggestions and objections as may be made by the applicant far- mers, the Irrigation Officer may make such modifications in the draft scheme as he may think fit, and the draft scheme, as so modified, should be sent by him to the bank to enable it to consider the feasibility of the scheme, the credit worthiness of the farmers in question and the question whether it is prepared to finance the scheme. ( 4) If the bank indicates tts willingness to finance the scheme, the Irrigation Officer shall finalise the scheme and send a copy of the finalis- ed scheme to the applicant farmers and also to the bank. e20 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXT~AORDINARY, SEPT. 1, 1971 (5) On receipt of th~ notice from the Bank each farmer shall deposit the margin money with the Bank in the manner prescribed. If any far.:: mer refuses OT fails to deposit the margin money within the time prescribed, any one or more of the other farmers of the group concerned may deposit the margin money of the defaulting farmer with the Bank. (6) Whenever required by the Bank, the farmers will execute mortgage deed or deeds of charge in respect of the lands made charge- able for securing repayment of the loans to be advanced by the Bank to the farmers -of _the group. ·,_-i:.-_ v 2-..:~ ~'.. ii . Sil Enforcement 4 (1) When it appears to any Irriga_ tion of Scheme · · on unwil!ingOfficer having jurisdiction over the area that farmer£. framing and implementation of a scheme under Implementa• tion of scheme. this Act for any compact area is not possible owing to the failure of any one or more of the farmers having interset in any portion of such area to join the group, he may, on being satisfi- ed after giving an opportunity to the farmer of being heard, in the manner as may be prescrib- ed, that there is no reasonable ground for the farmer or farmers refusing to jo~n a group and that such joining is necessary and essential in the public interest, direct him to join the group within such time as may be prescribed. (2) If such farmer fails to join· the group, the other farmers of the group formed for the purpose, may deposit the margin money in the manner laid down in sub-section (5) of section 3 and thereafter all the provisions of this Act shall apply to the defaulting farmer concerned.