Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Provided that the officers and staff required by the State Authority will be provided, initially, by the Irrigation and other concerned departments. (2) The functions and other terms and conditions of service ofthe·employees shall be such as may be prescribed: (1) (2) Provided that the employees placed at the disposal of the State Authority by the Irrigation and/or other concerned departrnent(s) shall draw their salaries and allowances from the respective parent department(s) and other terms and conditions of such employees shall be governed by the rules and regulations etc. applicable to them in the respective partnt department(s). Th.e State Authority shall function under the overall control and supervision of the State Government. If the State Authority is of the opinion that it is necessary ·or expedient in the public interest to control and /or regulate the· extraction or the use or both of ground water in any form in any area it may advise the State Government to declare any such area t<> be a notified area for the purpose of this Act with effect from such date as may be specified therein. The declaration shall be notified in the Official Gazette: . Provided that the date as specified in the notification shall not be earlier than three months from the date of publication of the said notification. (3) Every such notification shall, in addition to its publication in the ·official Gazette, be published in not less than one daily regional language newspaper having wide circulation in the State, and also be served in such manner as the State Government may think fit and all or any of the following modes may be followed in effecting such services. namely:- .(a) by affixing a copy of the notification to some eonspicuoys part of the offices of the village Panchayats located in the said area; (b) by proclaiming by beat of drum or by means of loudspeakers the contents of the notification in the said area; ( c) in such other manner as may be prescribed. -~- .:J 2010 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MAY 19, 2012 Grant of permit to extract and use ground water in the notified area. (4) If in the opinion of the State Authority, the availability of ground water has improved ·in the notified ar~, it may advise the State Govemllient to de-notify such area and the Govermnent may do so according to the procedure provided under sub-section (2) of section 5 for notifying the area. (5) The State Authority shall also take steps to ensure that exploitation of ground water resources does not exceed the safe yield limit of the aquifers. Wherever there is mismatch, steps will be taken to ensure augmentation of ground water resources in addition to regulatory measures. (6) The State Authority shall maintain and upkeep the data-base on ground water related information.