Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Any person aggrieved by an order of the canal'-officer made under section 51, 53 or 55, may prefer an appeal to the Appellate Authority against such order with.in thirty days from the date on which the order was communicated and the decision of the Appellate Autholity on such appeal shall be final: Provided that such appeal may be entertained 'by the Appella"te Authority after the said stipulated period if it is satisfied that there are suft"'icient reasons for condoning such delay in preferring the appeal. Regulation of use of water. (2) Every appeal prefen`ed under sub-section (I) shall be made in such manner, to such authority and shall accompanied with such fees as may be prescribed. 55.(I) No holder of agricultural land in wllich there is a tubewell, artesian well or borewell, exceeding the depth as prescribed shall allow any water from such well to be used for a purpose other than for the purpose of agricultural or of drinking or to be wasted either through leaky casing, pipe fittings, valves or pumps either above or below the surface or on account of any other reason whatsoever: Provided that the canal-officer may, subject to any general or special order of the State Governlnent, by. order allow such holder to use the water from such well for any purpose .other than for the purpose of agriculture or of drinking. (2) If in the opinion of the canal-officer water from any tubewell, altesian well or borewell exceeding the depth, as prescribed, is used for a pulpose other than for the purpose of agriculture or of dlinking, without the order of the canal-officer, or is wasted, he may after giving the holder of the agricultural land in which such well is situated, a notice of not less than thirty days, by order required him to close or seal off the well at his expense and in such manner as the canal-ofl'icer may specify in such order and the holder of agricultul`al land shall comply with such order. (3) Where any holder of agricultural land fails to comply with any order made under sub-section (2), the canal-officer may after giving the holder of the agricultural land due notice in that behalf, enter upon the land and close or seal off the well and the cost incurred therefore shall recoverable from the holder of the land as an arrear of land revenue. Penalty. 56. If any person contravenes the provisions of section 50 or 52, or the rules made under section 57 in respect of the construction or maintenance of tubewells or any of the terms and conditions specified in a licence granted under section 51 he shall, on conviction, be punishable with imprisonnlent for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extent to ten thousand rupees or with both. PART IV] 6-19 57.(I) The State Government may, by notitcation in the OfJicial Gazette, Power to make rules for carrying out the putposes of this Chapter. make rules' (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or' any of the following matters, namely :- the form of application for grant of licence under sub- section (2) of section 51, the particulars to be contained in such application and the fees to be accompanied-. with such application; the folTn of licence and terms and conditions for grant of licence under section 51; the folrn for furnishing information by the holder of an agricultural land and the form of certificate under section 52; the manner of preferring appeal and the fees payable with such appeal under section 54; the depth of the tubewells, artesian wells or borewells which shall not exceed for extracking ground water, and the rules for construction thereof under section 50; and also the terms and conditions for issuance of licence therefore; any other matters which is required to be, or may be, prescribed under this chapter. (a) Cb) (c) (d) (e) (f) .. . ~ (3) The power to make rules conferred by this section shall be subject to the condition of the rules being made after previous publicaton: Provided that if the State Government is satisted that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action, it may dispense w,ith the previous publication of any rules to he made under this section. (4) All rules made under this section shall be laid for not less than thirty days before the State Legislature, as soon as possible after they are made and shall be subject to rescission by the State Legislature or to such modification as the State Legislature may make during the session in which they are so laid or the session immediately following. (5) Any rescission or modil`ication so made by the State Legislature shall be published in the Ofcial Gazette, and shall thereupon take effect.