Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
With the object of consolidating holdings in any village, mahal, 51[taluka or tahsil] or any part thereof for the purpose of better cultivation of lands therein, the 52[State] Government may 53[of its own motion or on an application made in that behalf] declare by a notification in the Official Gazette and by publication in the prescribed manner in the village or villages concerned its intention to make a scheme for the consolidation of holdings in such village or villages or part thereof as may be specified. On such publication in the village concerned the 52[State] Government may appoint a Consolidation Officer who shall proceed to prepare 54* * * a scheme for the consolidation of holdings in such village or villages or part thereof, as the case may be 55[in the manner hereinafter provided.] 56[15A. (1) The Consolidation Officer shall, after giving due notice to the land owners concerned and the village committee, visit each of the concerned villages and shall, in consultation with the village committee, proceed to prepare a scheme for the consolidation of holdings which shall include such statements, records and maps as may be prescribed. (2) In preparing the scheme, the Consolidation Officer shall have regard to the procedure which the State Government may from time to time prescribed in regard to the number of blocks in which the village lands are to be grouped, the manner of allotting new plots to each owner, the recommendations of the village committee and such other matters as may be prescribed.]