Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Declaration of assured irrigable command area of a canal (1) The Divisional Canal Officer or officer authorised by the State Government may, for the purpose of this Act, by notification, declare any area to be assured irrigable command area which shall comprise of such lands the irrigation of which is assured by direct or indirect flow from a canal during, such period of the year as may be specified in the notification which in the opinion of the Divisional Canal Officer or any officer authorised by the State Government, be sufficient for maturity of the crops during the said period, and any area to be probable irrigable command area which shall comprise of such lands the irrigation of which is unassured and is subject to availability of water during the said period. (2) A public notice shall be affixed for the recovery of rent in such area in all the offices of the Gram Panchayat, police-station, office of the Anchal Adhikaris and in all Cutcheries of the State Government and the substance of the notice shall be announced by beat of drum in all the village falling in the notified area and the substance shall be published in two consecutive number of two newspapers circulating in the area.