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Power to construct water-courses at cost of perma-nent holders - (t) Notwithstanding anything contained in the tore going provisions of this Chapter, the State Government may, subject to rules made under this Act, enter into a contract with one or more of the permanent holders of irrigable land in a village, mahal or chak whereby the State Government undertakes to construct water-courses and the permanent holders undertake to bear the cost ot construction and maintenance. (2) When land not held by a permanent holder bound by such contract is required for the construction of a water- course, it shall be deemed to be required for a public purpose and shall be acquired in accordance with the provisions at the land Acquisition Act, 1894 (No.1 of 1894).