Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
With the object of consolidating holdings in any village, mahal, 1 [taluka or tahsil] or any part thereof for the purpose of better cultivation of lands therein, the 2 [State] Government may 3 [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 4 [State] Government may appoint a Consolidation Officer who shall proceed to prepare 5 * * * a scheme for the consolidation of holdings in such village or villages or part thereof, as the case may be 6 [in the manner hereinafter provided].