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(1) If any person who is jointly responsible withoythe R): the maintenance of a watet course or field channel, or jointlymgiing use of a water course with others, neglects or refuses: to: payhfi share of' the maintenanee, or to execute his share, of any work fleece? for such maintenance, the Divisional Canal Otficer, on reeeivihg-‘fiufi ll application in writing from any person injured by such neglect or re- fuml, shall serve notice on all the parties concerned that on the cXpimtion of fifteen days from the service he shall investigate the case, and shall, on the expiration of that period, inVestigate the case accor- dingly and make such order thereon as he deems fit. V - (2) Such order shall be appealable to the Superintending Canal Ollicer, whose otder thereon shall be final. ' (3) Any sum directly by such order shall be paid within a specified period. 21; (1) Whenever application is made to a Divisional Canal Officer for supply of water'from irrigation work, and it appears to him expedient that such supply should be giVen and that it should be conveyed through some field channel, he shall give notice to the per- sons responsible for the maintenance of such field channel to show cause, on aday not. less than fourteen days from the date of such notice, why- the said ,supply should not be so conveyed, and after making enquiry on such day, the Divisional Canal Officer shall determine whether and” .on what conditions the said supply shall be conveyed throngh such field channel. Provided that such application is made for lands already included in the irrigation work. ' (2) Any person, aggrieved‘by the determination of the Divisional, Canal Officer, may prefer an appeal to the Superintending Canal Officer within thirty days of such determination. . (3) When the DivisionalCanal Officer determines that Supply of water of an irrigation Work may be conveyed through any field channel as aforesaid, his decision shall, when confirmed or modified by the Superintending Canal Oflicer on appeal, be binding on the applicant and also on the persons responsible for the maintenance of the said field channel, (4) Such applicant shall not be entitled to the said channeluntil he has paid the expense of any alteration of such field channel neces- sary in order to his being supplied through it, and' also such share of the cost of such field channel as th: Divisional Canal Ofi’icer or, as the case may be, Superintending Canal Officer may determine. , ('5) Such applicant sha’l’also be liable for his share of the cost maintenance of such field channel so long as he uses it. 22- (1) Any P350n desfi'ing that a field channel should be trans- ferred from its present owner to himself may apply in writing to the Canal Oflicer, stating— . (a) that he has eudeavaured unsuccessfully to procure such transfer from the ownerbf such field channel; (b) that 'hedesires the said canal ofiicer, in his behalf and at ' his east, to do all things. necessary for procuring such tra‘néfe’r’; (c) that he is 'able to defray the cost ot' such. transter. Application for supply of water and dispoasal thereof. Transfen, of field channel a condition themo‘f. Objection to transfer & disposal thereof. Intimation of transfer. Disposal of objection and intimation thereof. Final autho— rity for disoosal of objections._ Gm hmubc pail? tam 12 (2) If the Divisional Canal Ofl‘icer considers— (a) that thesaid ti-ansfer is necessary for the bettet manage bit of the irrigation from such field channel, and (b) that the statements in the application are true. The Canal Oflicer on receipt of such an application, shall call upon the applicant to make such deposit as he considers necessary to defray the cost of the preliminary proceedings, and the amount of any compensation that may become due under the pro— visions of section 27 in respect of Such transfer, and upon such deposit being made, he shall publish a notice of the application in every village, and shall send a copy.of the notice to the Collector of every district through which such field channel pasSes. '