Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) After a scheme has come into (force under sub-section' (1) of section 44, the State Govt. shall appointawater Committee to execute thescheme, subject to the SuperintendenCe, direction and control of the Canal Ofiicer appointed by the State Govt. for the purpOSe. (2) The water Committee shall consist of five persons 0; as may be prescribed, appointed from amongst the owners and occupiers of lands included in- the scheme. . (3) The member or the members may be appointed by the State Government or any oflicer-th'ereof duly empowered by it in that behalf. (4) The members of the Committee shall ordinarily hold office for a period of two years from the date of their appointment. (5) The members of the Committee shall hold oflice at the pleasure of the State Government and the State Government may terminate the appointment of all or any of the members of the Committee at any time by an order in writing in that behalf. (6) The water committee may meet from time to time, and may follow such procedure as it deems fit for the transaction of its business. _ (7) the water Committee shall :—- (a) manage the irrigation wprk and ensure proper diStribution of water to the lands included In the scheme; (b) decide the crops to be grown during any period or periods according to the provision of the scheme; (0 carry out day to day maintenance and ,repairs of the irrigation work; . 4 , (d) maintain the irrigation system of' the irrigation work beyond the outlet in a fit condition for supply of water; assist the canal Ofl‘icer—~ (e) (i) to detecting and preventing encroachment in the irrigation work and on the lands appertaining theretu; 21 . (6) The applicant may resubmit the proposal to the/ Board V after removing the defects or objectionable features and such appli- cation shall“ be disposed of by the Board under sub-section (3) as if -it were a fresh application. ‘ (7) If in course of execution of any work after obtaining the permission of the Board, the applicant desires to make any substantial alteration in the approved plan, a fresh application shall be made to the Board as if the modified plan constituted a fresh proposal and, pending the disposal of such fresh application by the Board under , sub—section (3), the construction work shall be suspended by the applicant. , (8) Any person feeling aggrieved by an orderissued by the Board under sub-section (3) sanctioning any proposal subject to conditions or rejecting it, may, Within three months of the date of the order of the Board, prefer an appeal to the State Government whose order in the matter shall be final. (9) If any person constructs or re-constructs any structure or lays out any means of access Without obtaining the permission of the Board, or where permission of the Board has been obtained, makes in course of execution of the work any Substantial deviation from the approved plan, the Board may, without prejudice to any other proceedings which may be taken againsthim, have the structure removed or the means of access closed and recover from him the expenditure involved, together with 13% departmental charges, in accordance with the procedure prescribed under Section 23 in so far as that-procedure is applicable. ('10) The Poard shall be the sole judge of what constitutes substantial deviation from the approved plan for purposes of sub- section (9}i a - . . v . . .