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Substitt~tcd by thc Otissa Consolidation of Holdings and Prevention of Fragmentation of Land (Amfldmcnt) Act;; 1979 (Or. Act 3 1 of 1979). s. 2 k) w. e. f. 23rd May, 1979. (Sec. 2 catrtd.) (ii) land which, in the opinion of the Direc- tor of Consolidatior, is subject to severe fluvia1 action, inteilsive soil erosion or prolonged water-logging or is otherwise u& for cultivation ; and (iii) such other areas as the Director of Consolidation may declare to be un- suitable for the purpose of consoli- dation: [Provided that no such declaration shall be made on a-daim preferred by any land-owner if such claim is preferred after the date of ' - publication of the Provisional consolidation ,S&~me . . relating to the area under section 1 8; (g) "consolidation area" means the area in respect of w&& a not%cqti.on wder sub- sect-ion (1) of section 3 has been issued ; (h), "Conso lidation l om missioner" means the Consolidation Commissioner n ~ t s e d as - - such by the State Government to exercise . . the' poweTs and paforin the ddties of the Consolidation Commissioner under this Act and the rults made thereunder ; , - Ci)," consolidation Committee " means a Committee to be constituted far each unit in the manner for the purposes ofithis Ad which shall consist of at 1eaJ ... - . : One representative clf the landless persons and of each category of land-owners of . - . , the unit and one person from among the members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of theunit if the afore- said representatives do ilot include a mem- ber of the said Castes and Tribes ; ( j ) "Consolidation Officer" means a person notified as such by the Board of Revenue to exercise the powers and perform the duties of a Consolidation Oficer under this Act and the rules made thereunder ; , , . (kJ, c:~onsolidati6n scheme" means the scheme of consolidation prepared under this Act; - - I. Insertcd by thc Orissa Conso~idati~n or Holdingsand Prevcnflonof EraggiqLatton :of-hnd. (Amcodmen t) Act, 1979 (Or. Act 3.1 of 1979); s. 2 (c), w4r e. f. .= May, t 979. , (89-73 (a1 ];awl ' [(k-1) "co-operative society" means a society xegis!ered or deemed to have becn register- ed under the Orissa Co-operative Societies Act, 1962 and includes a Land Development orissa ~ c t 2 3ank as defined in that Act;] of 1963 (1) " Director of Consolidation " means the person notified as such by the Statc Government to exercise thc powers acd to perform the duties of the Director of Consclidation under this Act and the rules made thereunder and shall include an Additional Direct or of Consolidation, a Joint Director of ,Consolidation and a . . 'Deputy Director of Consolidation appoin- . . ted by the State Government to discharge ,..... . . . -any of-t-he functions of the Dire~tor under : .. .. this -Act ; - - . (m) "fragmect" means a compact parcel of agricultural land hdd by a land owner by himself or joimly with otbeis comprising an area which is less than :- (i) one acre in the districts of Cuttack, Puri, Balasore and Ganjam and in the Anandpur Subdivision in the district of Keonjhar ; and (ii) two acres in the other areas of the State ; '(n) "holding" means a parcel or parcels of land forming the subject-matter of a separate tenancy; . . - (0). land " means land of whatever descrip . . ' tjon ; ( p ) ' I land owner " means- (i) a raiyat ; r ' (2) a s e ~ c e tenure holder 2 (iv) a land holder, and includes a GrarnaPaochayaf,p Local Authority or a Co-operative Socrety which holds land ; :