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Any user of ground water may give notice in writing to the Ground Water Authority to treat as confidential, any specimen taken under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 13 or any other information or return furnished by him under clause (e) of sub-section (1) of that section and thereupon the Ground Water Authority shall not allow that specimen or other information or return, except in so far as it contains or affords information as to water resources and supplies and geological conditions, to be published or shown to any person (not being an officer of the Government), unless the person giving the notice consents thereto. Service of orders, etc., 15.(1) Every order under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 13 and every notice under clause (e) of sub-section (1) of that section shall be served,- (a) by giving or tendering the order of notice or by sending it by post to the user for whom it is intended; or (b) if such user cannot be found, by affixing the order of notice on some conspicuous part of his last known abode or place of business or by giving or tendering the order of notice to some adult male member or servant of his family or by causing it to be affixed on some conspicuous part of the land or building in which the well is being sunk. (2) Where the person on whom an order or a notice is to be served is a minor, service upon his guardian in the manner provided in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be service upon the minor. Delegation of powers