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The 13[State Government], or subject to the control of the 13[State Government], any officer or authority to whom this power may be delegated by it, may by notification direct the survey of any estate or portion of an estate or of any boundary therein,- (a) on the application in writing of the proprietor of such estate or, in the case of boundary, of any person interested therein; or (b) without such application whenever in the opinion of the 13[State Government] such survey is necessary,- (i) for the better or more convenient assessment or levy of irrigation cess; (ii) for any other reason to be recorded prior to the issue of such notification: Provided (1) that any person making an application under clause (a) shall forward with his application a statement in writing signed by him to the effect that he will pay the whole cost of the survey and if required will deposit