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In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context--- (1) "beneficiary" in relation to any land benefited or likely to be benefited by the execution of a plan means- (a) in the case of land held by a bhumidhar or sirdar, such bhumidhar or sirdar ; and (b) in any other case, an owner, holder or occupier of the land whom the Bhoomi Sanrakshan Adhikari, in view of the nature of his interest in the land and the benefits or likely benefits to the land from the execution of the plan, declares in the prescribed manner to be the beneficiary, and includes the successor in interest of a beneficiary; (2) "Bhoomi Sanrakshan Adbikari" means an officer appointed under section 8 ; (3) "Board" means the Bhoomi Evam Jal Sanrakshan Board established under section 3; (4) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board; (5) "Collector", except for the purposes of section 6, includes an Additional Collector; (6) "Commissioner" includes an Additional Commissioner; 21 Dehradun No.H-1549/XII-B-1489/63 dated April 15, 1963 22 Saharanpur 23 Muzaffarnagar 24 Etawah 25 Unnao 26 Ghazipur No. H-4594/XII-B dated September 22,1964 27 Azamgarh 28 Jaunpur 29 Rae Bareli 30 Alligarh 31 Mainpuri 32 Deoria No.H-1476/XII-B-1500/63 dated May 25, 1967 33 Gorakhpur 34 Basti 35 Gonda 36 Bahraich 37 Faizabad 38 Pauri Garhwal 39 Ballia No.H-317/XII-B-1500/1963 dated March 21, 1967. 40 Bara Banki 41 Almora 42 Etah No.H-3636/XII-B-1500/1963 dated Nov. 27, 1968 43 Moradabad 44 Bareilly 45 Bijor 46 Rampur 47 Shahjanpur 48 Chamoli 49 Nainital 50 Pilibhit No.-H- 5885/XII-B-1228/69 dated Dec, 29 1971 51 Budaun 52 Hardoi 53 Lakhimpur Kheri 54 Pithoragarh 34 [The Uttar Pradesh Bhoomi Evam Jal Sanrakshan Adhiniyam, 1963] [Section 3] (7) "Director means the Director of Agriculture, Uttar Pradesh, and includes an Additional Director of Agriculture, Uttar Pradesh; (8) "Khand" means any area specified as such by the State Government under section 3 of the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Samitis and Zila Parishads Adhiniyam, 1961; (9) "plan" means a plan prepared under this Act; (10) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (11) "schedule" means a schedule to this-Act; (12) "soil and water conservation" means reclamation, maintenance and improvement of soil and water resources and includes any of the measures mentioned in the second schedule (13) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Board ; (14) "State" means the State of Uttar Pradesh ; (15) "work" means any work carried out or to be carried out under a plan and includes pasture or forest .provided for or raised under the plan ; (16) "Zila Samiti" means the Zila Bhoomi Evam Jal Sanrakshan Samiti established under section 6 ; (17) The expressions "Bhumidhar" and "Sirdar" shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950. CHAPTER II Administrative machinery Establishment and constitution of the Board