Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) All khasmahal lands, other Government lands, and interests therein belonging to the State Government shall, unless the State Government otherwise directs by any general or special order and subject to such rules as may be made by the State Government in this behalf, be managed by the Collector of South 24- Parganas who is declared as Chief Revenue Officer for the purposes of this Act: Provided that the State Government may entrust the management of such lands belonging to it in any area to such authority as may be prescribed and such authority shall, thereupon, manage the lands subject to the control of the State Government and in accordance with such rules as may be made in this behalf. (2) The State Government may, while making rules under section 21, provide for establishment of any Government company or any co-operative society or any institution or authority or agency in the public interest for utilisation of any land. CHAPTER IV Miscellaneous 15, The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, delegate any of its powers to be exercised, to any authority subordinate to it subject to such reservations as may be specified in the notification.