(1) The State Authority shall function under the overall control and supervision of the State Government.
- (2) If the State Authority is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient in the public interest to control and /or regulate the extraction or the use or both of ground water in any form in any area it may advise the State Government to declare any such area to be a notified area for the purpose of this Act with effect from such date as may be specified therein. The declaration shall be notified in the Official Gazette:
Provided that the date as specified in the notification shall not be earlier than three months from the date of publication of the said notification.
(3) Every such notification shall, in addition to its publication in the Official Gazette, be published in not less than one daily regional language newspaper having wide circulation in the State, and also be served in such manner as the State Government may think fit and all or any of the following modes may be followed in effecting such services, namely:- .(a) by affixing a copy of the notification to some conspicuous part o f the offices of the village Panchayats located in the said area;
(b) by proclaiming by beat of drum or by means of loudspeakers the contents of the notification in the said area;
(c) in such other manner as may be prescribed.
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(4) If in the opinion of the State Authority, the availability of ground water has improved in the notified ar**̂ , it may advise the State Government to de-notify such area and the Government may do so according to the procedure provided under sub-section (2) of section 5 for notifying the area.
(5) The State Authority shall also take steps to ensure that exploitation o f ground water resources does not exceed the safe yield limit of the aquifers. Wherever there is mismatch, steps will be taken to ensure augmentation of ground water resources in addition to regulatory measures.
(6) The State Authority shall maintain and upkeep the data-base on ground water related information.
Grant o f permit to extract and use ground water in the notified area