(1) Irrigation panchayat shall be remunerated by the grant of commission, which shall be calculated separately for the collection of canal revenue and for administrative work.
(2) For collection, the calculation of the total amount due to each Irrigation panchayat shall be made separately for each Kist at the rate of three paise per rupee for the first Rs. 1,000 of canal revenue collected by the panchayat and two paise per rupee for all sums in excess of this amount. If any canal revenue collected by an irrigation panchayat is subsequently refunded, no recovery of commission shall be made from the irrigation pancnayat.
(3) Commission for administrative work shall be paid at the discretion of the Executive Engineer who shall determine the amount to be paid on consideration of the 90 efficiency of work done by the irrigation panchayat. The maximum sum payable shall be calculated at the rate of nine paise per acre assessed or irrigated, free of charge.
(4) In calculating the amount of commission payable on account of collection fractions of a rupee shall be treated as a rupee if they exceed fifty paise and shall be disregarded if they do not. In calculating the commission, for administrative work fractions of an acre shall be treated as an acre, If they exceed half an acre and shall be disregarded if they do not.
(5) Payments of commission on account of both Collection and administrative work shall be made twice a year by a canal officer and shall ordinarily be completed by the 30th April, for Kharif crop and 31st October for the Rabl crop. Of the total sum payable the sarpanch shall be entitled to two shares and each panch to one share. Panchas who have taken no part in the collection owing to their absence from the village at the time it was made or to their being otherwise occupied, shall receive no payment but total sum due to the irrigation panchayat shall this account. not be reduced on
171. A register of the names of Sarpanch and members of panchayats in Form 18 shall be maintained by each Amin, section subordinate, Irrigation Inspector, Sub-Divisional Officer.
Canal Deputy Collector, Executive Engineer in alphabetical order.
Section 63,93 (c) and 92 (5)
172. All entries of water supplied for irrigation on demand. under irrigation agreement.
unauthorized Irrigation on cultivated land and submerged area will be made In Form 19 called Khasra Shudhkar by the Amin. He shall record the Irrigation of each village in a separate Khasra Shudkar, tank wise and shall enter therein all fields by making survey and portal (Inspection) of each and every field which appears to him liable to assessment of water rates, and shall complete the entry of Shudhkar of Kharif, Rabi and Zaid seasons by the 30th September, 28th February and 15th May respectively in each year and submit the report with a list of fields about the irrigation of which he has reasonable doubts, to his immediate officer on or before the dates mentioned above.
173. The Amin. on completion of the entries in the Khasra Shudhkar (Final survey and measurements) shall make out parch as for each cultivator in Form 20 and the parcha signed by the Amin and the section subordinate shall be delivered by him after entering In ledger to each cultivator personally and obtain signatures in Form 21. If due to the absence of the cultivator. or cultivator's refusal to accept, or it is not possible to effect personal delivery, the parchas shall be left with the Irrigation Sarpanch, Panch. or Patel who shall deliver it to the cultivator concerned.
174. With the aid of the Khasra Shudhkar and Parchas, Amin shall prepare the following papers in the forms prescribed ;
91 1 ledger in which all entries concerning each cultivator will be brought together and totalled (Form 22).
2 KIstabandl Khatoni In which only totalled amount for which parchas have been delivered shall be entered (Form 23).
3 (iii) Abstract Kistabandi Khatoni in which entries in Col. No.1 to 13 are completed (Form 24).
175. On receipt of a parcha any cultivator may file an objection within ten days of the delivery of the parcha to Irrigation inspector or section subordinate in writing and shall be accompanied by the original parcha. The Irrigation Inspector or section subordinate shall enter all such objections In a register in Form 25 and communicate to the cultivators concerned the dates on which he shall visit the village or spot to hear objections and dispose them.
176. If for good reason an Irrigation Inspector or section subordinate is prevented from visiting a village to hear objection on the date fixed by him, he shall fix another date for his visit and shall intimate it to the occupiers concerned.
177. All objections shall be investigated within 15 days of the receipt and decided promptly.
Final orders shall be communicated to the complainant without delay.
178. The amount due from each occupier, shall be calculated to the nearest paise. Any occupier, who is in doubt regarding the correctness of the sum demanded from him, may inspect the assessment record maintained by the Amin free of charge.
179. If the cultivator served with a parch a fails to file an objection within ten days of the receipt of the parch a, the water rate assessed shall be treated as confirmed.
180. If the cultivator files an objection within ten days on receipt of parch as, the disputed amount shall not be realized until his objection has been duly inquired into and disposed off finally.