Section 18: Lands may be assigned for special purposes, and when assigned, shall not be otherwise used without sanction of Collector

Subject to the general orders of the Government, it shall be lawful for a survey officer during the course of survey operations under this Code, and at any other time, for the Collector, to set apart unoccupied lands (not in the lawful occupation of any person), in villages or parts thereof for forest or fuel reserve, for free pasturage of village cattle or for grass or fodder reserve, for burial or ---10--- cremation ground, for gaothan, for camping ground, for threshing floor, for bazaar, for skinning ground, for public purposes such as roads, lanes, parks, drains or for any other public purpose; and the lands assigned shall not be otherwise used without the sanction of the Collector and in the disposal of lands under section 21 due regard shall be had to all such special assignments.