(1) No land acquired for a field-channel shall be used for any other purpose without the previous consent of a Canal Officer duly empowered to grant such permission.
(2) No field-channel shall be altered except with the permission in writing of the Canal Officer especially empowered in this behalf.
Obligation of owner of fieldchannel.
Arrangement with owner by other person.
Canal Officer afer enquiry may authorise supply or declare applicant to be joint owner.
Prohibition of land acquired for fieldchannel for other purpose;
and prohibition against alteration of fieldchannel.
31. If any owner of a field-channel fails to fulfil any obligation imposed upon him by clause (a) or (b) of sub-section (1) of section 27, any Canal Officer duly empowered in this behalf may require him by notice to execute the necessary work or repair within a period, to be specified in such notice, of not less than fifteen days, and, in the event of failure, may execute the same on his behalf, and, except as hereinafter provided in section 33, all expenses incurred in the execution of such work or repair shall be a sum due by such owner to the Appropriate Authority.
32. If a Canal Officer duly empowered in this behalf is satisfied that the owner of a field-channel has persistently failed to repair the fieldchannel and the Canal Officer accordingly was required to carry out the repairs under section 31, the Canal Officer may by an order in writing with the previous approval of the Officer who is next higher in rank revoke the sanction for the supply of water to the owner of that field-channel :
Provided that no such order shall be made without giving to the owner of the field-channel a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
33. Every person other than an owner who uses any field-channel in respect of which any repair has been executed by a Canal Officer under section 31 shall, in the absence of any agreement between the parties or of any condition imposed under section 29, at the time such person was authorised to use such field-channel to the contrary, be liable to pay to the Appropriate Authority such proportion of the expenses incurred in the execution of such repairs as shall be determined by the said Canal Officer.
Schemes for compulsory construction of field-channels