(1) On receipt of an order of the Government Po- te diract under section 9, the Land Improvement Board shall pmpamios direct the preparation of a scheme for the areas spcified io "fsw the order.
. (2) The Land Improvement Board may, if satisfied that it is necessary so to do, direct the preparation of a scheme in respect of any area in a district other than-
(a) the area speqified in the order of the Government undet section 9; and
(6) a river valley catchment area specified in the notification under sub-section( 1) of section 13.
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(3) Oa the issue of a ciirection pnder sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the Land Improvement Board shall appoint an ~ f i c e r -to prepare, in accordance with such instructiorr as tlie Land Improvement Board may issue, a draft sc:hzme setting out- (c r ) the objects of the scheme ;
(b) the boundaries and aJProximate area of the lands to be included in the scheme ;
(cj the persons, including the Government, who will be affected bjr the scheme;
(d) the works, if any, to be carried out under the . scheme ; - - (el the agency ' or agencies through which any such wcrk shall be carrie. d out ;
(f) the beni ts expected directly to 'the lands in which the scheme shall be executed and indirectly off-site to other lands as well as reduction in sedimentation to reservoirs and reduction of flood damage, prevention of road-slips, land-slides and reclamation of lands; and
(g) such other particulars as may be prescribed.'
(4) The draft scheme so prepared shall be submitted to the Land Improvement Bpard which may approve it either with or without modifications or may reject it , and prepare, or cause to be prepared, another draft scheme.
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(5) Whenever the Land Improvement Board prepares . --U. .. s". .. . or approves any draft scheme, it shall appoint an officer called the Inquiry Officer for the purposes hereinafter specified.
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ion 16. (1) The draft scheme prepared or approved by the Land Improvement Board under sub-section (4) of section 15 together with the connected maps and plans, if any, shall be fcr~wb~ic l : to tke Collector who shall publish it in the District Gazette and also in the prescribed manner in every village and at the headquarters of the taluk, in which , the lsrnds included in the scheme are situated.
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(2) The Collector shall simultaueously with the . . . - .
publication of the scherr.: ir the Pictrict Gazette under - .
sub-section (1) require all persons affected by che scheme who wish to make any objection to the scheme or part thereof, to submit their oi~jections in writing to the Inquiry Officer or to appear before him and state their .objections.
within thirty days of the date of the publication of the draft scheme in the village.
17. The Inquiry Officer shall inquire into the objections Inquiry ~ f f i - received or recorded by him and submit them to the Land ccr toconsider obj i c- Improvement Board together with his report thereon and ,ions and his recommendations, if any, for the modification of the submit draft scheme. I report to the Lan:'. Im- 'provement 'Board