(1) Subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf the Government may, having regard to resources of land and water, nature of soil, climate and other technical Power to specify principles of localisation.
[Act No.15 of 1984] 25 considerations, by an order, specify for each command area principles of localisation for the purpose of irrigation.
(2) The Government may, having regard to the advancement in technology of land and water management and other agronomic practices, alter, from time to time by an order, the principles of localisation so specified for any command area.
Explanation:–The term “principles of localisation” shall include the prescription of seasons of the irrigation, the type of irrigation, such as wet, irrigated dry, double crop, or single crop, or perennial irrigation.
25. Subject to such directions as may be issued from time to time by the Government, the District Collector, may, in any year, having regard to the quantity of water available in any irrigation system within his jurisdiction, classify, by an order, within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed lands under the said irrigation system for the purpose of raising such kind of crops on each class of land as may be specified in the order, and regulate the supply of water for irrigation accordingly.