(1) There shall be a pipe committee for each pipe outlet consisting of a president, who shall be the chief executive authority of the pipe committee, and such number of members as may be prescribed. The president and the members of each pipe committee shall be elected by the land-holders under the pipe outlet from among themselves in such manner as may be prescribed. The term of office of the members including the president of the pipe committee shall be 6[three years] from the date of assumption of their respective offices.
7[Provided that the members including the President of the Pipe Committee shall continue to hold office up to the date of next reconstitution of the Pipe Committee in accordance with the provisions of this sub-section.]
(2) The procedure to be followed at the meetings of the pipe committee, the powers and duties of the president and the disqualifications and removal of the president and members thereof, shall be such as may be prescribed.
6. Substituted by Act No.1 of 1993.
7. Added by Act No.1 of 1993.
Constitution of a pipe committee and its functions.
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(3) The pipe committee in which the power to administer and supervise the irrigation system under the pipe outlet concerned vests, shall be responsible to perform the following, among other functions, namely:-
(a) the construction, maintenance, repair and upkeep of the irrigation system under the pipe outlet at the cost and expenses of the land-holders;
(b) to carry out obligations on behalf of the land holders, if the land-holders fail to do so, and recover costs thereof from them in such manner as may be prescribed;
(c) to enforce warabandi and to regulate supply of water for irrigation to each land-holding by turns or rotation according to the time schedule approved by the Irrigation Officer;
(d) to regulate and control water supply for irrigation by volumetric measurement in the manner specified by the Irrigation Officer;
(e) to prevent unauthorised and unlawful use of water for irrigation;
(f) to supervise the irrigation system with a view to preventing waste of water and damage to the system;
(g) to perform such other functions as may be prescribed.
6. If the pipe committee fails to carry out obligations on behalf of the land-holders as required by or under this Act, the Irrigation Officer may, after giving notice to the pipe committee, carry out the said obligations and recover the costs thereof from the land-holders in the manner provided in section 5.
Irrigation Officer to carry out works on failure of pipe committee.
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7. The Government may, in order to carry out the purposes of this Act, by notification constitute such board, committee or other body for one or more command areas or any parts thereof as may be specified therein ; and invest the board, committee or body so constituted with such powers and functions as they may deem fit.
CHAPTER-III Obligations of land holders
8. Every land-holder under a pipe outlet shall be responsible,–
(i) to carry out systematic land development at his cost, according to the scheme formulated by the Land Development Officer;
(ii) to maintain the irrigation system under the pipe outlet in good repair, at his cost; proportionately as prescribed;
(iii) to use water for irrigation economically and without wastage by adopting such techniques and regime as may be prescribed.
9. It shall be the duty of a land-holder to take steps to maximise production from his land by adopting such scientific and modern techniques of farm management as may be notified from time.to time by such authority,as may be prescribed.
10. Every land-holder shall take such precautionary and preventive measures as may be necessary so as not to cause damage to the adjacent land holdings.
Power to constitute Boards, Committees, etc.
Obligations of a land holder.
Farm management.
Safeguarding adjacent holdings.
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CHAPTER-IV Systematic land development
11. All lands comprising the command area under a pipe outlet shall form into a single unit for purposes of-
(i) systematic land development ;
(ii) maintenance and upkeep of irrigation system.
12. The Commissioner may, by notification, specify the command areas under his jurisdiction in which all or any of the works under systematic land development shall be taken up in one or more instalments and also specify the officers for command area development works in such command areas.