(1) For obtaining supply of irrigation water for any agricultural land in a notified area every intending user shall submit at least thirty days before the date from which the supply is wanted an indent in the prescribed form containing prescribed particulars to the Project Authority and shall also deposit the user's levy at the rate fixed by the Government for a Project for the crop on the basis of the total supply applied for. The farmer before making his indent shall also ensure that outstanding development levy has also been cleared.
(2) On grounds of hardship or in the interest of cultivation the Project Authority may accept the indent at any time before the date of actual supply.
17. The Project Authority shall receive all, indent and. user's levy against proper receipt in the prescribed form and shall examine all valid indents and when statisfied that the water indented is required for use for irrigation of agricultural lands, pass the indent in full or with any variation as may be necessary in the public interest or for the purposes of this Act, or refuse any indent, subject however to the decision of the revisional and appellate authority.