(1) Any person being aggrieved by an order of the revisional authority may, within thirty days from the date of such order and in accordance with such procedure and on payment of such fee, as may be prescribed, prefer an appeal before the appellate authorty, that is,—
(i) to the State Government in the Agriculture and Community Development Department if the revisional authority against whose decision the appeal is preferred was the Chief Engineer, and
(ii) to the Commissioner of the Division if the revisional authority against whose decision the appeal is preferred was the Collector.
(2) The order passed on such appeal by the appellate authority shall be final.
Appeals.
241 The West Bengal State Tubewell and Lift Irrigation Act, 1974 [West Ben. Act Powers of entry, etc.
Power to compel production of statements and documents.
Power of collector and Project Authority to enforce attendance of witnesses and production of documents.
Claims for compensation for damages.
(Chapter VL—Miscellaneous.—Sections 27-30.)
27. The Collector or the Chief Engineer or any other officer authorised by the Collector or the Chief Engineer as the case may to and his servants and workmen shall have the power, subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf, to enter upon any land or building or inspect any other property and to set up, construct, repair and maintain field channels or underground pipelines or any irrigation project and to do such other acts as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act:
Provided that the Collector or the Chief Engineer or the officer authorised as aforesaid shall not enter into any building or any dwelling house or any enclosed courtyard or garden attached to dwelling house or any land with standing crops except by previous notice in the prescribed manner to the owner or occupier thereof, as the case may be:
Provided further that no person shall be entitled to claim any compensation for damage of the land which may be caused as a result of construction and maintenance of channel or pipelines except in the manner as provided in section 30.