Section 4 in The Maharashtra Land Revenue Circle Officers and Circle Inspectors, (Duties and Functions) Rules, 1970
4. Duties of Circle Officers and Circle Inspectors in time of scarcity.
- Every Circle Officer and Circle Inspector shall watch every season for detecting the signs of impending scarcity and be ready to report,whenever called upon, the crop condition of their circle. On receipt of information that the crops of any village are adversely affected by the unfavourable nature of the season, or excessive or insufficient rainfall or any other reason, they shall forthwith visit that village and make requisite enquiries and observations and report the result of such observations to the Tahsildar or, as the case may be, Naib-Tahsildar. Whenever any scarcity, or conditions akin to scarcity, are reported, the Circle Officer and Circle Inspector shall perform such functions relating to relief measures as may be entrusted to them by the State Government or by their superior officers.
