Section 2(1)(xvi) in Maharashtra Groundwater (Development and Management) Act, 2009
(xvi)"notified areas" means areas included in over-exploited or critical or water quality affected watershed or aquifer or any such categorization as per the groundwater estimations carried out, based on the guidelines issued, from time to time, by the Central Government and State Government, which have been notified by the State Authority for regulation of extraction of groundwater after following the procedure indicated in section 4;