(1)The Superintending Engineer of an irrigation project may by notification and in accordance with the rules made under this Act, in this behalf, delineate every commanded area under each, of the irrigation systems on a hydraulic basis ordinarily between 300 to 600 hectares which may be considered administratively viable; and declare it to be the area of a Pani Panchayat for the purpose of this Act :Provided that in respect of the commanded area under lift irrigation systems, the entire commanded area may, as far as possible, form a single area of Pani Panchayat and may be notified as such by the concerned Executive Engineer of Orissa Lift Irrigation Corporation.
