(1)The Chief Engineer of Major Irrigation project may delineate the entire commanded area of the project into such number of distributary areas as the total number of distributaries in the project.(2)That total ayacut area irrigated by a particular distributary shall be declared to be the distributary area of such distributary, which shall be duly notified by the Chief Engineer of the Project.(3)The areas of the different distributaries of the project shall be distinct and shall not overlap one another.(4)All the Pani Panchayats situated within a particular distributary area shall form part of the distributary area.
