Section 16(1) in The Maharashtra Management of Irrigation Systems by Farmers Act, 2005
(1)A Canal Officer not below the rank of Superintending Engineer, duly empowered in this behalf, may, by notification in the Official Gazette and in accordance with the rules delineate lands under irrigable command of the Project and declare it to be an area of operation of Project Level Association (PLA) for the purposes of this Act. The area of operation so declared may include both, the flow and lift irrigation.
