15. Determination of the need for field-channels and their alignment in any area.
(1)The Irrigation Officer on being satisfied that the construction of field-channels in any area is necessary in public interest for supply of water from an irrigation work to lands requiring such supply for purposes of cultivation, shall declare by notification that such field-channels may be constructed after a date to be specified in the notification, not being earlier than thirty days from the date of publication thereof. A copy of such notification shall be sent to the Tahsildar of the area for the publication in the villages concerned.(2)After the date specified in the notification under sub-section (1), the Irrigation Officer shall determine the suitable alignment for the field-channels and shall mark out the land, which in his opinion, it is necessary to occupy for the construction thereof. He shall forthwith publish a notification by affixture on the notice board in his office that so much of such land as is situated within such village or villages has been so marked out and shall send a copy of such notification to the Tahsildar for publication in every village through which the field-channel is taken and on such lands. He shall also send a copy of such notification to the Deputy Commissioner of every district in which such land is situated.
