Section 2(5)(z) in The Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority Act, 2005
(z)"sub-surface entitlement" means an Individual or Bulk Water Entitlement to a volumetric quantity of water to be extracted in the command area of the irrigation project from a tube well, bore well or other well or by any other means of extraction of sub-surface water, or a group or field or wells duly and legally permitted, registered and constructed in accordance with standards prescribed by the Authority;