Section 5 in Tamil Nadu Village Panchayats (Transfer of Irrigation Functions To Village Panchayats and Panchayat Union Councils) Rules, 1999
5. Power to regulate supply of water, etc.
- The village panchayat or panchayat union council, as the case may be, shall have the power to regulate the manner and order in which the lands in the village under the irrigation work shall be irrigated, the time at which the supply of water shall commence, the period during which the supply of water shall continue and the total quantity of water to be supplied. But, the village panchayat or panchayat union council, as the case may be, shall so exercise its power of regulation so as to interfere with, any established customary right to preferential or proportional supply.
