Section 13(iv) in The Bihar Irrigation and Flood Protection, (Betterment Contribution) Rules, 1961
(iv)When the crops are seriously damaged on account of the failure of the irrigation work or of the flood-protection work or the land has for some reason or the other ceased to receive irrigation from the irrigation work or to be benefited from the flood protection work, the enquiry shall be made by an officer of the Irrigation Department not below the rank of an Assistant Engineer.
