Section 50 in The Himachal Pradesh Minor Canals Act, 1976
50. Compensation for a right of user or in the form of supply of water.
- With the consent of the parties, the Collector may, when assessing the amount of compensation to be paid, direct, in the case of any acquisition of land, that the property in such land shall remain with the owner subject to a right of user so long as the land is required for the purpose of the canal or water-course, compensation being awarded for the right of user only, or in the case of an acquisition of canal, or of land for the purposes of a canal, that the compensation shall take the form in whole or in part of a right to a supply of water from the canal which hos been acquired or for the purposes for which land has been acquired.
