Section 27(1) in Orissa Pani Panchayat Rules, 2003
(1)The Executive Committee of the respective Farmers' Organisation shall, along with the assistance of the competent authority, prepare a water budget for the area of operation under its control as specified below:(a)One month before the onset of the kharif season, the Project Committee shall, subject to such directions as may be given by Government from time to time, work out the anticipated inflow and existing water availability in the reservoir and work out the water allocation to all the Distributary Committees. The Distributary Committees shall allocate the waiter made available to Pani Panchayat in its jurisdiction;(b)For the Rabi Season, the Project Committee will determine the area to be thrown open for irrigation based upon the actual availability of water at the beginning of kharif season. The water so available shall be allocated equitably among the Distributary Committees and Pani Panchayat adopting circular rotation;(c)Based on the availability of water the Pani Panchayat will draw up a suitable crop plan in consultation with the farmers and officials of Agriculture Department;(d)Each of the Farmers' Organisation, shall draw up an operational plan which shall specify the quantity of water to be drawn on a fortnightly basis;(e)The drawal of water shall be monitored each day at specified gauge points as decided by the Farmers' Organisation;(f)Review of the drawal and distribution shall be done by each of the Farmers' Organisation at the end of each fortnight and corrective measures taken; and(g)At the end of each season the respective Farmers' Organisation shall prepare a report of water received and utilised along with the area irrigated, quantity of water supply and extent of crops produced.
