Chhattisgarh Sinchai Prabandhan Me Krishkon Ki Bhagidari Niyam, 2006

Chhattisgarh Sinchai Prabandhan Me Krishkon Ki Bhagidari Niyam, 2006

Published vide Notification dated 18th October, 2006, C.G. Rajpatra, Part 1, dated 24-11-2006, at pp. 2301-2377

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In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 55 of the Chhattisgarh Sinchai Prabandhan Me Krishkon Ki Bhagidari Adhiniyam, 2006 (Act 7 of 2006), the State Government hereby makes the following rules :-

1. Shorl title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Chhattisgarh Sinchai Prabandhan Me Krishkon Ki Bhagidari Niyam, 2006.

(2) They shall come into force with effect from the date of its publication in the "official Gazette".

2. Definitions.- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires-

(a) "Act" means the Chhattisgarh Sinchai Prabandhan Me Krishkon Ki Bhagidari Adhiniyam, 2006;

(b) "Authorised Officer" means an officer authorised by the District Collector not below the rank of Naib Tehsildar;

(c) "Form" means a form appended to these rules;

(d) "Fanners' Organisation" means Water Users' Association at the primary level, Distributory Committee at the secondary level and Project Committee at the project level;

(e) "Notice" means notice appended to these rules;

(f) The words and expressions used but not defined in these rules shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Chhattisgarh Sinchai Prabandhan Me Krishkon Ki Bhagidari Adhiniyam, 2006 (No. 7 of 2006) and the Chhattisgarh Sinchai Prabandhan Me Krishkon Ki Bhagidari Nirvachan Niyam, 2006.

3. Delineation of Command Area of an Irrigation System.- (1) The District Collector, may by notification delineate the command area under each of the irrigation system within his district on a hydraulic basis which may be administratively viable; and declare it to be a water users' area for the purpose of the Act and publish a notification in Form A. The Farmers' Organisation shall have distinct name; in accordance with the notification published under this sub-rule.

(2) Detailed ayacut maps of individual Water Users' Association identified within the declared Water Users' Association are of each irrigation system as per sub-sections (1) and (2) of Section 3 of the Act shall be prepared in order to facilities final delineation by the District Collector based on hydraulic boundaries, clearly indicating the boundaries of the Territorial Constituencies.

(3) For the purpose of this rule, every Water Users' Association shall have the name of a village as its distinct name in which the major extent of the command is situated. If there is more than one association in such village, then such association shall be called by adding numerals to the distinct name.

(4) For each of the irrigation system, the Collector shall cause to be prepared the maps or sketches, indicating the distribution system like majors, minors and outlets along with the related structures in the command areas. In the map or sketch, the village boundaries, the drains ayacut roads and all structures shall be marked.

(5) The areas irrigated or planned to be irrigated under each of the distributory minor, survey number wise shall be prepared.

(6) The command area for each water user area shall be delineated on hydraulic basis, each to be served, by a distinct segment of the irrigation system and with a control structure or a mechanism at its head for supply of allocated or designed quantity of water for that command area.

(7) The delineated area may have one or more distributories or minors or sub-minors or direct pipes or outlets or a combination of two or more thereof, serving its command. It shall also have a distinctly demarcated boundary which could be a drain, or a bund or an uncommandable land.

(8) In case of minor irrigation system, including tanks, diversion channels, lift irrigation schemes, wells, and such other smaller irrigation systems each shall form into one water user area.

(9) In case major and medium irrigation system such water user areas shall be more than one.

(10) To ensure administrative viability, the area of operation of each of the Water Users' Area shall be the limits of a village or contiguous villages situated within a Revenue Circle, as far as possible. In exceptional cases, the Water Users' Association area may be extended to more than one taluk or district.

(11) A Canal Officer not below the rank of an Executive Engineer, duly empowered by the Appropriate Authority in this behalf shall, by notification in the Official Gazette command areas of Lift or Tube Well Irrigation Waters Users' Associations, separately based on the prescribed guidelines and subject to Section 23 of the Act and declare those areas to be the areas of operation of respective Life or Tube Well Irrigation Water Users' Associations :

Provided that there shall be one Lift Irrigation Water Users' Association for each Lift Irrigation Scheme :

Provided also that there shall be more than one Lift Irrigation Water Users' Association for any Life Irrigation Project with a command area of more than 2000 hectares :

Provided further that there shall be one Tube Well Water Users' Association for a cluster of Tube wells subject to the condition that the aggregate command area or areas of operation of such Tube Well Water Users' Association shall be, to the extent possible, between forty to three hundred hectares and that one Tube Well Unit should not be separated from other such unit within the area of operation of such Tube Well Water Users Association by a physical distance of more than ten kilometers :

Provided also that there shall be one territorial constituency for each of the Tube Well Units within the area of operation of a Tube Well Water Users' Association.

(12) Subject to sub-rule (11) the provisions made for Water Users' Association for Minor Irrigation Systems under the Act shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the delineation and functioning of Lift or Tube Well Waters Users' Association.

(13) In the area delineated as an area of operation of the Lift or Tube Well Irrigation Water Users' Associations under sub-rule (11), Lift or Tube Well Irrigation Water Users' Association shall be constituted by the landlords that is, the owner and or tenant recorded as such in the record of rights under the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, 1959 (No. 20 of 1959).

(14) While delineating the Territorial Constituencies of Water Users' Association based on a hydraulic basis, they "shall be demarcated as the Territorial Constituencies in the Head, Middle and Tail Reaches, based on their proximity to the water source.

(15) The delineated area shall be notified by the Collector and all modifications proposed for delineation would be based on recommendations made by the Canal Officer in Charge of irrigation project and such Canal Officer shall arrive at the recommendation made in this regard only after consultation with the farmers who are proposed beneficiaries under such Schemes.

(16) The District Collector shall divide each of the water user area in Major or Medium Irrigation Project, as far as possible equally into not more than twelve territorial constituencies as specified below:-

Upto 1000 hectares	:	minimum 4 Territorial Constituencies
From 1001 to 1500 hectares	:	upto 9 Territorial Constituencies
From 1501 to 2000 hectares	:	upto 12 Territorial Constituencies.

(17) The District Collector shall divide each of the water user area in Minor Irrigation Projects, as far as possible equally into not more than ten territorial constituencies as specified below :-

Upto 200 hectares	:	minimum 4 Territorial Constituencies
From 201 to 600 hectares	:	upto 6 Territorial Constituencies
From 601 to 1000 hectares	:	upto 8 Territorial Constituencies
From 1001 to 2000 hectares	:	upto 10 Territorial Constituencies.

Note. - The command area under a direct pipe outlet shall not be bifurcated while dividing territorial constituencies.

(18) The draft command area map or sketch of the Water Users' Area demarcating the boundaries of territorial constituencies in the area of operation shall be prepared. The particulars containing the survey numbers of the lands situated in each of such territorial constituency in Form "A" shall be displayed together with such map or sketch on the notice board of the Gram Panchayat at and the Janpad Panchayat, for information of the land holders.

(19) Objections or suggestions against the delineation of water user area or the division of territorial constituencies, if any, may be filed, by the landholders in the area of operation, before the District Collector within a period of seven days excluding the date of display.

(20) Within two days of the receipt of the objections or suggestions, the District Collector shall after conducting a summary enquiry' made such changes or modifications wherever considered necessary in the maps or sketches duly recording reasons thereof, whose decision thereon shall be final.

(21) A final map or sketch in pursuance of sub-rule (13) shall immediately be displayed in the office of the Gram Panchayat and Janpad Panchayat in Form "B" by the District Collector.

(22) Wherever the area of operation of a Water Users' Association falls in more than one district, a Secretary of the State Government may direct the Collector of one district to exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Collector in such areas.

(23) For new and on going Scheme, the delineation of command area for determining the area of operation for Water Users' Association shall be carried out in the manner prescribed under this rule.

4. Preparation of landholders list, Voters list and other Water Users' List.- (1) The District Collect shall prepared or cause to be prepared by the authorized officer, the list of landholders on the basis of record of rights, in Form "C". The list shall also include wife of such land holder, who themselves do not hold land, as they arc deemed to be the landholders under the Act. On the basis of the list as so prepared he shall prepare or cause to be prepared territorial constitucncywise voters list in Form "D", consisting of those landholders who have completed eighteen years of age including wife of such landholder, who themselves do not hold land and who have completed eighteen years of age as on the date of issue of notification for conducting elections in a water users' area for electing the President and members of the Managing Committee of the Water Users' Association.

(2) The lists prepared under sub-rule (1) shall be displayed on the notice board of the office of the concerned Gram Panchayat and the Janpad Panchayat.

(3) Before finalising the lists mentioned in sub-rule (1), the District Collector shall invite objections in Form "E" against inclusion of any name or names in Form "F" and for deletion of any name or names in Form "G" within a week of display under sub-rule (2). After receiving the objections, if any, the District Collector shall consider all such objections within a week and finalise such lists, by appending the names to be deleted or incorporated, at the end of each list and a final notice thereof shall be published in Form "H" for verification.

(4) Each landholder in the water users' area shall have one vote only irrespective of his land holdings in the said area.

(5) (i) In case, a landholder has land in more than one Territorial Constituency of a water users' area the landholder shall opt for one constituency by giving a declaration as specified in Form "I" to the Authorised Officer.

(ii) In case, no such option is exercised by the landholder, the Authorised Officer shall allot his vote to the constituency in which the landholder holds the maximum extent of land; where such land held is the same in two constituencies any of the constituency may be allotted.

(6) The lists prepared under sub-rule (1) shall be revised six months before, the commencement of the subsequent elections in accordance with the provisions of the Chhattisgarh Sinchai Prabandhan Me Krishkon Ki Bhagidari Nirvachan Niyam, 2006.

5. Delineation of distributory areas.- (1) The Government, keeping in view the operational viability and in eonsultation with the District Collector, for the purpose of constituting Distributory Committees, delineate the command area by a notification in Form "J", under a major project into such number of distributory areas as they consider proper.

(2) The delineation in sub-rule (1) shall be based on the recommendations made jointly by the Canal Officer in Charge of the concerned irrigation projects and the concerned Water Users' Association.

(3) A distributory area may contain three or more contiguous water users' areas.

(4) In delineating a distributory area, no water user area shall be divided or bifurcated into parts.

6. Delineation of project areas.- (1) The Government, keeping in view the operational viability and in consultation with the District Collector, delineate, the command area by a notification in Form "K" under a major irrigation project into one or more project areas for the purpose of constituting a Project Committee or Committees.

(2) The delineation in sub-rule (1) shall be based on the recommendations made jointly by the Canal Officer in Charge of the concerned irrigation projects and the Presidents of the Distributory Committee in the Project area.

(3) The entire command area under a medium irrigation project shall be treated as a single unit and notified by the Government as a Project Area.

7. Procedure for conducting elections.- (1) The election to the office of the President and the members of a Farmers' Organisation shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Chhattisgarh Sinchai Prabandhan Me Krishkon Ki Bhagidari Nirvachan Niyam, 2006.

(2) No Member shall hold more than one elective office in a Water Users' Association. If a person is elected as President of Water Users' Association and also as a Member of the Managing Committee, he shall resign one of such offices within 15 (fifteen) days of the declaration of the results, by a letter addressed to the concerned Competent Authority. If he fails to do so, he shall cease to be a Member of the Managing Committee of the Water Users' Association. The Competent Authority then shall immediately inform the fact of resignation or cessation of such office to the District Election Officer and the President of the Distributory Committee where such committee exists. Such casual vacancy shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of Section 20 of the Act.

8. Recall.- (1) The Competent Authority for receiving the recall notice in respect of a President or a Member of the Managing Committee by any Farmers' Organisation shall be the District Collector or an officer nominated by him.

(2) The recall notice in Form "L" shall be signed by one-third of the total voters in respect of the President or a Member of the Managing Committee of a Water Users' Association, and one-third of the total members of the General Body in respect of the President or a Member of a Managing Committee or a Distributory Committee or the Project Committee :

Provided that, no such motion of recall against any office bearers shall be allowed within one year from the date of resumption of office of such office bearer :

Provided further that the members who are defaulters in respect of water charges shall not be allowed to sign the recall motion.

(3) On receipt of such notice, the Competent Authority shall verify the notice in Form "M".

(4) The officer nominated" by the District Collector shall call for a meeting of the voters or the members of the General Body, as the case may be, of the respective Farmers' Organisation within seven days after verification of the notice.

(5) Two-third majority of the total voters present and voting and half, of the total number of members of the association voting at a General Body meeting specially convened for this purpose have voted in favour of the motion for recall, the motion shall be deemed to have been passed.

(6) After the motion passed under sub-rule (5), the Competent Authority shall issue the proceedings of motion to the concerned President or the Member of the respective Farmers' Organisation immediately stating that the recall became effective from the date of the resolution; and accordingly he shall cease to hold such office.

9. Rights of Farmers' Organisation.- The rights of the Farmers' Organisation shall be as follows :-

(i) to obtain information in time about water availability, opening/ closing of main canal, periods of supply and quantity of supply closure of canals etc.;

(ii) to receive water in bulk from the irrigation department for distribution among the water users on agreed terms of equity and social justice;

(iii) to receive water according to an approved time schedule;

(iv) to allocate water to non-members;

(v) to levy' separate fees for maintenance of the system;

(vi) to levy any other fee or service charges, to meet management costs and any other expenses;

(vii) to utilize the canal bunds - as long as such use is not obstructive, or destructive to hydraulic structure - by planting timber, fuel, or fruit trees or grass tor augmenting the income of the farmers' organisation;

(viii) to obtain the latest information about new crop varieties, and their pattern, package of practices, weed control etc. for agriculture extension service and purchase inputs such as seeds, fertilizers and pesticides; for use of its members;

(ix) to have full freedom to grow any crop other than those expressly prohibited by a law and adjust crop area within the total water allocated without causing injury to neighbouring lands;

(x) to participate in planning, and designing, and designing of micro irrigation system;

(xi) to suggest improvements/modifications in the layout of Field Channels/Field Drains to supply water to all the farmers in the command; and

(xii) to plan and promote use of the ground water;

(xiii) to carry out other agro based activities for economic upliftment of its members;

(xiv) to engage into any activity of common interest of members in the command area related to irrigation and agriculture and supplementary business for self sufficiency and sustainability of the Organisation;

(xv) to receive funds and support from various development programmes of the Central and State Government and other national and international development agencies.

10. Responsibility of the Farmers' Organisation.- The responsibility of Farmers' Organization shall be as follows :-

(i) to prepare the schedules of water deliveries and communicate to the concerned;

(ii) to organize preparation of crop plan to match water deliveries with crop requirements;

(iii) to supply water to all members in the command areas as per the approved terms;

(iv) to carry out timely maintenance and repairs to the distributory system including drains and other properties;

(v) to organize repairs of the systems by the farmers free of cost or on payment;

(vi) to avoid and prevent misuse and waste of water;

(vii) to use water economically and judiciously and furnish data, to the Water Resources Department on water use, irrigated area, all round irrigation efficiency, and crop yields;

(viii) to inspect water utilization by the farmers in the command; assess irrigated crop area and collect data on crop yields;

(ix) to impose and recover penalties of fines for misuse and wastage of water and tampering or damaging with the irrigation network controls, sluices, outlets etc., as per the provision of the Act;

(x) to educate farmers on preparing fields and adopting modern methods of field irrigation, such as borders, furrows, graded bonding for all round efficiency;

(xi) to educate farmers on new crop varieties, package of modern practices, pesticides, weedicides etc.;

(xii) to procure and hire implements and gadgets for agricultural operation where feasible and needed;

(xiii) to improve the system for efficient and economical use of available/allocated water, for efficient production of crops; and

(xiv) to minimize conveyance and operational losses of water.

11. Rights of Members.- The rights of the member users shall be as follows :-

(i) to suggest improvements/modifications in water deliveries;

(ii) to get information relating to water availabilities, allocations, opening/closing of canals and outlets, period of supply, frequency, etc.;

(iii) to receive water as per specified quota for use;

(iv) to have the freedom of growing any crop, other than those prohibited by law or by a resolution by the farmers' organisation, adjusting the areas within the water allocated;

(v) to sell or transfer the water share to any other water user within the operational area of Water Users' Association with the permission of the concerned Water Users' Association and without affecting the rights of the other members of the Association.

(vi) to participate in the General Body meeting and receive annual reports; and

(vii) to receive equitable benefits from the activities of the organisation.

12. Responsibility of Individual water users.- The responsibilities of the individual water users shall be as follows :-

(i) to maintain the micro-level irrigation system particularly the turn outs, field channels, structures, and field drains;

(ii) to he aware of the rules of operation of water supply framed by the farmers' organization for each season;

(iii) to adhere to the water delivery schedules;

(iv) to not to interfere/tamper with the system by breaching, cross bunding, damaging the structure in the minor, sub-minor or field distribution system;

(v) to close the turnout fully after the allotted turn or time is over;

(vi) to conserve water and make judicious use of the irrigation supply;

(vii) to divert water if not required, during the turn or time allotted, so as not to damage other member farmers;

(viii) to get the lands levelled/shaped for efficient utilization of land and water and to prevent deep percolations leading to water logging and salinity in the downstream area;

(ix) to pay the water charges fees and other charges regularly and in time;

(x) to avoid misuse/wastage of water, taking water out of turn, taking more lime than allotted;

(xi) to maintain Field Channels/Field Drains in the reaches specified by the Water Users' Association, or contribute to labour/cost for maintenance, whenever required;

(xii) to permit inspection by the Competent Authority or the Farmers' Organization of-

(a) irrigated area;

(b) measurement of irrigated area;

(c) observation of water levels in dug wells/bores/tubewells;

(d) crop-cutting experiments of assessing productivity/production; and

(xiii) to respect eascmenlary rights and other customary practices in vogue in the system.

13. General Body.- (1) The General Body of a Farmers' Organisation shall comprise all members as specified in sub-section (3) of Section 4, sub-section (2) of Section 7 and sub-section (2) and sub-section (3) of Section 10 of the Act in respect of the Water Users' Association, Distributory Committee and Project Committee respectively.

(2) The General Body shall be assisted by the Competent Authority appointed under Section 28 of the Act. The Competent Authority shall have the right to attend the meeting and record his views, but shall have no right to vote.

14. The General Body Meetings.- (1) The meetings of the General Bodies shall be held at least twice in a year, once before `the kharif and once before the `the rabi' season. The meetings shall be presided over by the President and in his absence the members present shall elect one person from amongst themselves to preside/chair the meeting.

(2) The meeting of the General Body may also be called at any time by the President or Managing Committee members through a majority resolution or by members of the organisation through a requisition signed by not less than one-third of the members who have voting right.

(3) General Body meeting shall also be held on receipt of a direction from the Government or from the Commissioner, Ayacut or by the next higher Committee or the Farmers' Organisation in respect of matters relating to urgent public importance.

15. Notice of meeting.- (1) On receipt of a notice either under sub-rule (2) or (3) of Rule 14, the Managing Committee of the Farmers' Organization shall convene a General Body Meeting within twenty days by giving seven days prior notice specifying the place, dale, time and agenda items for the meeting :

Provided that in cases of emergency a meeting may be called at three days advance notice.

(2) The notice may be sent by hand or post or publication or by beat of drum and shall be pasted on the notice board of the concerning organisation.

16. Quorum for the General Body.- (1) The quorum for a meeting shall be not less than one-third of the total members of the concerning organisation.

(2) If there is no quorum for the meeting it shall stand adjourned and be convened on such date and time as the Managing Committee may determine. At such adjourned meeting, no quorum shall be necessary and the members present may transact the business for which the meeting was called.

(3) in a General Body meeting, the items specified in the agenda alone will be discussed. No other subjects will be discussed without the express permission of the Chairperson/President or the majority decision of the members present in the meeting.

17. Minutes of the Meeting.- Every proceeding of the General Body shall be recorded in the minutes book maintained for the purpose and authenticated by the President or the person who has presided over the meeting, as the case may be. A copy of the minutes shall be sent to the authority at the next higher Committee.
18. Powers of the General Body.- The General Body shall have the following powers, namely :-

(1) to approve the operational plan for each crop season and review its implementation in the area of operation;

(2) to make recommendations to the Managing Committee for allocation for water in the distribution system according to the operational plan approved;

(3) to decide on the manner of regulation and distribution of water;

(4) to recommend the preparation and consequently approval of annual and long-term financial and works plan and to priority works for maintenance/repairs/upkeep, rehabilitation of the irrigation system;

(5) to approve annual financial budget and review of the performance of previous years' budget;

(6) to approve the appointment of auditors for the annual audit and/or concurrent audit and to fix fees for the same;

(7) to approve the setting up of Sub-Committees of members for various activities and functions of the Organisation;

(8) to create or set up such fund as may be required for different activities/works;

(9) to entertain and dispose appeals against orders of the Managing Committee between water users;

(10) to authorize the President to enter into agreement between the Water Users' Association and the Upper Level Committee or the Canal Officer as per sub-section (3) of Section 25 of the Act;

(11) to approve the levy of fees as defined under Section 32 of the Act;

(12) to take decisions on raising of resources under Section 31 of the Act for the benefit of the organisations;

(13) to carry out the recall proceedings as per Section 14 of the Act.

19. Meetings of the Managing Committee.- (1) The meetings of the Managing Committee shall be held at least once in every month at the office of the Organisation. Special meetings may, however, be held if it is so required. A meeting requisitioned shall be held within seven days of the receipt of requisition for such a meeting by the President.

(2) The General Body of the Farmers' Organisation shall also convene a meeting of the Managing Committee before each irrigation season to guide and help the members regarding;

(i) canal operation schedule and water distribution programme;

(ii) maintenance of canal system before commencement of season;

(iii) the information about the latest decisions taken by the Upper Level Committees.

(3) Notice for the meeting shall be sent by hand/post/delivery or published on the Notice Board and beat of drum.

(4) The President shall preside over the meetings of the Managing Committee. In his absence, the Managing Committee may, nominate a member from amongst themselves to preside over the meeting.

(5) Every proceedings of the Managing Committee shall be recorded in minutes book maintained for the purpose by the member of the Managing Committee. A copy of the minutes shall be sent to the authority of the next higher tier wherever they exist.

(6) The quorum of the meeting shall be one-third of the members. All resolutions shall be carried out by majority of the members present and voting.

(7) If there is no quorum for the meeting, the meeting shall be adjourned for that day and be convened again. For an adjourned meeting, no quorum is required.

20. Constitution and functions of Sub-Committee.- (1) Managing Committee of the Farmers' Organisation may constitute specified Sub-Committees to carry out specific functions as assigned by the Managing Committee. The Constitution of the Sub-Committees shall be approved by the General Body of the Farmers' Organisation.

(2) The following Sub-Committees may be constituted-

(i) Finance and Resources Sub-Committee;

(ii) Works Sub-Committee;

(iii) Water Management Sub-Committee;

(iv) Training and Capacity Building Sub-Committee;

(v) Social Audit and Monitoring and Evaluation Sub-Committee;

(vi) Dispute Resolution Sub-Committee.

(3) Each Sub-Committee shall consist of a Convener and five other members with each such member being nominating from different territorial constituencies and having a reputation for honesty, integrity, understanding or experience in the specified field.

(4) (a) The Convenor of the Sub-Committee shall be a member of the Managing Committee other than the President.

(b) In case of a Project Committee not more than five members shall be selected for each Sub-Committee from the general body of the Project Committee in that Project and at least two members amongst these shall be women.

(c) In case of Distributory Committee not more than five members shall be selected for each Sub-Committee from the General Body of the Distributory Committee and at least two members amongst these shall be women.

(d) In case of Water Users' Association, not more than five members shall be drawn from the General Body of the Water Users' Association and at least two members amongst these shall be women.

(5) No member shall represent more than one Sub-Committee.

(6) If the strength available from the above arrangement is short of the requirement, the President of the respective Managing Committee may co-opt members of the Territorial Constituencies :

Provided that not more than one member of the Territorial Constituency of Water Users' Association can be co-opted in the Sub-Committee.

(7) The functions of the Sub-Committees shall be as follows ;-

(i) Finance and Resources Sub-Committee :

(a) to plan, mobilise and collect resources;

(b) to ensure collection of dues from members and non-members as levied under Section 32 of the Act;

(c) to recommend to Managing Committee the use and deployment of resources and Budget; and

(d) to maintain records relating to financial matters.

(ii) Works Sub-Committee :

(a) to recommend estimates of works for administrative approval;

(b) to supervise works and ensure completion of works in time and quality control; and

(c) to approve payments for the works.

(iii) Water Management Sub-Committee :

(a) to carry out the decisions of the Managing Committee and the General Body on Water Regulation, schedule of water release;

(b) to organise patrolling of the canal, channels and regulate the use of water;

(c) to check the irrigation and drainage system regularly;

(d) to record the water deliveries;

(e) to report to the Managing Committee any violations in the use of water;

(f) to maintain records of landowners and water users; and

(g) to educate in optimum use of water.

(iv) Training and Capacity Building Sub-Committee :

(a) to identity training needs of the members;

(b) to organize and conduct training for the members; and

(c) to provide information, education and awareness on activities relating to the growth of the farmers' organisation to the members.

(v) Social Audit and Monitoring and Evaluation Sub-Committee :

(a) to conduct social audit as mentioned in Rule 23;

(b) to monitor and evaluate all activities of the farmers' organization as authorised by the Managing Committee.

(vi) Dispute Resolution Sub-Committee :

(a) In case of Sub-Committee of the Managing Committee of Water Users' Association, to resolve the disputes between members and water users in its area of operation;

(b) In case of Sub-Committee of the Managing Committee of Distributor}' Committee, to resolve the disputes among the Water Users' Associations in its area of operation; and

(c) In case of Sub-Committee of the Managing Committee of Project Committee, to resolve' the disputes amongst the Distributory Committees in its area of operation.

(8) The Sub-Committee shall meet as frequently as necessary. The convener of the Sub-Committee will preside over the meetings and maintain the record of discussions and decisions thereof and place the record to the Managing Committee for further action.

(9) The Farmers' Organisation in addition to the Sub-Committee mentioned in this rule may constitute any other Sub-Committee/s in accordance with the procedure in this rule.

(10) The Sub-Committee shall function under the general superintendence, control and direction of the President of the respective Managing Committee of the organisation.

21. Procedure for taking up works.- For the purposes of taking up works under clauses (b) and (u) of Section 25, clauses (b) and (j) of Section 26 and clauses (b) and (i) of Section 27 of the Act, the Farmers' Organisation shall adopt the following procedure ;-

(1) System Diagnosis for Maintenance Works :

(i) Prior to the commencement of every crops season (kharif & rabi) the Managing Committees and Competent Authority of every Farmers' Organisation shall undertake to assess the condition of the system (system diagnosis) through a participatory walk through exercise.

(ii) The Farmers' Organisation shall inspect each and every' hydraulic structure and record its status.

(2) All works shall be categorised as follows

(i) Normal operation and maintenance works, which includes ordinary repairs, such as :-

(a) Desilting;

(b) Weed removal;

(c) Embankment repairs;

(d) Revetment;

(e) Repairs to shutters;

(f) Repairs to masonry and lining;

(g) Cleaning & Oiling of screw gearing shutters;

(h) Painting of hoists and gates etc.:

(i) Emergent breach closing works; and

(j) Maintenance of inspection paths.

(ii) Scheduled Maintenance Works (Rehabilitation Works) :-

(a) Reconstruction of sluices;

(b) Reconstruction/repairs to drops regulators;

(c) Reconstruction of measuring devices;

(d) Rehabilitation of the system; and

(iii) Original Works :-

(a) Modernisation of the System; and

(b) Any other construction works in the irrigation system.

The above works shall be executed by the Farmers' Organisation, or by any especially hired personnel of the Farmers' Organisation with the approval of its General Body under the supervision of the Water Resources Department at the rates not exceeding estimated rates.

(3) Identification of normal operation and maintenance works-participatory walk-through. - The Chairperson/President along with the Managing Committee members shall organise a participatory walk-through with the Competent Authority or his engineer representative within the area of operation of the Farmers' Organisation and identify all the critical reaches, which need immediate repair as listed out above. The Competent Authority shall assist the Farmers' Organisation in preparation of detailed list of works to be undertaken.

(4) Prioritising Works. - The Managing Committee of the Farmers' Organisation shall discuss the list so prepared and fix up priority or works to be taken up immediately.

(5) Preparation of estimates. - The Competent Authority shall prepare estimates within a fortnight for the works so prioritised according to the hydraulic particulars as maintained by the Water Resources Department at the prevailing schedule of rates.

(6) Administrative approval. - The Managing Committee of the Farmers' Organisation shall accord administrative approval for the estimates prepared subject to availability of funds. Each administrative approval shall be recorded in the register of administrative approvals in Form "N".

(7) Technical Clearance. - (a) The powers for giving technical clearance by the Competent Authority shall be as follows :-

(i) Special Repairs :

(a) Executive Engineer                         :                Upto Rs. 2,00,000/-

(b) Superintending Engineer               :                Upto Rs. 5,00,000/-

(c) Chief Engineer                                :                Above Rs. 5,00,000/-

(ii) Ordinary Repairs :

(a) Sub-Divisional Officer Rs. 50,000/- (Competent Authority). - Upto

(b) Executive Engineer. - Full powers within the funds provided to Farmers' Organisation;

(c) a Competent Authority may accord technical clearance vested in an authority lower than him;

(d) the Competent Authority, shall record all the technical clearance in the register of technical clearance in Form I appended to the rules;

(e) the technical clearance shall not exceed the Administrative approval; and

(f) in respect of a Distributory Committee, the Project Committee, the Competent Authority may cause the technical clearance to be given by an appropriate officer under his control as per the financial powers mentioned in clause (a).

(8) Managing of taking up works. - (a) Works as approved by the Managing Committee of the Farmers' Organisation shall be taken up for execution by the Farmers' Organisation itself;

(b) Under no circumstances Chairperson/President or Managing Committee Member of the Farmers' Organisation executes a work directly in his individual capacity;

(c) The cost of works executed shall not exceed the estimated costs; and

(d) The Competent Authority shall record the initial measurements and final measurements for quantifying the work done for making payments by the Farmers' Organisation.

(9) Maintenance and Adherence to the Designed Hydraulic Particulars. - The Competent Authority shall be responsible for the maintenance and adherence to the approved hydraulic particulars. He shall ensure that the designed hydraulic particulars of an irrigation system are not altered with. He shall guide the Farmers' Organization in supervising works.

(10) Limitations on Works. - No Farmers' Organisation shall have the power to interfere with the designed hydraulic particulars of an Irrigation system. Any violation will invite the penal provisions under Section 39 of the Act; and the rules made thereunder.

(11) Publication of List of Works to be taken up. - (a) The lists of works to be taken up should be given wide publicity by means of display in the office of the Farmers' Organisation and other public places and institutions within the area.

(b) Alongwith the lists other particulars of works, estimates, values, and mode of execution should be given wide publicity; and

(c) If any member wishes to have access to any oi the records relating to works to be taken up, he may do so on payment of the fee as fixed by the Farmers' Organisation.

(12) Freedom to add Other Funds or Extra Contributions. - The members are free to contribute resources cither in cash or by way of material or labour.

(13) Proof of Works Done. - The Competent Authority shall maintain. Level Field Book, and Measurement Book for recording the work done by the Farmers' Organisation.

(14) Payment for the Works Done. - All payments lor works done above Rs. 1000/- shall be paid by cheque. The Farmers' Organisation shall maintain a record of all payments made in the Cash Book date-wise.

(15) Original Works. - A Farmers' Organisation may take up any original work within its area of operations subject to the following conditions; namely :-

(a) Specific approval shall be obtained from the authority vested with such powers to do so.

(b) The estimates for works shall be prepared by the Water Resources Department and works shall be lot out to the Farmers' Organisation wherever they come forward for execution of such works at the estimated rates.

(c) If the Farmers' Organisation agrees to take up any work, an agreement shall be entered into with the Water Resources Department.

(d) Payments shall be made to the Farmers' Organisation based on the out turn of work on fortnightly basis or even earlier as may be mutually decided.

(e) Where the Farmers' Organisation does not come forward the procedure as prescribed under the "Works Department Manual" shall be followed or as per any direction given by the Government from time to lime.

22. Removal of Encroachments.- In accordance with sub-section (2) of Section 25 of the Act, a Water Users' Association may remove encroachments from property attached to the canal system within its area of operation and shall take the following steps therefor-

(i) Discuss about the encroachment in the meeting of the Managing Committee;

(ii) Pass a Resolution in the Managing Committee by majority of members present and voting that such an encroachment constitutes an offence under Section 39 of the Act;

(iii) As per Resolution passed by the Managing Committee, the Water Users' Association shall make efforts to remove the encroachment including by taking all possible measures under Rule 36 of these rules;

(iv) In case of failure to remove the encroachment, inform the concerned Canal Officer in writing about (i), (ii) and (iii) above;

(v) Help the concerned Canal Officer in carrying out the survey and preparing official report about the encroachment;

(vi) Assist the concerned Canal Officer in removing the encroachment as per the Government procedure.

23. Social Audit of Farmers' Organisation.- (1) At the end of each crop season, the Farmers' Organisation through its Social Audit and Monitoring and Evaluation Sub-Committee shall conduct Social Audit as detailed below :-

(i) Social Audit shall be done for water utilization against the water budgeting and expenditure incurred for maintenance of the system with reference to the funds available to each of the Farmers' Organisation and shall also cover;

(ii) Social audit shall be for following :-

(a) Equity in water distribution;

(b) Increase in production;

(c) Increase in productivity;

(d) Crop diversification;

(e) Multiple cropping;

(f) Water use efficiency;

(g) Utilisation of resources for execution of works;

(h) Improvement in the cultivated areas of the Farmers' Organisation compared to previous season;

(i) Quality of works undertaken; and

(j) All other activities as mentioned under the Act and in the Rules.

(2) The Social Audit so conducted shall be made known to all the beneficiaries under the Farmers' Organisation by way of displaying a list-containing the benefits accrued with reference to funds spent on the notice board of the office of each of the Farmers' Organisation.

(3) Whenever a work is taken up, the estimated cost of the work, item of work proposed to be executed, details of the executors of the work etc., are to be exhibited on a board at the place of the work; so that every' beneficiary under the Farmers' Organisation is aware of the details of the work being executed and expenditures to be incurred.

(4) The Social Audit so conducted shall be recorded and a copy thereof be sent to the Distributory Committee in the case of Water Users' Association, to the Project Committee in the case of Distributory Committee; and to the State Level Policy Committee in the case of Project Committee.

(5) The auditor appointed under Rule 29 shall incorporate the Social Audit Report in his annual audit report together with his specific observations on rectification of defects, if any, noticed in the social audit.

24. Operational Plan and Water Budgeting.- The Managing 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 detailed below :-

(i) 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 inflows and existing availability in the reservoir and work out the water allocation to all the Distributory Committees, the Distributory Committees in turn shall allocate the water made available to Water Users' Association in its jurisdiction :

Provided that in the case of medium irrigation projects not having Distributory Committees, the Project Committee shall allocate water to the Water Users' Associations.

(ii) A Farmers' Organisation in distributing water to its member constituents shall have regard to allocations meant for drinking water, or for any specified purpose as may be decided by Government from time to time.

(iii) For the Rabi Season, the Project Committee will determine the area to be thrown open for irrigation based upon the actual availability of water and the cropping pattern agreed by the farmers at the beginning of Rabi Season. The water so available shall be allocated equitably among the Distributory Committees and Water Users' Associations. In the case of medium or minor irrigation system, equitable distribution shall be achieved by adopting circular rotation over a period.

(iv) Each of the Farmers' Organisations shall draw up an operational plan, which shall specify the quantity of water to be drawn on a specified periodical basis.

(v) The drawals of water shall be, monitored each day at specified gauge points as decided by the Farmers' Organisation.

(vi) Review of the drawals and distribution shall be done by each of the Farmers' Organisation at the end of each fortnight and corrective measures taken.

(vii) At the end of season the respective Farmers' Organisation shall prepare a report of water received and utilised along with the area irrigated, quality of water supply and extent of crops.

(viii) The Farmers' Organisation shall analyse the shortcoming and deviations in water budget and report to the next higher tier.

(ix) In respect of a minor irrigation system, the Water Users' Association shall decide the operational plan, date of release of water, which are to be thrown open for irrigation depending upon the storage/inflows into the tank.

25. Water Regulation.- After water budget is prepared, the Farmers' Organisation shall draw up a plan of water regulation as follows :-

(a) The dates of release and closer shall be informed to all members well in advance;

(b) Equitable distribution of water amongst all users shall be the main principle in water regulation;

(c) A Farmers' Organisation shall draw water and monitor flows based on the operational plan prepared;

(d) A Warabandi Schedule (Turn-Schedule) shall be prepared for each outlet in a Farmers' Organisation;

(e) The Farmers' Organisation shall record the crop-wise area in the command area with the assistance of the Competent Authority; and

(f) A Farmers' Organisation may, for the purpose of monitoring install such devices as may be required within its jurisdiction.

26. Accounts/Finance.- (1) The Farmers' Organisation shall open an account in a nationalised bank or co-operative bank namely; the District Co-operative Central Bank or the Chhattisgarh State Apex Co-operative Bank in its name. The account shall be operated jointly by the President and one of the Managing Committee members as nominated by the Managing Committee. The Farmers' Organisation shall maintain the cashbook and accounts of expenditure with appropriate vouchers and receipts.

(2) Every expenditure should be supported by a receipt, or voucher which shall be duly passed for payment by the President

(3) All expenditure has to be approved by the finance Sub-Committee, at least once a month.

(4) Every Farmers' Organisation shall maintain accounts register. Each of the following record shall bear the name, address and the seal of the Farmers' Organisation and shall be machine numbered; namely :-

(a) Cash book;

(b) Bill registers;

(c) Contingent registers;

(d) Receipts books; and

(e) Cheque register.

27. Records to be maintained.- Each of the Farmers' Organisations shall maintain the following records, other than the records specifically mentioned in the Act in these rules. An up-to-date copy of the Act/Rules/ Directions and. orders of Commissioner/Government :-

(a) The following maps shall be maintained by each Water Users' Association; namely :-

(i) Map showing the boundaries and jurisdiction of the association, water conveyance system, within the boundaries of the association;

(ii) Map showing the notified command area with serial numbers as prescribed in sub-rule (6) of Rule 3 of the Farmers' Organisation Constitution Rules, 2006.

(b) The following registers shall be maintained; namely :-

(1) Property Register and Records. - These records shall contain the details of properties, assets and liabilities vested in a Farmers' Organisation like lands, buildings, canal banks etc.

(i) Inventory Register (Component Register). - An inventory register in Form "O" shall contain particulars of hydraulic particulars of structures, including details of canals and with their hydraulic particulars.

(ii) Register of Vacant Land and Buildings in Forms "p"

(iii) Miscellaneous Properly Register. - Other minor properties such as trees grass etc. in Form "Q"; and

(iv) Register of Machines. - shall contain the list of machines working and condemned in Form "R".

(2) Membership Register and Records. - Registers relating to memberships as specified in sub-rules (1), (2) and (3) of Rule 4.

(3) Water Flows Register and Records. - Every Farmers' Organisation shall be supplied with water, based on the operational prepared plan. These flows need to be monitored daily at specified locations as decided by Farmers' Organisation-

(i) A Reservoir Gauge Register in Form-"S".

(ii) A Canal Gauge Register in Form-"T".

(4) Area Crops Register and Records.-

(i) Command Area Register in Form-"U".

(ii) Farmerwise Demand Register in Form-"V".

(5) Works Register and Records.-

(i) Register of Administrative Sanctions in Form-"N".

(ii) Register of Technical Clearance in Form-"N".

(6) Cash Register and Records.-

(i) Cash Book in Form-"W".

(ii) Receipts Book in Forms "X", "X-1", "X-2" and "X-3".

(iii) Register of Issue of Receipt Book in Form "X-4".

(iv) Bill Register in Form-"Y".

(v) Cheque Memo Register in Form-"Z".

(vi) Special Fee Register in Form "Z-1".

(7) Minutes Register and Records. - Every proceeding of a General Body meeting, a Managing Committee meeting, a Sub-Committee meeting shall be recorded separately in a minutes book.

28. Levy & Collection of Fees.- (1) The Farmers' Organisation may by resolution passed by the General Body of the concerning committee levy' a fee.

(2) A fee under sub-rule (1) shall be levied for the following purposes for the Farmers' Organisation :-

(a) to provide facilities;

(b) to provide specific services;

(c) to meet any urgent needs of the Farmers' Organisation;

(d) to build up assets of the Farmers' Organisation; and

(e) to improve the system.

(3) After passing the resolution by the General Body, the Competent Authority shall prepare the estimate for the purpose as specified in sub-rule (2) and the Managing Committee, shall decide a levy of fee proportionate to the land holding or to the number of members. The Managing Committee after its decision shall serve the demand notice to the concerned.

(4) All fees collected shall be duly accounted for and the receipt thereof be given to the concerning person.

(5) A fee collected for a specific purpose shall be used only for that purpose.

(6) (a) In default of payment of fee by any member, the Managing Committee shall prepare a list of defaulters along with amounts due.

(b) The defaulters list so prepared in clause (a) shall be sent to the Sub-Engineer, Water Resources Department, of the area in whose jurisdiction the area of operation of a Farmers' Organisation lies for recovery.

(7) The water charges collected by the Water Users' Association shall be deposited with the treasury of the State Government and on such deposit a minimum of twenty five percent of the deposited amount shall be assigned to the said Water Users' Association in accordance with sub-section (3) of Section 31 of the Act in the manner as follows :-

(i) The President of Water Users' Association shall issue a receipt book to each of the elected territorial constituency members and each of these elected members or any person appointed by them, with such appointee having the approval of the Managing Committee, shall collect the water charges in their own constituency and shall in turn issue the receipt to the members of the General Body making the payment in Form "X-1";

(ii) The amount collected by the elected territorial constituency members or their appointees under (i) shall be deposited by them within seven days with the President of the concerned Water Users' Association and the President shall issue a receipt to the elected territorial constituency members or their appointees in Form "X-2";

(iii) The President of the concerned Water Users' Association shall deposit the amount collected under (ii) with the Competent Authority within seven days of receipt from the elected territorial constituency members and obtain a receipt for the same in Form "X-3". The Competent Authority shall then ensure that the amount collected is deposited with the treasury/bank of the State Government within seven days of receipt from the President of the concerned Water Users' Association in the prescribed manner and he shall inform the concerned Executive Engineer of such deposit within seven days with the requisite proof of deposit;

(iv) On deposit of amount under (iii) a minimum of twenty five percent of the deposited amount shall be assigned to the Water Users' Associations by the concerned Executive Engineer from the funds made available to him by the State Government;

(v) On the amount deposited under (iii) with the treasury/bank of the State Government within one financial year, the assignment of minimum of twenty five percent of the deposited amount to the Water Users' Association under (iv) shall be carried out within the next financial year;

(vi) The President of the Water Users' Association and the Elected territorial constituency members or their appointees shall, in lieu of services rendered by them for collection of water charges under this sub-rule, be provided adequate monetary compensation as decided by the Managing Committee and approved by the General Body of the Water Users' Association and from the amount assigned in (iv) to the said Water Users' Association;

(vii) In situations where there is State Government Programme, Scheme or Initiative for remission of water charges for the water users, the Water Users' Associations shall be free to adopt such Programme, Scheme or Initiative in its area of operation and upon such adoption the Programme, Scheme or Initiative, for the extent specified therein, shall apply to all the concerned water users;

(viii) In addition to the amount assigned to Water Users' Association under this sub-rule, the Water Users' Association shall not be entitled to any other amount or funds from State Government for normal operation and maintenance works within its area of Operation.

29. Financial Audit.- At the end of each financial year, and not later than three months after the commencement of the new financial year, each of the Farmers' Organisation shall cause its accounts to be audited as follows :-

(i) The Managing Committee shall appoint an Auditor who has minimum B. Com. qualification and having adequate experience in normal auditing work;

(ii) The Auditor so appointed shall be a person of repute in the area of operation of the Farmers' Organisation, who has reasonable knowledge in accounts;

(iii) The appointment of the Auditor shall be approved by the Managing Committee of the Farmers' Organisation;

(iv) The Auditor so appointed shall take all steps necessary to scrutinise the accounts of receipts and expenditure, within thirty days from the dale of his appointment and furnish the audit report along with the statement of accounts and balance-sheet to the President of the concerned Farmers' Organisation;

(v) The audit report including the social audit report as mentioned in Rule 33 sub-rule (5) shall be submitted to the General Body in its meeting for its approval;

(vi) The managing Committee of a Farmers' Organisation shall provide the audit report to the General Body; and

(vii) If the overall transactions exceed Rs. 10 lakhs per annum, the Farmers' Organisation shall engage a Chartered Accountant for audit of accounts.

30. Powers of Auditor.- (1) Every auditor appointed under Rule 29 shall have the right of access at all times to books and accounts, vouchers, returns, correspondence, notes or other documents and records shall be entitled to require from any of the office bearers of the Farmers' Organisation Sabha such information and explanations as the auditor may think necessary for the performance of his duties as auditor.

(2) If the required information and records are not provided to the auditor within a reasonable time not exceeding three days, the fact shall be brought to the notice of the Competent Authority for further appropriate action in the matter. The Competent Authority shall pass an order as he/she may deem fit.

31. Auditor not to remove any document without permission.- The auditor shall not remove from the office of the Farmers' Organisation any books, vouchers or documents of any kind whatsoever. The auditor may however obtain photocopies or certified copies of such documents and records as may he considered necessary by him for the process of audit report.
32. Notice of commencement of audit.- The auditor shall give to the President of the Farmers' Organisation not less than one week's notice in writing of the date on which he proposes to commence the audit :

Provided that the auditor may, for special reasons to be recorded in writing, give notice of less than seven days for the audit or commence audit without any notice, on the authority of the Competent Authority.

33. Certification of accounts and Statements.- The auditors shall verify and certify the correctness of the Balance sheet, Receipt and Payment Account, Income and Expenditure Account and all other statements and Returns required to be submitted or attached with the final accounts as per relevant accounting rules and other rules.
34. Auditor's Report.- (1) As soon as practicable after completion of the audit, the Auditor shall prepare and send a report in Form Z-2 to the Farmers' Organisation and to the Competent Authority under the Act.

(2) The report shall be concise but shall contain all relevant facts and shall include inter alia the following points :-

(a) Every' sum paid or payable which is contrary to the Act, Rules or Orders and directives given by the State Government from time to time;

(b) The amount of any deficiency or loss, which appears to have been caused by the negligence or misconduct of any person;

(c) The amount of any sum received which ought to have been but is not brought into account by any person;

(d) The discrepancies noticed, if any, on physical verification of cash securities, stocks and other assets; and

(e) any other material impropriety or irregularity which may have been observed in the accounts other than those mentioned in sub-clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d).

(3) The auditor's report shall also state,-

(a) whether he has obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of his knowledge and belief, were necessary for the purposes of his audit;

(b) whether, in his opinion, proper books of accounts as required by the Act and Rules made thereunder, have been kept by the Farmers' Organisation;

(c) whether the Farmers' Organisation's balance-sheet, income and expenditure account and the receipt and payment account dealt with by the report are in agreement with the books of accounts and other relevant records.

(4) The auditor's report shall be made in the Form "Z-2" and in such other forms as may be determined by the State Government from time to time.

35. Dissolution of Managing Committee.- (1) In accordance with Section 40 of the Act before dissolution of a Managing Committee the following steps shall be taken by the Appropriate Authority as mentioned in sub-rule (3) :-

(i) Issue of show-cause notice indicating commission of a gross misappropriation of Government funds;

(ii) Receipt and consideration of the reply from the Managing Committee to the notice so served :

Provided that where the Management Committee fails to reply to the notice issued upon it within forty five days of issuance of such notice, the Appropriate Authority may proceed to take further action without waiting for the receipt of reply from such Committee;

(iii) Conduct appropriate investigation and enquiry including consultation with the next upper level Farmers' Organisation or the Canal Officer as the case may be, before proceeding to dissolve the Managing Committee.

(2) On dissolution of the Managing Committee under sub-rule (1), the Managing Committee shall be re-constituted within a period of three months from the date of dissolution.

(3) For the purpose of dissolution of Managing Committee, the Appropriate Authority shall be as under :-

(i) For Managing Committee of the Project Committee : State Government on recommendation of Chief Engineer;

(ii) For Managing Committee of the Distributory Committee : Chief Engineer on recommendation of Superintending Engineer;

(iii) For Managing Committee of the Water Users' Association : Superintending Engineer on recommendation of the Executive Engineer.

36. Offences and Penalties.- (1) The Farmers' Organisation shall have a right to take action on any of the offence specified under Section 39 of the Act.

(2) The President of Farmers' Organisation or his nominees shall give a notice of the offence to the individual.

(3) The individual who has committed the offence shall be given reasonable opportunity, to explain his point of view.

(4) The Managing Committee after examining the material as indicated at sub-rules (2) and (3) shall decide, by a majority, the nature and gravity of the offence.

(5) If the offence is proved beyond doubt, the Managing Committee may fix an amount as fine, as specified under Section 42 of the Act and recover it.

(6) The fine amount shall be adequate enough to rectify the tampering or damage in the system, and injury caused to others.

(7) The money recovered as per sub-rule (5) above shall be duly acknowledged and accounted for.

(8) In all cases where the damage due to the offence is estimated to be more than Rs. 1,000/- a complaint shall be lodged by the President of the Farmers' Organisation or his nominee with the concerned authority as per Section 20 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.PC, 1973) for legal action.

37. Appointment of Competent Authority.- (1) In accordance with Section 28 (1) of the Act, the following officers of the Water Resources Department shall be the Competent Authority for the Farmers' Organisation at all levels :-

(i) All Water User's Associations.	-	Sub-Divisional Officer.
(ii) Distributory Committee in medium and major irrigation system	-	Executive Engineer,
(iii) Project Committee in medium irrigation system	-	Executive Engineer.
(iv) Project Committee in major irrigation system	-	Superintending Engineer.

(2) In accordance with the sub-rule (1), the concerned Chief Engineer of the Water Resources Department shall notify the names of the Competent Authorities for each level of the Farmers' Organisation for each scheme :

Provided that nothing contained in this rule will affect the powers of the Chief Engineer of the Water Resources Department to accord technical clearance under sub-rule (7) of Rule 21.

38. Functions of Competent Authority.- In the functioning of the Managing Committee of the Farmers' Organisation, the Competent Authority, appointed under sub-section (1) of Section 28 of the Act, shall-

(a) attend the meeting convened by the Managing Committee, and participate in the discussions but he has no voting right;

(b) assist in the preparation of maintenance plan;

(c) prepare estimates for works identified for execution; the estimate shall be prepared as per the norms and the rules prescribed by the Water Resources Department in this regard;

(d) accord technical clearance to the maintenance works, as per the powers delegated. The technical clearance shall be limited to the administrative sanctions for the work;

(e) ensure that no alteration or change is made in the irrigation system, with reference to the approved hydraulic particulars;

(f) bring to the notice of Water Resources Department any tampering or changes made in the system, by any Farmers' Organisation in contravention of the hydraulic particulars. He shall ensure that action is taken in accordance with the Act;

(g) provide technical details of the system to the member of the Managing Committee;

(h) assist the Managing Committee in the preparation and approval of operational plan;

(i) advise and assist on water regulation, based on the water supplies and seasonal condition;

(j) assist in preparing water budgeting for the Farmers' Organisation;

(k) provide overall help and assistance in areas irrigated;

(l) help in training any helper appointed by the Farmers' Organisation in discharging their duties;

(m) guide the Farmers' Organisation in maintaining various registers; sand

(n) record measurement for the work done and pass the bills for payments by Farmers' Organisation based on the approval of the Work Sub-Committee.

Form A

Notification

[See sub-rule (1) of Rule 3]

Whereas, it has been decided to delineate the entire command area into Water Users' Areas on hydraulic basis and which are found to be administratively viable;

And whereas, the Water Users' Areas as so divided shall be further divided equally as far as possible into such number of territorial constituencies for the purpose of forming the Water Users' Associations;

Now. therefore, under sub-rule ................... I........................ the Collector and District Magistrate of .................................... District Authorised Officer hereby delineate...........................Water Users' Area into.......................territorial constituencies, and direct that the maps and sketches indicating the various Water Users' Areas and the territorial constituencies shall be displayed on the notice board of the ........................Gram Panchayat and on the notice board of the office of the Janpad Panchayat.

Any objections or claims against the delineation details below may be filed before the Authorised Officer within seven days excluding the date of display on the notice board of the Office of Gram Panchayat or the Janpad Panchayat.

.......................................	Irrigation System........................
Name of Water Users' Association	Total Nos. of Territorial
.......................................	Constituencies...........................
Type of the Scheme (Major/Med/Minor)	Name of the Tehsil..........................
.......................................	Name of Scheme...........................
Total Command Area in Ha..........	Territorial Constituency No..........

 

Sl.No.	Location of Off-Take Sluice	Command Area		Name of Village
		Survey No.	Extent in Ha
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

Collector and District Magistrate/ Authorised Officer District..............

Form B

[See sub-rule (20) of Rule 3]

Whereas, the objections received against Form "A" displayed on : (date) have been considered and thoroughly examined.

And whereas, it is considered that the amendments of Form "A" are considered necessary; and accordingly they are hereby made and revised in the table hereunder :-

.......................................	Irrigation System........................
Name of Water Users' Association	Total Nos. of Territorial
.......................................	Constituencies...........................
Type of the Scheme (Major/Med/Minor)	Name of the Tehsil..........................
.......................................	Name of Scheme...........................
Total Command Area in Ha..........	Territorial Constituency No..........

 

Sl.No.	Location of Off-Take Sluice	Command Area		Name of Village
		Survey No.	Extent in Ha
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

Collector and District Magistrate/ Authorised Officer District..............

Form C

[See sub-rule (1) of Rule 4]

Under sub-rule (1) of Rule 4 of the Chhattisgarh Sinchai Prabandhan Me Krishkon Ki Bhagidari Adhiniyam, 2006 (Act 7 of 2006), I..................... the Tehsildar of the................Tehsil being the Authorised Officer hereby publish the land holders list as in the table below. Any objections or claims against the above list may be filed before me within a week from the date of display of this list.

Name of Water Users' Association.........................................

Water Users' Association (Is it LIS and Tubewell or Not)

Name of the village.....................Name of the Tehsil...........

Territorial Constituency No....................(Part No.)..............

Total Territorial Constituencies.........................................

Type of Scheme (Major/Medium/Minor)......................................

Name of the Scheme.......................................................

District.....................Total Command Area (In Ha)

................ Territorial constituency's position (Head/Middle/Tail reach)

Land Holders List

SI. No.	Name of the land holder & father's name	Age	Sex	Spouse's Name	Category (ST/SC/OBC/ General)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)

 

Extent of Holding (Ha.)	Khasra No.	Name of the Village	Whether Landholder or Water User in other TC? If yes, specify the TC (s)
(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)

Collector & District Magistrate/ Authorised Officer District.......... Water Users' Association.

Form D

[See sub-rule (1) of Rule 4]

Under sub-rule (1) of Rule 4 of the Chhattisgarh Sinchai Prabandhan Me Krishkon Ki Bhagidari Adhiniyam, 2006 (Act 7 of 2006), I.................... the Tehsildar....................Tehsil being the Authorised Officer hereby display in this form the list of all the voters who are the land holders (owner and/or tenant recorded as such in the record of rights under the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, 1959) and have completed eighteen years of age on the date of issue of Notification prepared territorial constituencywise, for electing the President and members of the Managing Committee of the Water Users' Association specified below.

Any objection against the list may be filed before the undersigned within a week for consideration and finalisation.

Name of the Water Users' Association.....................................

Water Users' Association (Is it LIS and Tubewell or Not)

Name of the village....................Name of the Tehsil.......

Territorial Constituency No....................(Part No.)........

Total Territorial Constituencies.................................

Type of Scheme (Major/Medium/Minor)..............................

Name of the Scheme...............................................

District......................Total Command Area (In Ha.).......

Territorial constituency's position (Head/Middle/Tail reach).....

List of all other Water Users

Territorial Constituency Serial No.

SI. No.	Name of the voter	Father's Name	Age	Sex	Spouse's Name	Category (ST/SC/OBC/ General)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)

 

Land Holder (Land Owner/Tenant)	Name of village	Land Holding		Whether Landholder or Water User in other TC ? If yes. specify the TC (s)
		Khasra No.	Extent
(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)

Collector & District Magistrate/ Authorised Officer District......... Water Users' Association

Form E

[See sub-rule (3) of Rule 4]

Objection to Inclusion of Name

To,

The Authorised Officer,

....................Water Users' Association.

Sir,

I object to the inclusion of the name of..........................at Serial No................ in Water Users' Association electoral roll for the following reason(s).

I hereby declare that the facts mentioned above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

My name has been included in the electoral roll for this Water Users' Association as follows :-

Name (in full).............................................................

Father's/Mother's/Husband's name...........................................

Caste (SC/ST/OBC/General)..................................................

Serial No..................................................................

Date....................................

Signature/Thumb Impression of Objector

(Full Postal Address)

I am an elector included in the same electoral roll in which the name objected to appear, my serial number therein is ............................... I support this objection and countersign it.

Signature of the Elector Name (in full) ...............

Note. - Any person who makes a statement or declaration which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true is punishable under provisions of Chhattisgarh Sinchai Prabandhan Me Krishkon Ki Bhagidari Adhiniyam, 2006 (Act 7 of 2006).

Form F

[See sub-rule (3) of Rule 4]

To,

The Authorised Officer,

.....................Water Users' Association.

Sir,

I request that my name be included in the electoral roll for the above Water Users' Association.

(1) Name (in full).........................................................

(2) Father's/Mothcr's/Husband's name.......................................

(3) Caste (SC/ST/OBC/Gencral)..............................................

(4) Particulars of my place of residence are...............................

(a) House No........................................................

(b) Street/Mohalla..................................................

(c) Town/Village....................................................

(d) Post Office.....................................................

(e) Police Station/Tehsil...........................................

(f) District........................................................

(5) Particulars and holding.............................................

(a) Survey No.......................................................

(b) Extent..........................................................

(c) Name of the village.............................................

(d) Name of the Irrigation System...................................

I hereby declare that to the best of my knowledge and bcliel :-

(i) that I am a citizen of India;

(ii) that my age on the first day of January 1st/July 1st was

(iii) that I am water user of this Water Users' Association at the address given below.

Place.

Date.

Signature or thumb impression of claimant

Form G

[See sub-rule (3) of Rule 4]

Application for Deletion of Entry in Electoral Roll

To

The Authorised Officer,

...............Water Users' Association.

Sir,

I submit that the entry at Serial No .............. of the electoral roll for the Water Users' Association relating to* Shri/Smt................*son/wife daughter.................................of requires to be deleted as the `said person is' *dead/is not a water user in this Water Users' Association/his name is already included in the voters list at Serial No............................as such he is not entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for the following reasons:-

.................................................................................................................................................................................................................

I hereby declare that the facts mentioned above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

I declare that I am an elector of this Water Users' Association being enrolled at Serial No................of the roll.

Place........................

Date.........................

Signature/Thumb Impression of Objector (Full Postal Address)

Note. - Any person who makes a statement or declaration which is false or which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true is punishable under provisions of Chhattisgarh Sinchai Prabandhan Me Krishkon Ki Bhagidari Adhiniyam, 2006 (Act 7 of 2006).

* Strike out the inappropriate words.

I am an elector.........................included in the electoral roll of the same Water Users' Association in which the claimant has applied for deletion. My serial No. therein is ............................ I support this claim and countersign it.

Signature of the Elector Name (in full)...........................

Note : - Any person who makes a statement or declaration which is false and which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true is punishable under provisions of Chhattisgarh Sinchai Prabandhan Me Krishkon Ki Bhagidari Adhiniyam, 2006 (Act 7 of 2006).

Form H

[See sub-rule (3) of Rule 4]

Notice of Final Publication of Electoral Roll

It is hereby notified for public information that the list of amendments to the draft landholders list, voters list and other water users' list of the Water Users' Association have been prepared in accordance with the Chhattisgarh Sinchai Prabandhan Me Krishkon Ki Bhagidari Adhiniyam, 2006 (Act 7 of 2006), and a copy of the said lists together with the lists of amendments have been published and will be available for inspection at my office.

Place........................

Date..........................

Authorised Officer Designation District.

Form I

[See sub-rule (5) (i) of Rule 4]

Declaration

I.........................son of Shri............................ resident at Door No................. of village.....................aged about.........years, Caste (SC/ST/OBC/General).......................hold lands as follows :-

Survey No.	Extent in Ha.	Village	Territorial Constituency No.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

I declare that I intended to vote in Territorial Constituency No..................

Place.....................

Date......................

Signature ......................

To,

The Authorised Officer,

.................Water Users' Area

.................Tehsil

.................District

I, the Authorised Officer for the..........................WUA do hereby allot .................Territorial Constituency to Shri.................................. for the following reasons :-

(1) Based on the applicants request

(2) Based on the extent of land held

(3) Others.

Authorised Officer ......................

Acknowledgment

Received an Application Form for exercise of option to Territorial Constituency in WUA from Shri .................................

Authorised Officer ........................

Form J

[See sub-rule (1) of Rule 5]

*In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the Chhattisgarh Sinchai Prabandhan Me Krishkon Ki Bhagidari Adhiniyam, 2006 (Act 7 of 2006) the Government hereby delineate the Distributory Areas.................Irrigation System, for the purpose of constituting Project Committees as specified in the table below :-

Table

SI. No.	Name of the Distributory Committee	Location of the Off-take Sluice	Name of the WUAs	Names of the Tehsil	Name of the District
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)

Form K

[See sub-rule (1) of Rule 6]

*In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the Chhattisgarh Sinchai Prabandhan Me Krishkon Ki Bhagidari Adhiniyam, 2006 (Act 7 of 2006) the Government hereby delineates the project areas for.................Irrigation System, for the purpose of constituting Project Committees as specified in the table below.

..................Irrigation System ..............................District

Table

SI. No.	Name of the Distributory Committee	Location of the Off-take Sluice	Name of the WUAs	Names of the Tehsil	Name of the District
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)

Form L

[See sub-rule (2) of Rule 8]

Recall Notice

The undersigned persons constitute one-third of the total number of voters/members of General Body of the Water Users' Association/Distributory Committee/Project Committee situated in.......................Tehsil/Tehsils ..................... District. We have lost confidence in the President/Member, Managing Committee/Chairperson of the said Water Users' Association Distributory Committee/Project Committee. We propose to recall him.

Accordingly it is requested to call for a meeting of the following voters/Members of the General Body of the said ....................... Water Users' Association/Distributory Committee/Project Committee under sub-rule (4) of Rule 8 of the Chhattisgarh Sinchai Prabandhan Me Krishkon Ki Bhagidari Adhiniyam, 2006 (Act 7 of 2006) rules and to move the motion for recall and conduct voting for the purpose of passing a resolution thereat date.

Sl.No.	Name	Village	Sl.No. in voters list	Signature
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

To,

The Authorised/Nominated Officer

Tchsil/Office of the Collector and

District Magistrate.....................District

Form M

[See sub-rule (3) of Rule 8]

Verification

I being the authorised Officer/Nominated Officer has received the Recall notice for the purpose of recalling the President/Member of the Managing Committee/Chairperson of the............................ Water Users' Association/Distributory Committee/Project Committee situated in ................... Tehsil/Tehsils District has verified the signature of the persons subscribe to the recall notice with the concerned voters list/lists of the concerned General Bodies and found their names given therein to be correct and genuine. Accordingly, I proceed to take-further action in the matter.

Authorised Nominated Officer Station......................... District........................

Form N

[See sub-rule (6) of Rule 21 and sub-rule (5) of Rule 27]

Register of Technical Sanction (T.S.)/Administrative Sanction (A.S.)

Name of the WUA/FO.............

WAS/DAS/PAS/ WTS/DTS/PTS Sanction No. and year	Sanctioned by	Head of Account	Name of work	Amount of Estimate	Date of Sanction	Initial
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)

Note. - WAS. - WUA's Administrative Sanction.

WTS. - WUA's Technical Sanction by Competent Authority (Technical).

DAS. - Distributory Committee's Administrative Sanction. DTS. - Distributory Committee's

Technical Sanction by Competent Technical Authority.

PAS. - Project Committee Administrative Sanction.

PTS. - Project Committee Technical Sanction by Competent Technical Authority.

Form O

[See sub-rule (1) (i) of Rule 27]

Register of Component Works

Name of the Scheme......................

Name of the WUA/FO..............

Sl. No.

Distance form head

Position Right (R), Left (L), Across (X)

Name and description of work

Reduced levels (m) or ft.

Dimensions (m) or ft.

Slopes of bank number of vents openings

Areas chargeable catchment or drainage ha/km.2

Discharge capacity [million cum of (mcft)]

Remarks

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

(14)

Canals channels, aqueducts or super passages

Bed (a) canal (b) drain

(a) FSL of canal (b) MFL of drain

(a) Top of lining (b) Bank/parapet (c) Flood bank

(a) Canal BW/Bed fall (b) drain BW/bed fall

Depth or height (a) canal (b) flood bank

Top width of bank R/L (a) canal (b) flood bnak

Front Rear & slopes (a) canal (b) flood bank

Ayacut below (b) drainage area

At (a) FSC of canal (b) MFL of drain

1. In case of regulators &bridges the dimension under column (a) should be up to bottom of grider.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

(14)

Drops and canal falls

Sill or floor

Front (a) bed (b) FSL

Rear (a) bed (b) FSL

Length (a) at sill (b) at top

Height of opening vent or notch

Overall length

Number of opening of vents

Ayacut below

At FSL of canal

2. The allbrivation toiloring FSC Full supply Level MFL

Sluices of syphones

Sill or floor

(a) Canal bed from rear (b) Drain bed

(a) Canal FSL from rear (b) Drain MFL

width at still

Height of vent

Overall length of pipe or barrel

Number of vents

(a) Ayacut (i) parent canal (ii) off-take canal

(a) At FSL (i) parent canal (ii) off-take canal (b) At MFL of drain

Maximum flood level B/W Bed width R/L Right Left

Inlets outlets escape, sluices

Crest or sill

MFL (A) above (b) below

Top (a) Canal bank (b) Canal bank operation

Width of wall (top/bottom of vent)

Height of wall or vent

Overall length

Number of vents

Drainage area

(a) At MFL (b) At FSL

-

Regulators and bridges

Crest or sill

FSL (a) above (b) below

(a) Platform (b) Road

Width of (a) vent (b) road way

Height of (a) vent (b) parapet

Overall length

(a) No. of vents (b) type of gates

Villages connected

At FSL

-

From P

[See sub-rule (1) (ii) of Rule 27]

Register of Buildings & Land

Name of the WUA/FO.............

SI. No.	Village & S.No. Location	Building Type
		Name Description	Walls	Floor	Roof	Plinth in sft.	Land	Standard Rent
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)

 

		Lands			Remarks	Rent/Auction Amounts Realised
Canal Drain	Reach	S.No.	Extent	Type Wet/Dry waste Barren		1997	1998	2006
(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)	(17)	(18)

Form Q

[See sub-rule (1) (iii) of Rule 27]

Register of Trees-Grass-Other Miscellaneous Properties

Name of the WUA/FO...........

Sl.No.	M.P. Item No.	Tank Bund Canal Bank RF-LF Reach From - To
(1)	(2)	(3)

 

Details of M.P., Items
Location	No. of Tree	Name of Tree	Girth & Rft. of Trunk	Grass or lulieflora	Fish	Born	Others	Min. Rent/Bid fixed
(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)

 

	Year-wise collection
1997	1998	2006
(13)	(14)	(15)

Form R

[See sub-rule (1) (iv) of Rule 27]

Register of Machines

Name of the WUA...............

Sl.No.	Name of Machine	Make Model	H.P. of Machine	Year of Purchase
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

 

Original Book Value	Hire Charges per km. Hour	Working Condition	Remarks
(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)

Form S

[See sub-rule (3) (i) of Rule 27]

Reservoir Gauge-Discharge Register

Name of Reservoir/Tank..............

ETL..................MWL.................TBL.................... Name of the WUA/FO ...........

Date	Reservoir level to 8 A.M.	Capacity in Mcft.	Front Gauge	Rear Gauge
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

 

	Head Sluice (1) Sluice (2)			Head over crest
Vent way & opening	Head	Discharge
		Cusecs	Mcft
(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)

 

Spilway/surplus weir			Evaporation		Total out flow Mcft.
Vent way & opening	Discharge		In ft.	in Mcft.
	Cusecs	Mcft.
(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)

 

Rainfall	Rise/fall of Res. Level in ft.	Net Impounding Depletion Mcft.	Total Inflow Mcft.	Net Utilisation Mcft.	Remarks
(17)	(18)	(19)	(20)	(21)	(22)

Form T

[See sub-rule (3) (ii) of Rule 27]

Canal Gauge-Discharge Register

Name of parent canal/Distributory..........			Name of the WUA/FO.
		At Start
		Bed width............
		Fully Supply Depth
		Gauge................
		Discharge............
Date	Time	Gauge @ Start of F.O.	Discharge in Cusecs
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

 

		At End
		Bed width.......................
		Fully Supply Depth.............
		Gauge...........................
		Discharge......................
		Discharge in Discharge cusecs
Gauge @ end of F.O.	Discharge in cusesc	Discharge
		In cusecs	In Mcft.
(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)

Form U

[See sub-rule (4) (i) of Rule 27]

Command Area Register

Name of Source.................                                                                                             Name of the WUA/FO

S. No.	Name of the Land Holder/Father's Name	Name of Village
(1)	(2)	(3)

 

Survey Number	Extent of Command Area	Total	Remarks
(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)

Form V

[See sub-rule (4) (ii) of Rule 27]

Register of Irrigated Areas and Demands

Name of Source.................                                                                                             Name of the WUA/

Sl.No.	Name of the Land Holder/Father's Name	Survey No.	Extent of holding
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

 

Actual Area Irrigated	Type of Crop	Nos. of Watering	Water Charge Rate	Assessment Amout
(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)

Form W

[See sub-rule (6) (i) of Rule 27]

Cash Book

Name of the WUA/FO ..................

Date of Receipt	No. of Temporary Receipt if any with date	No. of Vouchers received	From whom received	Amount
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

 

Head Account	Details of Receipt	Dated Initials	Date of Payment	Voucher No.
(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)

 

To whom paid	Cash	Cheque	Head of Account	Details of Payment	Dated Initials
(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)

Form X

[See sub-rule (6) (ii) of Rule 27]

Original

Temporary Receipt

(Stamp of Farmers Association)

Book No............................

Receipt No.........................

Date............................................

Received Rupees.....................................................................

From Shri...........................................................................

S/o.................................................................................

Towards the.........................................................................

Place...................

Date........................

Signature Authorised Authority of the Farmers' Association

Duplicate

Temporary Receipt

(Stamp of Farmers' Association)

Book No........................

Receipt No............................................

Date...............................

Received Rupees.............................................

From Shri...................................................

S/o...........

Towards the...........................................

Place..............

Date...............

Signature Authorised Authority of the Farmers' Association

Form X-1

[See sub-rule (7) of Rule 28]

Original

Temporary Receipt

(Stamp of Water Users' Association)

Book No....................................

Receipt No.......................

Date...................

Received Rupees.....................................

From Shri................................. S/o ....................................

Towards the .............................

Place...........................

Date............................

Signature Member of Managing Committee of Water Users' Association with Stamp

Duplicate

Temporary Receipt

(Stamp of Water Users' Association)

Book No................

Receipt No...........................

Date....................

Received Rupees.......................

From Shri............................. S/o ..................

Towards the..........................

Place.......................

Date.......................

Signature Member of Managing Committee of Water Users' Association with Stamp

Form X-2

[See sub-rule (7) of Rule 28]

Original

Receipt

(Stamp of Water Users' Association)

Book No...........................

Receipt No..............................................

Date................

Received Rupees..............................................................

From Shri....................................................................

(Name of the Member of Managing Committee of Water Users' Association) S/o..........................................................................

R/o..........................................................................

Towards the..................................................................

Place...........................

Date...............................

Signature President of the Water Users' Association with stamp

Duplicate

Receipt

(Stamp of Water Users' Association)

Book No...........................

Receipt No..............................................

Date................

Received Rupees.........................................................................

From Shri...............................................................................

(Name of the Member of Managing Committee of Water Users' Association)

S/o.....................................................................................

R/o.....................................................................................

Towards the..................................................................

Place............................

Date................................

Signature President of the Water Users' Association with stamp

Form X-3

[See sub-rule (7) of Rule 28]

Original

Receipt

(Stamp of Competent Authority/Sub-Divisional Officer)

Book No......................

Receipt No..............................................

Date................

Received Rupees......................................................

From Shri............................................................

(Name of the President of Water Users' Association)

S/o..................................................................

R/o..................................................................

Towards the..........................................................

Place........................

Date.........................

Signature Competent Authority/ Sub-Divisional Officer with Stamp

Duplicate

Receipt

(Stamp of Competent Authority/Sub-Divisional Officer)

Book No.....................

Receipt No..............................................

Date................

Received Rupees.......................................................................

From Shri.............................................................................

(Name of the President of Water Users' Association)

S/o...................................................

R/o...................................................

Towards the...................................................................

Place..........................

Date...........................

Signature Competent Authority/ Sub-Divisional Officer with Stamp

Form X-4

[See sub-rule (6) (iii) of Rule 27)

Issue of Receipt Books

Name of WUA .......................

Sl.No.	Receipt		Issued to		Acknowledgment
	Book No.	Pages	Name of T.C. member	Name of T.C.
(1)	(2)		(3)	(4)	(5)

Form Y

[See sub-rule (6) (iii) of Rule 27]

Bill Register

Name of WUA/FO................

Sl. No.	Date of Submission and Despatch No.	Name of the Work	Amount of Estimate
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

 

Ref. to sanction	Amount of Bill	M.B. No. and Page	Name of the Agency	Initial
(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)

Form Z

[See sub-rule (6) (iv) of Rule 27)

Register of Cheque Memo Register

Name of WUA/FO..............

Sl. No.	To whom the Cheque issued	Name of the work	Cheque No. & Date
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

 

Amount of Cheque	Cheque Book No.	Amount of Budget	Balance Amount	Signature
(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)

Form Z-l

[See sub-rule (6) (v) of Rule 27]

Special Fee Register

Name of WUA/FO....................

Sl.No.	Date	Description of Special Fee	Period
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

 

From whom collected	Amount	Temp. Receipt No.	Remarks
(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)

Form Z-2

[See sub-rule (1) of Rule 34]

Auditor's Report of the Accounts of Farmers' Organisation........................for the year ended on....................

Auditors have audited the attached Balance Sheets of.....................Farmers' Organisation as at 31st March ............. the Income and Expenditure Account and Payment Account for period on that date, annexed thereto :

Report as follows :-

(1) I have obtained all the information and explanation which to the best of my knowledge and belief, were necessary for the purpose of audit.

(2) In my opinion, proper books of accounts and other records required by Act and rules have been kept by the Farmers' Organisation so far as appears from my examination of such books and records.

(3) The Balance Sheet, Income and Expenditure Account and the Receipt and.................................................... Farmers' Organisation Account referred to in this report are in agreement with the Books of Account referred to in this report.

(4) All the payments made by the ........................... Farmers' Organisation are in accordance with the law and within the authority of the..................Farmers' Organisation except .....................(report contrary payments if any).

(5) No deficiency or loss appears to have been caused by the negligence or misconduct of any person except.................... (report if deficiency/fraud, loss, etc. detected).

(6) All the sums ought to have been received by ...................... Farmers' Organisation have been brought into account; except .....................(report accounted receipts, if any).

(7) No material impropriety or irregularity was observed except, those reported as above.

(8) All the grants received by.......................Farmers' Organisation have been utilised and applied in accordance with the terms of sanction and attached conditions except .............................(report misutilisation/un-authorised diversions, etc.)

(9) I have discussed the irregularities, discrepancies and other objections with the President of the ................................ Farmers' Organisation and settled all possible objections except (report in brief main unsettled objections).

(10) In my opinion and to the best of my information and according to the explanations given and subject to the detailed report, annexed hereto the said accounts gives a true and fair view :-

(i) In the case of Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the .............. Farmers' Organisation as at 31st March

(ii) In the case of Income and Expenditure Account of the Surplus/Deficit of Income over Expenditure for the period ended on that date; and

(iii) In the case of Receipt and Payment Account of all the receipts and payments of the Gram Sabha for the period ended on that date.

Place...................

Date....................

Signature of Auditor Name Designation Place of Posting Seal.