The Andhra Pradesh Irrigation Utilisation and Command Area Development Act, 1984

Preamble

THE ANDHRA PRADESH IRRIGATION UTILISATION AND COMMAND AREA DEVELOPMENT ACT, 1984 ACT No. 15 OF 1984 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTIONS CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and commencement 2. Definitions CHAPTER II CONSTITUTION OF COMMAND AREA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONER, PIPE COMMITTEE AND AGENCIES, ETC. 3. Constitution of Command Area Development Authority and its functions. 4. Appointment of a Commissioner /de 5. Constitutions of a pipe committee and its functions 6. Irrigation Officer to carry out works on failure of pipe committee 7. Power to constitute board committees, etc. CHAPTER III OBLIGATIONS OF LAND HOLDERS 8. Obligations of land holders 9. Farm management 10. Safeguarding adjacent holdings CHAPTER IV SYSTEMATIC LAND DEVELOPMENT 11. Formation of units 12. Power of Commissioner to specify command areas for systematic land development 13. Construction of field channels 14. Power to enter and Survey, etc. 15. Preparation of the scheme for systematic land development 16. Implementation of systematic land development scheme 17. Acquisition of land for irrigation system under a pipe outlet 18. Preparation of records after systematic land development CHAPTER - V REGULATION OF IRRIGATION AND EQUITABLE WATER USE MANAGEMENT 19. Power of Irrigation Officer to regulate irrigation system 20. Liability for unlawful use of water or when water runs to waste 21. Stoppage of water supply 22. Supply of water for irrigation of one or more crops 23. Settlement of disputes regarding distribution of water CHAPER-VI LOCALISATION OF COMMAND AREAS AND REGULATION OF CROPPING PATTERN THEREIN, ETC. 24. Power specify principles Localisation 25. Classification of lands for raising different crops according to availability of 26. Power to prohibit growing of certain kinds of crops and to regulate the period of sowing and duration, of crops 27. Power to levy and collect road cess CHAPTER-VII CREDIT FACILITIES 28. Power to select financing agency 29. Loans to ineligible and recalcitrant land holders 30. Creation of charge on land 31. Alterations of extent of boundaries of mortgaged land under the scheme for systematic land development 32. Exemption from certain duties and fees 33. Registration of document executed on behalf of a financing agency, etc CHAPTER-VIII OFFENCES AND PENALTIES 34. Penalties 35. Abetment of offences 36. Punishment under other laws not barred 37. Summary disposal of cases 38. Power to remove and take into custody person obstructing 39. Payment of rewards to informants 40. Composition of offences CHAPTER-IX MISCELLANEOUS 41. Obligation of land holders of land adjacent to notified command area 42. Recovery of duties as arrears of land revenue 43. Bar of jurisdiction of Civil courts 44. Power to summon and examine witnesses 45. Revision of Commissioner 46. Power of revision by Government 47. Power to make rules 48. Act to override other laws 49. Power to remove difficulties 50. Savings in respect of Ad-hoc Command Area Development Authority 51. Repeal of Ordinance 32 of 1983 IndiaCode THE ANDHRA PRADESH IRRIGATION UTILISATION AND COMMAND AREA DEVELOPMENT ACT, 1984 ACT No. 15 OF 1984 [22nd March, 1984] AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN ACCELERATED INCREASE IN AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED PRODUCTION IN THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH THROUGH A PROGRAMME OF COMPREHENSIVE AND SYSTEMATIC DEVELOPMENT ON SCIENTIFIC AND MODERN LINES OF COMMAND AREAS, COMPRISING MEASURES, FOR OPTIMUM USE OF LANDS AND WATER, PREVENTION OF LAND EROSION AND WATER LOGGING, IMPROVEMENT OF SOIL FERTILITY AND REGULATION OF CROPPING PATTERN, AND FOR PROPER MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IN THE STATE FOR ENSURING MAXIMUM BENEFITS TO THE CULTIVATORS UNDER THE COMMAND AREAS AND FOR THE MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH. BE it enacted by the legislature of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the Thirty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows :- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY Code

Sections

Type to filter. 51 sections.

1. 1Short title, extent and commencement
2. 2Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires
3. 3Constitution of the Command Area Development Authority and its functions
4. 4Appointment of a Commissioner
5. 5Constitution of a pipe committee and its functions
6. 6
7. 7Power to constitute board committees, etc
8. 8
9. 9
10. 10
11. 11
12. 12
13. 13Construction of field channels
14. 14
15. 15Preparation of the scheme for systematic land development
16. 16Implementation of systematic land development scheme
17. 17Acquisition of land for irrigation system under a pipe outlet
18. 18Preparation of records after systematic land development
19. 19Power of Irrigation Officer to regulate irrigation system
20. 20Liability for unlawful use of water or when water runs to waste
21. 21Stoppage of water supply
22. 22
23. 23Settlement of disputes regarding distribution of water
24. 24Power specify principles Localisation
25. 25
26. 26
27. 27Power to levy and collect road cess
28. 28
29. 29Loans to ineligible and recalcitrant land holders
30. 30
31. 31
32. 32
33. 33Registration of document executed on behalf of a financing agency, etc
34. 34Penalties
35. 35
36. 36
37. 37Summary disposal of cases
38. 38
39. 39Payment of reward to informants
40. 40Composition of Offences
41. 41
42. 42
43. 43Bar of Jurisdiction of Civil Courts
44. 44
45. 45Revision by the submission
46. 46Power of revision by Government
47. 47Power to make rules
48. 48
49. 49Power to remove difficulties
50. 50Savings in respect of Adhoc-Command Area Development Authority
51. 51