State Act
5
Section 5. Delineation of distributory area and constitution of the distributory committee.
The Telangana Farmers Management of Irrigation Systems Act, 1997.
Act no. 11 of 19971997In forceTelangana (State Act)
5. (1) The Government may, by notification and in accordance with the rules made in this behalf, delineate every command area of the irrigation system, 18[comprising of five or more] water users’ associations, and declare it to be a distributory area for the purpose of this Act. (2) There shall be a distributory committee called by its local distinct name for every distributory area declared as such under sub-section (1). (3) All the Presidents of the water users associations in the distributory area, so long as they hold such office, shall constitute the general body of the committee.