THE SCHEDULE - EXPLANATORY NOTE

The village boundaries and names mentioned in this Schedule have reference to boundaries and names as shown in the sheets of large scale surveys covering relevant areas of Saran and Shahabad districts of the State of Bihar and Ballia district of the State of Uttar Pradesh, conducted by the Survey of India during the period 1881-83, and where such sheets are not available as shown in any other record which the State Governments of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh agree to be relevant within one month from the commencement of this Act, or in default of such agreement, which the authority referred to in sub-section (2) of section 3 may determine to be the relevant record.
The Ganga and Ghaghra rivers and their high banks wherever mentioned in this Schedule have reference to the geographical river or high bank positions, as the case may be, as shown in the survey records mentioned in the foregoing paragraph.