The Goa, Daman and Diu Irrigation Rules, 1975

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    "title": "The Goa, Daman and Diu Irrigation Rules, 1975",
    "short_title": "The Goa, Daman and Diu Irrigation Rules, 1975",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. PWD/PE/2782/74-EDN",
    "act_year": 1975,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Goa",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Goa, Daman and Diu Irrigation Rules, 1975",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(i) 'Act' means the Goa, Daman and Diu Irrigation Act, 1973 (18 of 1973);\n(ii) 'Executive Engineer' means an Executive Engineer in the Public Works Department, Government of Goa, Daman and Diu;\n(iii) 'Form' means a form appended to these rules;\n(iv) 'Hot weather crop' means a crop grown within hot weather season; namely, from 15th February to 14th June next following;\n(v) 'Kharif crop' means a crop grown within Kharif season, namely, 15th June to 14th October next following;\n(vi) 'Outlet' means an opening through which water passes from a tank, canal, branch canal, distributary or water-course to a field channel;\n(vii) 'Pass' means a written order of a Canal-Officer to any person authorising him to receive a supply of water from a canal;\n(viii) 'Perennial crop' means a crop which is irrigated continuously for a period of more than eight months;\n(ix) 'Plot' means one or two or more portions into which a piece of land is divided for the purpose of irrigation, each of such portions being provided with separate inlet for irrigation water;\n(x) 'Rabi crop' means a crop grown within rabi season, namely, from 15th October to 14th February next following;\n(xi) 'Section' means a section of the Act;\n(xii) 'Sub-Divisional Officer' means a Sub-Divisional Officer of the Public Works Department, subordinate to the Executive Engineer;\n(xiii) 'Superintending Engineer' means the Superintending Engineer of the Public Works Department, Government of Goa, Daman and Diu.\nPart II\nConstruction, Control and Maintenance of Canals",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Notice to occupier of building, etc.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Passing of persons, animals or vehicles in or across canals.",
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            "content": "Part III\nWater-Courses",
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        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "5. Notification under section 15.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Fixation of boundary marks of lands acquired for field Channels.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Maintenance of boundary marks.",
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        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "8. Notice under section 19.",
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            "content": "Part IV\nSupply and use of Water",
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Application for permission to use water from canal.",
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        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Dates for applications.",
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        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Acknowledgement of application.",
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            "content": "",
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        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Application by whom to be made and conditions for sanctions.",
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            "content": "(a) the occupant or joint occupants of the lands; or\n(b) the superior holder or joint superior holders of alienated land; or\n(c) any other person or persons having a right to cultivate the land under irrigation for the period for which supply of water is to be given; or\n(d) any other person duly authorised by any of the persons mentioned in clauses (a), (b) and (c) to receive such supply:",
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            "sort_order": 11
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Applications may be rejected or granted wholly or in part-Manner of sanction and approval.",
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        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Allotment of available supply.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Regulation of cultivation.",
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            "content": "",
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        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Cultivation and use of water.",
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            "content": "(i) a suitable system of water channels shall be maintained so that the water required for the irrigation of any plot can be supplied directly from a channel;\n(ii) the number and location of the inlets necessary for the supply of water to any such system shall be subject to the general or special orders of the Canal-Officer;\n(iii) no irrigation water shall be allowed to pass from one plot to another plot;\n(iv) the manner in which water is supplied shall be subject to the general or special orders of the Canal-Officer;\n(v) no crop shall be grown in the channels leading to the plots when such channels are less than 1.20 metres wide from the top inner edge of the bund and after earthing there shall be no cane growing in or interfering with the flow of water in the channels;\n(vi) no crop shall be planted within 1.80 metres of the edge of a main water-course. If a question arises as to what is a main water-course, the Canal-Officer shall decide the matter and his decision shall be final and conclusive;\n(vii) no crop shall be grown on the top of any bund. A subsidiary crop may however, be grown along the slopes of the bund provided the growth of such subsidiary crop does not interfere with inspection;\n(viii) (a) any bund may, immediately after rain, be cut without permission. Such bund shall, however, be properly repaired before the next watering is taken;\n(b) except as provided in clause (a) a bund may be cut only in case of emergency and if the person on whose application the supply of water is sanctioned under these rules cuts the bund, he shall be liable for any wastage of water unless he shows to the satisfaction of the Canal-Officer that the accumulation of water, if any, was due to cause for which he was not responsible.\n(ix) the person on whose application the supply of water is sanctioned under these rules or his representative shall be present during the whole time that water is being taken and if a pass has been issued such person shall have it in his possession.",
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        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Construction and maintenance of bunds and demarcation and preparation of land",
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            "content": "(a) the portion under irrigation shall, throughout the period of irrigation, be completely surrounded by bund not less than 0.30 metre high and of 0.30 metre top width and shall be formed into suitable plots;\n(b) on any common boundary between two areas irrigated under separate sanctions, two separate bunds need not be maintained.\nPart V\nWater-Rates",
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        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Water-rates how to be fixed.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) a rate per hectare of land irrigated, fixed with reference to the crops grown, the season of the year during which and the period for which water is supplied and the method of application of water to the land; or\n(b) a rate per unit of quantity of water supplied.",
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            "sort_order": 17
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        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Areas on which water-rates are leviable.",
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            "sort_order": 18
        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Water-rate leviable when mixed crops are grown.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 19
        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Water rate leviable when crop sanctioned is not planted or fails and another crop is grown.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Water rate leviable when land intended to be irrigated by canal water is irrigated partly by well water.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 21
        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Water-rate leviable when well water and canal water are conveyed in the same channel.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 22
        },
        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Irrigation from escape channels.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 23
        },
        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Water rate leviable for supply of water for forming thrashing floors.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 24
        },
        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Water-rates for non-irrigational purposes.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 25
        },
        {
            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Water rate leviable for supply of water obtained without permission or misused.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 26
        },
        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Charges to be imposed when water supplied through a water-course is suffered to run to waste.",
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            "content": "(a) if the water has flowed on any land, a rate not exceeding double the watering rate for each 0.40 hectares on which water has flowed;\n(b) in any other case a rate not exceeding double the rate chargeable under rule 26 on the volume of water estimated by the Canal-Officer to have been wasted.\nPart VI\nLabour for Emergencies",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 27
        },
        {
            "number": "55",
            "title": "29. Preparation of list of labourers under section 55.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 28
        },
        {
            "number": "30",
            "title": "30. Classes of persons to be included in or exempted from list of labourers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the names of the Aimed Forces Personnel, reservists and military pensioners and of persons who appear to the Collector to be under sixteen years or over fifty years of age shall not be included in such list, and\n(b) any landholder who is unaccustomed to manual labour shall be permitted when called to assist at any repair, clearance or work, to furnish as a substitute any able bodied person whose name is not on the list.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 29
        },
        {
            "number": "31",
            "title": "31. Hearing of objections.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Part VII\nTaking over of Canals",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "58",
            "title": "32. Inquiry under section 58.",
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            "content": "Part VIII\nAppeals",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 31
        },
        {
            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Appeals.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) requiring an applicant who is an occupant or superior holder to give security under rule 12; or\n(b) rejecting a surety tendered under rule 12 as unapproved or\n(c) passed under rule 13.\n(a) a sub-divisional Officer, empowered as Canal-Officer the appeal shall lie to the Executive Engineer; or\n(b) the Executive Engineer empowered as Canal-Officer, the appeal shall lie to the Superintending Engineer.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 32
        },
        {
            "number": "34",
            "title": "34. Manner of preferring appeals.",
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            "content": "Part IX\nDrawing of Water Free of Charge",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 33
        },
        {
            "number": "35",
            "title": "35. Drawing of water from canal on which no expenditure is made by Government.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 34
        },
        {
            "number": "36",
            "title": "36. Application for water.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 35
        },
        {
            "number": "37",
            "title": "37. Sanction for the use of water for food and fodder crops.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 36
        },
        {
            "number": "38",
            "title": "38. Making channels for taking water.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 37
        },
        {
            "number": "39",
            "title": "39. Separation of crops irrigation by water supplied under this Part.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 38
        },
        {
            "number": "40",
            "title": "40. Non-interference with the natural drainage or artificial channels.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 39
        },
        {
            "number": "41",
            "title": "41. Marking of the area for which water has been sanctioned on a plan.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 40
        },
        {
            "number": "42",
            "title": "42. Compensation for failure or deficiency of water.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 41
        },
        {
            "number": "43",
            "title": "43. Penalty for using water after the expiry of the period of the pass.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 42
        },
        {
            "number": "44",
            "title": "44. Granting of different canal water for the area sanctioned under this Part.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 43
        },
        {
            "number": "45",
            "title": "45. Water-rates for crops grown in excess of the sanctioned area.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 44
        },
        {
            "number": "46",
            "title": "46. Prohibition of taking water before sanctioning.",
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            "content": "Form 1\nForm 1\n(See rule 3)\nCanal-Officer\nForm 2\nForm 2\n(See rule 5)\nNotification\nNotification\nSchedule of lands for which water-courses are necessary\nName of District\nTaluka\nName of Village\nSurvey No.\nArea likely to be irrigated\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\nCanal-Officer\nForm 3\nForm 3\n(See rule 5)\nNotification\nNotification\nSchedule\nSI. No.\nName of district\nName of Taluka\nName of Village\nSurvey No.\nArea marked out for construction of field\n\t\t\t\tchannels\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\nCanal-Officer\nCopy to:- 1. The Mamlatdar.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 45
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. The Assistant Engineer ... Sub-Division .......",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 46
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. The Collector ... District.",
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            "content": "4. the Superintending Engineer ... Circle.\nForm 4\nForm 4\n(See rule 8)\nOffice of the Canal-Officer\nCanal-Officer\nForm 5\nForm 5\n[See rule 9 (3)]\nApplication for water for Irrigation\nApplication for water for Irrigation\nName of village\nName of Distributary\nName of sub-distributary\nOutlet No.\nSurvey No. and sub-survey No.\nArea of survey No.\nArea of holding\nArea to be irrigated\nCrop\nPeriod for which water is required\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\nSignature or Left Hand Thumb Impression of the Applicant\n(1) Area to be sanctioned (2) Period of sanction.\nFrom ... to ...\n(3) Water-rate to be charged ... per hectare ...\nSignature\nInstructions\nInstructions\nConditions\nConditions\nForm 6\nForm 6\n[ See rule 12(3)]\nForm of Security Bond\nForm of Security Bond\nVillage\nTaluka\nSurvey No.\nPlot No.\nArea of field to be irrigated\nName of crop\nPeriod of irrigation\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n(Signature of surety)\n(Signature of witness) (Signature of surety) (Signature of witness)\nForm 7\nForm 7\n[ See rule 12(3)]\nVillage\nTaluka\nSurvey No.\nPlot No.\nArea of field to be irrigated\nName of crop\nPeriod of irrigation\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\nDistrict\nTaluka\nVillage\nSurvey No.\nPlot No.\nArea of holding in the Survey No.\nRemarks\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\nSignature of witness (1)\nSignature of witness (2)\nSigned and sealed for and on behalf of the President of India by Shri ...\nForm 8\nForm 8\n[ See rule 36 (1)]\n... River ... Nalla ... Drain ... Tank\nDate\nMonth\nYear\nSignature or left hand thumb impression of the applicant.\nSignature of the witness\nSignature or left hand thumb impression of the occupant or\n\t\t\t\tjoint occupants or superior holder in cases in which the\n\t\t\t\tapplicant is not the occupant or superior holder.\nForwarded for sanction as follows:-\n(1) Area to be sanctioned.\n(2) Name of sanctioned crop.\n(3) Period of sanction.\nHectares From         to Sub-Divisional Officer\nDate       Month       Year\nExecutive Engineer ... Sanctioned Canal Officer\nNote. - Details of security bond to be invariably furnished by non-owner applicants as per details below:-\nNote.\nName of sureties Survey No. of (1) Given a security as per Form 7 (2)\nSurvey No. of\n(1) Given a security as per Form 7\n(2)\nInstructions\nInstructions\nConditions\nConditions",
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        "Act ID": "goa158",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. PWD/PE/2782/74-EDN-PWD, dated 5th August 1976",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1975",
        "Short Title": "The Goa, Daman and Diu Irrigation Rules, 1975",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Goa"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}