Section 39. Water Users‟ Association for Lift Irrigation

(1) For every lift irrigation scheme under this Act, there shall be constituted a Water Users Association.

(2) The State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare a cut-off-date, being a date not earlier than one year from the date of such notification, after which the sanctions to individual schemes of lift irrigation shall stand cancelled in the delineated areas:

Provided that, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, extend the said period:

Provided further that, under exceptional circumstances and having regard to geographical situations, the permission to individual lifts may be continued till constitution of the Lift Irrigation Association.