Publication of draft scheme

(1) Copies of every draft scheme approved by the Board, together with the connected maps and plans, if any, shall be forwarded to the Deputy Commissioner and shall be made available by him for inspection by the public free of charge in every village, and at the headquarters of the tehsil in which the lands proposed to be included in the draft scheme are situated, and at such places as the Deputy Commissioner may direct. (2) A general notice shall be published in the Official Gazette and in such other manner as the Deputy Commissioner may direct— (a) intimating that the draft scheme has been prepared, that copies thereof have been kept and may be inspected by the public, free of charge, at the places specified in sub-section (1) and that copies of the draft scheme may be obtained on payment of the cost thereof, which shall be specified in the notice, from the Deputy Commissioner and also from such other officer as may be specified in the notice; (b) requiring all persons affected by the draft scheme who wish to object to it or to any part thereof, to submit their objections in writing to the Inquiry Officer or to appear before him and state their objections, within thirty days of the publication of the notice. (3) Separate notices to the same effect shall also be served in the prescribed manner on all owners of the lands affected by the draft scheme and on all persons shown in the village records as interested in such lands so far as such notices may be practicable.