Power of Board to sanction Scheme with or without modifications

(1) After consideration of the objections and the report submitted under sub-section (1) of section 6 and of any further report which the board may require the inquiry officer to submit to, the Board may sanction the scheme with or without modifications or reject it:

Provided that if not less than 49 per cent of the total number of the owners of the land included in the scheme other than the Central Government owing in the aggregate not less than 49 per cent of the land included in the scheme, have made objections to the scheme or part thereof, the Board shall submit the scheme to the Administrator for his orders. The Administrator may thereupon sanction the scheme with or without modifications of reject it.

(2) The scheme as sanction under sub-section (1) shall be published in the official Gazette, and in the village and at the headquarters of the district in which the lands included in the scheme are situate and shall on such publication be final.