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 or the Company may require the Inquiry Officer or Company Officer to submit to, the Board or, as the case may be, the Company 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 Government or owners other than the Government owning 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 or, as the case may be, the company shall submit the scheme to the State Government for its orders. The State Government may thereupon sanction the scheme with or without modifications or reject it. (2) The scheme as sanctioned under sub-section (1) shall be published in the Official Gazette, and in the village and at the headquarters of the taluka, tahsil or mahal and of the district in which the lands included in the scheme are situate and shall on such publication be final.