Rights of entry etc.

(1) Any member, officer, subordinate or workman of the committee or any other person authorised by the Deputy Commissioner in this behalf may, after giving such notice, as may be prescribed to the owner in possession of any land, enter upon and survey the land, or do any act, or carry out any work in or on the land for the purpose of preparing, inquiring into or executing any land development scheme under the provisions of this chapter. (2) Every such member, officer, subordinate, workman or person shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).