Prohibition of digging of tube wells without permission

Prohibation of digging of tube wells without permission 6.

1. (1) No person shall dig tube-well in the water scarcity area for any purpose without the permission of the Collector or any other officer authorised by the State Government in this behalf.
2. (2) An application for permission under sub-section
3. (1) shall be made to the Collector of an officer authorised under sub-section
4. (1) in such form and accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed.
5. (3) No permission under sub-section
6. (1) shall be prescribed granted within the Zone of interference unless the digging of tube-well for which permission is sought is not likely to affect in any way the water supply from the tube well existing in such zons which has been constructed or is maintained by the State Government or a local authority, as the case may be, for the purposes of water supply to the public for domestic purposes.
7. (4) Every permission under this section shall be subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed. Explanation – For the purpose of this section" zone of interference" means an area with the radius of one hundred fifty metres from the existing tube-well referred to in sub-section (3)