Chapter 7 SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

(i) Any disputes or difference touching the constitution, management, powers or functions of a Water Users' Association arising between members, shall be determined by the Executive Committee of water Users' Association. (ii) Any such disputes or difference arising between a member and the Executive Committee or a Water Users' Association or between two or more Water Users' Associations shall be determined by the Executive Committee of the Co-ordination Committee. However, in absence of a Co-ordination, the Executive Engineer of the concerned division determined. (iii) Any such dispute or difference which cannot be determined by the Executive Engineer of the concerned division shall be referred to the Chief Engineer. (iv) Any such disputes or differences which cannot be determined by the Department shall be determined by the Apex Committee, whose decision shall be final. (v) Every disputes or difference under this section shall be disposed of with 30 (thirty) days from the date of reference of the dispute or difference.

(i) A party to a dispute or difference aggrieved by any decision made or order passed by the Executive Committee of water Users' Association may appeal within 15 days to the Executive Committee of the Co-ordination Committee and in absence of the Co-ordination Committee, the Executive Engineer of the concerned division whose decision shall be final. (ii) Any party to a dispute or difference aggrieved by any decision made or order passed by the Executive Committee of Co-ordination Committee may appeal to the Executive Engineer of the concerned division thereof shall be final. (iii) Any appeal made under sub-division (i) or sub-section (ii) shall be preferred within 15 days of communication of the decision of the order to the person aggrieved. (iv) Every appeal under this section shall be disposed of within 15 days from the date of filling of the appeal.