Demarcation of the surplus area excess area ( Sections 5 (a) and 15(2) (j) of the Act)

(1) The panchayat having excess area in accordance with Section 5 of the Act shall notify to the patwari concerned the are to be kept under its control and that to be allotted to landless tenants and other ejected or to be ejected or to be distributed among small land-holders of the village. (2) The Patwari shall, after verifying all the particulars of the land so notified, send a statement giving full details of the land to the Collector concerned who shall order the demarcation of the excess area by an officer not below the rank of an Assistant Collector IInd Grade, ( Naib Tehsildar)- ( in Pb.)