Objections

On or before the date specified in the notice- (i) the landholder or any of the landholders concerned may appear before the Collector, and file any of the following objections, namely :- (a) that he is not the landholder of any estate in which the tank is wholly or partly situated; (b) that the tank does not require repair; (c) that measures other than those proposed would be sufficient for the repair of the tank and restoration to efficiency; and (d) that by law, local custom or contract all of the measures proposed should be carried out in whole or in part by or at the cost of some other person or persons; and (ii) the holder of any land irrigated by the Periyar System or any other person concerned may appear before the Collector and make such representations as he may think fit with regard to the nature of the measures proposed.