Bare Act
The Uttarakhand water management and Regulatory Act
General201233 sections
This Act sets up a Water Management and Regulatory Commission in Uttarakhand to regulate water resources in the State. It sets out the qualifications, disqualifications, terms of office and removal of the Commission's Chairperson and members, and its powers and functions, including the general policies it follows.
- 1. Short title, extent commencement and applicable
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Establishment of Commission
- 4. Qualification for appointment of Chairperson and other member of Commission
- 5. Disqualification for being the Chairperson or a Member
- 7. Terms of Office and conditions of service of the Chairperson
- 8. Removal of the Chairperson or a member
- 9. Power of State Government to depute officers and employees to the Commission and their Service conditions
- 12. Powers and function of the Commission
- 13. General Policies of the Commission
- 14. Power of the Commission
- 15. Powers to issue direction
- 16. Water supply and overall performance standards
- 17. Information with respect to levels of performance
- 18. Restriction on disclosure of information
- 19. Arbitration
- 20. The Arbitrator shall follow the Procedure as Laid down in Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
- 21. Offence by user
- 22. Compounding of Offences
- 23. Cognizance of offences
- 24. Penalties and proceedings not to prejudice other actions
- 25. State Government to the Commission
- 26. Accounts and audit
- 27. Annual report of the Commission
- 28. Amount recoverable as arrears of land revenue
- 29. Application of fines and Charges
- 30. Protection of Action of good faith
- 31. Bar of Jurisdiction
- 32. Proceeding before the Commission to be judicial proceedings
- 33. Chairperson, Member and Staff of the Commission to be public servants
- 34. Power to make rules
- 35. Power to make regulation
- 36. Power to remove difficulties
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