State · Andhra Pradesh
Section 5 of THE ANDHRA PRADESH FARMERS' MANAGEMENT OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ACT, 1997
Delineation of Distributory area and constitution of the Distributory Committee- (1) The Government may, by notification and in accordance with the rules made in this behalf, delineate every command area of the irrigation system, 3[comprising of five or more] water users associations, and declare it to to be a distributory area for the purpose of this Act.
- (2)There shall be a distributory committee called by its local distinct name for every distributory area declared as such under sub-section (1).
- (3)All the Presidents of the water users associations in the distributory area, so long as they hold such office, shall constitute the general body of the committee.
4PreviousSection 4 Election of President, Vice-President and Members of the Managing Committee of Water Users Association - (1) There shall be a Managing Committee for each Water Users’ Association comprising members of the Territorial Constituencies as specified in sub-section (2) of section 3 2[selected] by the Water Users as specified in clause (i) of sub-section (4) of section 3 of the Act from their respective Territorial Constituencies:6NextSection 6 Election of President, 4[Vice-President] and Constitution of Managing Committee – 5[(1) There shall be a managing committee for every Distributory Committee consisting of all the members of the General Body.