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Section 61State of Uttar Pradesh Act

Section 61: Management of village tanks

Management of village tanks.

- Where a tank in any village is entrusted or deemed to be entrusted to any [Gram Panchayat] [Substituted 'Gram Sabha' by U.P. Act

No. 4 of 2016

, dated 11.3.2016.]
under Section 59, then, notwithstanding anything contained in any contract or grant or any law for the time being in force, its management by such [Gram Panchayat] [Substituted 'Gram Sabha' by U.P. Act

No. 4 of 2016

, dated 11.3.2016.]
shall be regulated by the following conditions, namely :-

(a)

where the area of the tank measures 0.5 acre or less, it shall be reserved for public use by the inhabitants of the village;

(b)

where the area of the tank exceeds measures 0.5 acre, the Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti shall, with the previous approval of the Sub-Divisional Officer, let it out in the manner prescribed.
Explanation. - For the purpose of this section, the term 'tank', includes talab, pond, pokhar and other land covered perennially with water.

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