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Irrigation work

Irrigation work, is defined under s. 4(d) of the Act as to include all land occupied by government for the purpose of reservoir, tanks etc. and other structures occupied by or on behalf of the State Government on such land, Orient Papers & Industries Ltd. v. Tahasildar-cum-Irrigation Officer, (1998) 7 SCC 303: AIR 1998 SC 3330 (3334). [Orissa Irrigation Act, 1959 (14 of 1959), s. 4(d)]...


Reservoir

Reservoir, a reservoir cannot be understood merely to be a means to hold water in a stream. It is only by controlling the following stream in an area such as water can be stored in reservoir. Irrigation work would include land used for such purpose. 'Reservoir' may not necessarily mean only the constructed part of the land but includes the area where the water is held by a dam constructed by the Government, Orient Papers and Industries Ltd. v. Tahsildar, AIR 1998 SC 3330 (3334): (1998) 7 SCC 303. [Orissa Irrigation Act, 1959 (14 of 1959), s. 4(d) and 28]Reservoir, cannot be understood merely to be a means to hold water in a stream. It is only by controlling the flowing stream in an area where water can be stored in reservoir. Irrigation work would include land used for such purpose. Reservoir, may not necessarily mean only the constructed part of the land but includes the area where the water is held by a dam constructed by the Government, Orient Papers and Industries Ltd. v. Tahsildar...


Workmen's Compensation Act

Workmen's Compensation Act. (English) The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1897, introduced the principle of compulsory insurance of workmen by employers in a restricted number of trades. The gist of a right to compensation under the Acts is 'accident arising out of and in the course of the employment' causing personal injury to a workman (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 [15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 1 (1)] The compensation is not damages for negligence or any other tort at common law or by statute (see COMPBELL (LORD) ACTS (Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846-1908) and Employers Liability Act, 1880, sub tit. MASTER AND SERVANT), and an employer is not liable both for damages and compensation; but the workman or his representatives may elect between the remedies, and in an unsuccessful action for damages the Court may assess or refer the question of compensation to the proper tribunal, subject to an equitable order for costs (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, s. 25). Compensation is not payable for a...


Hydraulic basis

Hydraulic basis, means the basis for identifying a viable, irrigated area served by one or more hyd-raulic structure such as head works, distributaries, minors, outlets and the like, the Rajasthan Farmers' Participation in Management of Irrigation System Act, 2000, s. 2(k)....


Improvement of land

Improvement of land. The (English) Improvement of Land Acts, 1864 and 1899 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 114, and 62 & 63 Vict. c. 46), enumerate a number of 'im-provements' such as the following: (1) Drainage; (2) Irrigation and Warping; (3) Embanking from the sea, etc.; (4) Inclosing, and redivision of fields; (5) Reclamation; (6) Making roads, tramways, railways, and canals; (7) Clearing; (8) Erection and improvement of cottage and farm buildings; (9) Planting for shelter; (10) Construction of mills, etc.; (11) Construction of landing-places; and allowed tenants for life to charge the cost of such improvements upon the fee of a settled estate with the sanction of the In closure Commissioners, after notice to persons in remainder, and certain specifications and surveys;-the sanction of the Commissioners to be given 'if they found (s. 25) that the improvements would effect a permanent increase of the yearly vale of the lands proposed to be improved.' The Acts have been amended by the (English) Ag...


Industrial establishment

Industrial establishment, means an industrial undertaking or a company as defined under s. 3 of the Companies Act, 1956 or a firm registered unders. 59 of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 which is engaged in any industry, or in any trade, business or service. [Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968 (50 of 1968), s. 2 (1) (ca)]Industrial establishments, s. 1(3)(b) applies to every establishment within the meaning of any law for the time being in force in relation to establishments in a State. Such an establishment would include an industrial establishment within the meaning of s. 2(ii)(g) of the Payment of Wages Act. Accordingly, the Payment of Gratuity Act applies to an establishment in which any work relating to the construction, development or maintenance of buildings, roads, bridges or canals, or relating to operations connected with navigation, irrigation or the supply of water, or relating to the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity or any other form of po...


Industrial or other establishment

Industrial or other establishment, means any--(a) tramway service, or motor transport service eng-aged in carrying passenger or goods or both by road for hire or reward;(aa) air transport service other than such service belonging to, or exclusively employed in the military, naval or air forces on the Union or the Civil Aviation Department of the Government of India;(b) dock, wharf or jetty;(c) inland vessel, mechanically propelled;(d) mine, quarry or oil-field;(e) plantation;(f) workshop or other establishment in which articles are produced, adapted or manufactured, with a view to their use, transport or sale;(g) establishment in which any work relating to the construction, development or maintenance of buildings, roads, bridges or canals, or relating to operations connected with navigation, irrigation or the supply of water or relating to the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity or any other form of power is being carried one;(h) any other establishment or class of...


Watercourse

Watercourse, means a stream of water, a river or brook; also an artificial channel for the conveyance of water. The bed or channel of a river or stream, Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 3rd Edn., 1944, p. 1510, Wilson v. First County Trust Ltd., (2001) LR 407 (QB).Means any channel existing or to be constructedby the government or by the land owners or byany agency to receive and distribute water froman outlet. [Rajasthan Farmers' Participation in Management of Irrigation System Act, 2000, s. 2(w)]Means any channel which is supplied with water from a channel but which is not maintained at the cost of the government, and all subsidiary works belonging to such channel, Beni v. State, AIR 1966 All 11....


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