Punjab Minor Canals Act,1905
Section 17. Procedure of Collector thereupon
If the Collector considers:-
(i) that the construction of such water-course is expedient; and
(ii) that the statement in the application are ture;
he shall call upon the applicant to make such deposit as the Collector considers necessary to defray the cost of the preliminary proceedings, and the amount of any compensation which he considers likely to become due under section 20;
and, upon such deposit being made, he shall cause inquiry to be made into the most suitable alignment for the said water course, and shall mark out the land which, in his opinion, it will be necessary to occupy for the construction thereof, and shall forthwith publish a notice in every village through which the water-course is proposed to be taken, that so-much of such land as belongs to such village has been so marked out.
