(1) The State Government may whenrever it thinks fit, order, by notification in the official Gazeette, that a survey shall be made of any abadi area within the State or any part of such abadi area and every such abadi area or part thereof shall thereupon be deemedto be under survey.
(2) The State Government may, by the same or a subsequent notification, direct that a local autthority having jurisdiction over such abadi are or part thereof shall be in charge of the survey to ordered.
(3) A local authority in charge of such survey, shall, in relation thereto, exercise powers and perform such duties under this Chapter or otherwise as may be led in the notification referred to in sub-section (2).
(4) Where no local authority is directed to be incharge of any survey ordered under sub-section (1), the Collector of the district shall be in charge of such survey.
(5) A survey order under sub-section (1) shall be conducted in the prescribed manner by an officer not below the rank of an Additional Land Records Officer to be appointed by the State Government; and such officer is hereinafter referred to as the officer conduting the sunny.
(6) The State Government may appoint as many Assistant Records Officers and other officers and servants as it may think necessary to assist the officers appointed under sub-sech`on (5) to conduct the survey.
(7) Every officer or servant appointed under sub-section (6) shall exercise such wars and perform such duties as may be prescribed or as may be delegated to by the officer conducting the survey.