-----------------+----------------------------------+--------+-------- Areas in Acres. | Applicant’s Holding. |Total of|Total of |-------+---------+---------+------| Water- |Distrib- | | | |Total.| course.| utary. -----------------+-------+---------+---------+------+--------+-------- Culturable | | | | | | commanded. | | | | | | | | | | | | Net {19...-19...| | | | | | irri-{19...-19...| | | | | | gated{19...-19...| | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------+-------+---------+---------+------+--------+-------- | | | | | | Total of 3 years | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------+-------+---------+---------+------+--------+-------- | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------+-------+---------+---------+------+--------+-------- | | | | | | Per cent. of | | | | | | culturable | | | | | | commanded | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------+-------+---------+---------+------+--------+-------- If an application refers to a whole watercourse, the Subdivisional Officer can frequently, with the aid of an irrigation register and a set of chak maps, both kept up to date, dispose personally of the case. A good plan is to settle cases when on tour near the place concerned, the applicant and the zilladar being present as well as any other persons concerned. A certain number of cases have to come up again on the following tour, but all are settled in less time than is occupied if the papers go up and down between the Subdivisional Officer and the zilladar, the “file” of papers in any particular case being constantly swollen by reminders from the applicant.[39] Moreover, the applicants know that their views are known to the Subdivisional Officer. If the outlets on a channel need a general remodelling, such applications as those under consideration receive attention in connection with the scheme. Otherwise all the applications concerning one distributary can be considered together. If, however, a case is pressing, or the steps to be taken obvious, it can be settled without reference to any other case.