TUBEWELL WATER-SHARING AGREEMENT
This agreement is made at Village Rurki, Tehsil Samrala on 2 April 2026.
BETWEEN
Kartar Singh, of Village Rurki, Tehsil Samrala, District Ludhiana, mobile 98140-00000 (the "Owner");
AND
Nirmal Singh, of Village Rurki, Tehsil Samrala, District Ludhiana, mobile 98140-00000 (the "User").
- 1. PERMISSION TO DRAW WATER
1.1 The Owner owns and controls the tubewell at Village Rurki, Tehsil Samrala, Khasra 19//12 (the "Tubewell"). The Owner permits the User to draw irrigation water from it, for the User's land described as Village Rurki, Khewat 31, Khatauni 52, Khasra 22//4, 22//5; 6 acres (the "User's Land") and for Wheat in the rabi season, from 1 April 2026 to 2 April 2026 (the "Period").
1.2 The water is shared turn by turn, the User getting the hours stated below in each turn of irrigation: Six hours per acre in each irrigation, the turn to be fixed by the Owner one day ahead.
1.3 The Owner shall keep the Tubewell in working order so far as he reasonably can and shall run it for the User's turns. He is not responsible if the water fails, the water table falls, the power supply is cut or the motor breaks down for reasons beyond his control, but he shall tell the User at once and give the missed hours later in the Period where he can.
- 2. PAYMENT AND COSTS
2.1 The User shall pay the Owner as follows: A share of the electricity bill in the proportion of hours used, paid within seven days of the Owner showing the bill, and a fixed amount of 80 rupees for each hour of running.
2.2 Repairs: Shared in the same proportion as the hours used, for repairs of the motor and pump; the Owner alone pays for the bore itself.
2.3 The Owner shall give the User a receipt for each payment and, on request, a copy of the electricity bill on which the share is worked out. The electricity connection stays in the Owner's name and is the Owner's to pay to the supplier. The User shall not run the Tubewell himself, or tamper with the motor, the starter or the meter.
- 3. HOW THE WATER REACHES THE USER'S LAND
3.1 The water shall flow to the User's Land through the existing watercourse or pipe. The User may lay a new pipe or open a new channel across the Owner's land only with the Owner's written consent, at the User's cost, and shall mend any damage to the Owner's land and crop.
3.2 A pipe or fitting the User has laid is the User's own property and shall be taken away by him, and the land made good, within fifteen days after the Period ends.
- 4. USE OF THE WATER
4.1 The User shall use the water only on the User's Land and for farming, shall not sell it or pass it to anyone else, and shall not waste it. The User shall follow every law or order for the time being in force on the use of groundwater, including any limit on when paddy may be sown or transplanted.