Section 7 — Laying of Pipelines.

7. Laying of pipelines, - (1) Where the right of user in any land has vested in 
the State Government or, as the case may be, the Corporation under section 6;

(i)  it  shall  be  lawful  for  any person authorized by  the  State 
Government or, as the case may be, the Corporation, and its 
servants and workmen to enter upon the land and lay pipelines 
or to do any other thing necessary for laying of pipelines:

Provided that no pipeline shall be laid under,-

(a)  any  land  which,  immediately  before  the  date  of  the 
publication of notification under sub-section (1) of Section 3, 
was used for residential purposes; 

(b) any land on which there stands any permanent structure 
which was in existence immediately before the said date;



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(c) any land which is appurtenant to a dwelling house;   

                          or

(d) any land at a depth which is less than one metre from the 
surface; and

(ii) such land shall be used only for laying the pipelines and for 
maintaining,  examining,  repairing,  altering  or  removing  any 
such pipelines or for doing any other thing necessary for any of 
the aforesaid purposes or for the utilization of such pipelines.

(2)  if  any  dispute  arises  with  regard  to  any  matter  referred  to  in 
paragraph (b) or (c) of the proviso to clause (i) of sub-section (1), the dispute 
shall be referred to the competent authority whose decision thereon shall be 
final.