Section 2: It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Chandigarh Administration Gazette,3. In this scheme, unless the context otherwise requires

All the words and expressions used in the scheme but not defined hereunder shall have the same meaning attached thereto in the Capital of Punjab (Develop­ment and Regulation) Act, 1952, and the rules made thereunder: -(i) “Allotment” means allotment of a site on lease-hold basis under this Scheme.(ii) “Competent Authority” means the Estate Officer appointed under the Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952 or any other officer appointed by the Administration under this Scheme.(iii) <cNews-paperJ’ means a reputed News paper proposed to be published from the allotted site by Individual, Group of Individuals, Society orTrust.(iv) “Lease” means the transfer by or on behalf of Chandigarh Administration of the rights of use and occupation of any site to any person and the terms of Tease shall be construed accord ingly.(v) “Lease deed” means premium paid or promised to be paid for the transfer of right to use the site.(vii) “Society” means a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, I860,(viii) “Trust” means a Trust registered under the Indian Trusts Act, 1926.4. Eligibility for allotment, - Unless otherwise provided under this scheme, allotment of land shall be made subject to the following: -(i) The Party/Society/Trust is having five years of experience in the publication of daily News-paper of repute on the date of Notice Inviting Applications.(ii) The Party/Society/Tnist has enough funds at the time of applying to pay atleast 25% of the Advertised cost of the land and 25% of the estimated cost of the building to be erected there upon and shall give sufficient proof for the same.5. Procedure for allotment. -(i) After this scheme comes into force, the Estate Officer shall invito appli­cations by publishing a notice in the News-papers. Applications submitted in re- 1335] 336 Allotment of land to the Publishers of the News Papers in Sector 25, Chandigarh, on Lease hold basis, Scheme, 1998 3ponsc thereof under this scheme shall only be entertained and considered; Pro­vided that those who have already submitted their applications, shall submit their applications in the form prescribed under this Scheme, mentioning the details of their earlier applications so submitted to the Estate Officer Those who have al­ready applied in prescribed form need not apply again,(ii) The applicant shall submit only one application in response to the adver. tisement, to the Estate Officer tri the prescribed form (Annexure-A).(iii) No application under clause (ii) above shall be valid unless it is accompa­nied by the prescribed earnest money along with the prescribed mode of payment.(iv) The allotment of site(s) under each category shall be through draw of lots fiom amongst the list of eligible applicants of that category, as recommended by the Screening Committee in the manner detailed in clause 5 (v) (a).(v) (a) Application so received under clause (i) shall be screened by the Screening Committee consisting of the Chief Administrator, Chief Architect, Es­tate Officer, Joint Secretary, finance and Director, Public Relations :Provided that the Screening Committee may interview the applicants if re­quired.(vi) The result of the draw of lots shall be binding on the applicants.(vii) The allotment of sites shall be approved by the Administrator on the basis of the results of the draw of lots,(viii) The Estate Officer thereafter shall, subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the Chief Administrator, allot a site to the applicant intimating, by registered post the number, sector, approximate area, premium and the rent of the site proposed to be allotted.(ix) The applicant, shall unless he refuses to accept the allotment, within 30 days of the date of issue of the allotment order, deposit further 15% of the pre­mium by prescribed mode of payment. The remaining 75% of the premium shall be paid as prescribed in rule 12 of the Chandigarh Lease hold of Sites and Build­ing Rules, 1973.(x) If the applicant refuses to accept the allotment within the said period of 30 days, he will be entitled to refund ofthe amount paid by him after deduction of 10% Of the amount so deposited. The refusal shall be communicated to the Estate Officer by a registered letter (acknowledgement due). The refund shall be made by means of cheque payable at the State Bank of India at Chandigarh and the applicant shall bear collection charges of the same.

(xi) If the applicant fails to communicate Iris refusal to accept the allotment within 30 days and also fails to deposit 15% of the premium under sub-clause (ix) above, the Estate Officer may forfeit the whole or part of the earnest money.

6, Commencement and period of lease, - The lease shall commence from the date of allotment and shall be for a period of 99 years. After the expiry ofthe said period of 99 years, the [ease may be renewed for such further period and on such terms and conditions as the Government may decide.

7; Delivery ofpossession, - The actual possession of the site shall be deliv­ered to the lessee on payment of 25% of the premium in accordance with suh- clause (ix) of Clause 5 above and after the present site, if it is within the Union Territory, Chandigarh, is vacated. Provided that no ground rent payable and inter­est on the instalments of premium payable under this scheme snail be paid by the lessee till the actual and physical pussession of the site is delivered or offered to be delivered to him, whichever is earlier.