(i) This Act may be called the Orissa Displaced Persons (Rehabilitation Loans) Act, 1955.
(ii) It extends to the whole of the State of Orissa.
(iii) It shall come into force at once.
Statement of Objects and Reasons. - Rehabilitation loans are at present granted by the State Government of Orissa to displaced persons from East and West Pakistan on execution of agreements by them for re-settlement in Orissa.
A large number of cases of displaced persons who have deserted the State without refunding the amount of loans advanced to them has come to the notice of the State Government who are experiencing difficulties in recovering the loans from such displaced persons on the strength of the loan, bonds executed by them as according to the terms of the loan bonds, the Government dues are recoverable under the Bihar and Orissa Public Demands Recovery Act, 1914 which has no extra-territorial application. It has, therefore, become necessary to make statutory provisions for the grant of loans to displaced persons and recovery of the same from them. The Bill is therefore, designed to incorporate provisions for the grant of rehabilitation loans, and for the recovery of loans granted to displaced persons since 1950 as an arrear of land revenue.
* For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Orissa Gazette Extraordinary/25.8.1955.
The Odisha Gazette EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. Date : 12th July 1956 2
2. Such a Bill has already been passed by the State of Bihar and the other States n the Eastern Region are also taking steps to pass such a Bill.