(1) The assessment on all lands in respect of which a settlement or resettlement has been directed under section 6 shall be determined by dividing the land to be settled into groups and sub-dividing each group into classes and fixing the rates for each group or class, as the case may be.
(2) The groups and classes shall ordinarily be formed on a consideration of the following factors, namely: -
(a) soil and physical configuration;
(b) yield of principal crops and their prices;
(c) facilities of irrigation and rainfall:
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Provided that, if deemed necessary, the following additional factors may also be taken into consideration for forming groups or classes, namely: --
(a) marketing facilities;
(b) agricultural resources;
(c) communications;
(d) population and supply of labour;
(e) wages and ordinary expenses for cultivation of principal crops; and
(f) sale value of lands used for agriculture.
(3) The assessment of individual survey numbers and sub-divisions shall be based on the rates fixed for the respective groups and classes.
Manner of making settlement or resettlement