(1) In these rules unless there is anything repugnant to the subject or context-
(i) “Act” means the Rajasthan Colonisation Act, 1954 (Rajasthan Act 27 of 1954);
(ii) “Allotting Authority” means the Collector as defined in clause (i) of section 2 of the Act;
(iii) “Certificate” means a certificate issued under rule 5;
(iv) “Certifying Authority” means an Officer, not lower than the rank of a Deputy Secretary, of Himachal Pradesh Government, appointed by it as certifying authority;
(v) “Colonisation Commissioner” means an officer appointed by the State Government as such and shall include an Additional Colonisation Commissioner;
3[(vi)”Family” in relation to the Pong Dam Oustee in the life time of a father, includes his wife, his children, and grand children, whether recorded as co-sharers alongwith him or not and shall include the legal successors of the father in the event of his death after 31st day of March, 1961; but does not include such of the said members who had attained the age of maturity and who were recorded as a separate land owner in a separate khewat number of the Jamabandi on or before the said date.]
(vii) “form” means a form annexed to these rules;
(viii) “Identity Card” means an identity card issued under rule 5;
4[(ix) “Pong Dam Oustee” here referred to as an oustee, means a person residing permanently within the area acquired for the construction of Pong Dam Reservoir on or earlier than the 31st March, 1961, whether as land owner, tenant, landless labourer or an artisan.
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1. Substituted and Inserted vide Not. No. F.1(14) Col/91, dt. 12.03.1992 pub. On dt. 13.3.92.
2. Substituted vide Act No. 4 of 1985 w.e.f. 9.11.1984.
3. Substituted by Notfn. No. F.4(a)(I) Rev/Col/68, dt. 02.03.1973.
4. Substituted by Notfn. No. F.4(a)(I) Rev/Col/68, dt. 02.03.1973.
Explanation- For the purpose of this clause, a person absent from the area as aforesaid in connection with his business, profession or service would also be treated as a person residing permanently within such area.]
(2) Words and expressions defined in the Act and in the Rajasthan Colonisation (General Colony) Conditions, 1955 shall wherever used in these rules, be construed to have the same meaning as assigned to them in the said Act or in the said conditions.