(1) The Government of Himachal Pradesh shall appoint one or more certifying authority for the purposes of these rules. The specimen signatures and other relevant particulars about such certifying authority shall be duly communicated by the Government of Himachal Pradesh to all the officers and authorities in Rajasthan as specified by the Colonisation Commissioner.
1[(2) The Oustee shall present an application in duplicate to the certifying Authority in Form-II-A supported by an Affidavit in Form-V for the issue of a certificate in his favour. The Certifying Authority, if he finds the applicant eligible to allotment of land under these rules draw and prepare a certificate in Form-II and Identity Card in Form-III. He shall send one copy of the application presented before him by the Oustee duly verified along with one copy of the certificate and identity card directly to the allotting Authority by registered post or through special messenger. Two copies each of the certificate and identity card will be issued by him to the Oustee:]
2[Provided that no application presented after 30.06.2019 by such Oustees shall be considered by the certifying authority.]
(3) 3[after] the issue of the certificate and of the identity card by the certifying authority, the eligible Oustee shall present in preson to the allotting authority an application for allotment of land in Form-IV. Every such application shall be supported by an affidavit in Form-V and shall be accompanied by the certificate in triplicate and the identity card, in duplicate:
4[Provided that for a certificate issued up to 30.06.2019, such application presented after
30.09.2019 shall not be considered by the allotting authority and shall be treated as time barred and cancelled.
Provided further that for a certificate issued after 30.06.2019, such application presented after 3 months of the date of issuing of the certificate shall not be considered by the allotting authority and shall be treated as time barred and cancelled.
Provided also that] the colonisation commissioner may, on sufficient cause being shown by the Oustee for not presenting the application within the time specified under this sub-rule, grant extension of time for the presentation of the application upto a period not exceeding 3 months.]
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1. Substituted by Notfn. No. F.4(a)(1) Rev/Col./68, dt. 02.03.1973.
2. Added by Notfn. No. F.4(30) Rev/Col/68, dt. 10.07.1973 and substituted by Notfn. No.
F.06(12) Col/18, dt. 27.02.19.
3. Added by Notfn. No. F.4(30) Rev/Col/68, dt. 10.07.1973 and substituted by Notfn. No.
F.06(12) Col/18, dt. 27.02.19.
4. Substituted by Notfn. No. F.6(12)/Col./18, dt. 27.02.2019.
1[(3-a) Notwithstanding anything contained in the above sub-rules, the applications of oustees which were rejected by the allotting authority before 9.4.92 shall be sent to the certifying authority of Government of Himachal Pradesh for re-examination of eligibility of applicants for allotment. The certifying authority of Government of Himachal Pradesh shall forward these applications with his recommendations to the allotting authority for further necessary action.]
(4) Immediately on receipt of an application, the allotting authority shall register it in Form-VI and shall issue to the applicant a receipt in Form VII;
2[(5) The allotting authority shall scrutinize the applications and other connected documents presented to him and if after scrutiny he comes to the conclusion that there is a doubt in regard to eligibility of the Oustee applicant, he shall refer the matter to the Colonisation Commissioner, who in turn may further refer the matter to the Government of Himachal Pradesh for clarification of the doubt.]
3[(6) After such scrutiny and on receipt of clarification required, if any, the Allotting authority shall decide regarding the eligibility of the Oustee applicant and shall pass, final orders on the application and shall communicate the same to the applicant in Form-VIII].
(7) In case the application is granted and the Oustee applicant is allotted land which shall be done only out of land reserved for the purpose, the Oustee applicant shall deposit the prescribed instalment of price in the concerned sub-treasury and shall there-after take possession of the allotted land within 4[90 days] of the receipt of notice under sub-rule (6). In case he fails to deposit the instalment of price and take possession of the land within the stipulated period the allotment shall be deemed to have been cancelled and the land may be allotted to any other person:
5[Provided, however, that the period of 60 days from the date of publication in the official Gazette of the Rajasthan Colonisation (Allotment of Government Land to Pong Dam Oustee in the Indira Gandhi Canal Colony) (Amendment) Rules, 1982 shall be provided to eligible persons who are eligible under rule 8-A of these rules to apply for the review of the orders cancelling the allotments of land previously made to them.]
6[Provided further that a period of 7[45 days from the date of order of review as provided in] the Rajasthan Colonisation (Allotment of Government Land to Pong Dam Oustees in the Indira Gandhi Canal Colony) (Amendment) Rules, 1984 shall be allowed for deposit of first instalment and taking possession by the persons in whose cases of fresh allotment has been made under rule 8-A or 8-AA of these rules.]
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1. Inserted by Notfn. No. F.6(112) Col/92 Pt. IV, dt. 04.09.2000
2. Substituted by Notfn. No. F.4(a)(1) Rev/Col./68, dt. 02.03.1973.
3. Substituted by Notfn. No. F.4(3) Rev/Col./82, dt. 22.04.1982.
4. Substituted by Notfn. No. F.4(3) Rev/Col./82, dt. 22.04.1982.
5. Added by Notfn. No. F.4(3) Rev/Col/82, dt. 22.04.1982.
6. Added by Notfn. No. F.1(12) Rev/Col/78, dt. 22.10.1984.
7. Substituted by Notfn. No. F.1(12) Rev/Col./73, dt. 13.06.1985.
(8) At the time of giving possession of allotted land to the Oustee applicant, the concerned Tehsildar, Colonisation shall give him a certificate of possession in Form-IX and shall forward forthewith a copy of it to the allotting authority.