2[(1)] Within one month from the date of the issue of a notice under rule 6, any person entitled to allotment of government land on permanent basis under these rules may submit to the colony Tehsildar of the area an application in writing for such allotment and the colony Tehsildar shall, after making necessary enquiries as to the rights of the applicant for allotment under these rules, submit within one month from receipt thereof all applications with his report on each of them to the allotting authority through the 3[Deputy Colonisation Commissioner] of the area concerned 4[or such other officer as the government or the allotting authority may, with the previous sanction of the government from time to time appoint in this behalf.]
5[(2) Where an applicant is a married agriculturist, the application for allotment shall be submitted in the name of both husband and wife.]
6[7-A Rejection and appeal.- The applications of persons not found eligible to allotment of land shall be rejected by the 7[Deputy Colonisation Commissioner]. Any person aggrieved by an order of such officer may within 30 days of such order prefer an appeal to the Commissioner whose decision thereon shall be final.