(1) In each Tehsil to which these rules extend, same land on proportionate population basis will be reserved for Harijans out of the total land therein available for allotment.
2[(2) Every Harijan who is eligible for allotment under these rules shall be allotted land in accordance therewith. Any Harijan who has been continually residing in the village since before 1952 may be allotted land at the rate of 12 ½ bighas if he has a pair of bullocks or camel on the date of allotment or he has been cultivating land as a partner or labour. Such allotments shall be subject to the provisions of rule 4 and 7.]
3[8-A. Out of the total Government land available for allotment within a radius of 12 KM from the periphery of a city having population of one lakh persons or more or within a radius of 8 KM from the periphery of a town having population of fifty thousand or more but less than one lakh persons, or within a radius of 3 KM from the periphery of a town having population of twenty five thousand or more but less than fifty thousand persons 25% land shall be reserved for allotment to the persons belonging to a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe and the remaining land shall be allotted to other landless persons eligible for allotment .]