(1) Within the time fixed in public notice issued under rule 8 or within such time as may be fixed or extended by the allotting authority from time to time any person eligible for allotment of Government land may present an application in Form-III to the allotting authority of the area in which the land is situated.
2[(1-a) Where an applicant is a married agriculturist, the application for allotment shall be submitted in the name of both husband and wife.]
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1. Inserted by Notfn. No. F.4(14) Rev./Col./88, dt. 29.12.1988.
2. Added by Notfn. No. F.4(4) Col./98, dt. 16.10.2002.
(2) The application made under sub-rule (1) shall be verified by the applicant as a plaint according to the provision of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act V of 1908).
(3) (a) The Allotting Authority shall on receipt of an application for allotment immediately register it in a register to be maintained in Form-IV and shall issue a receipt to the applicant in Form-V.
(b) The Allotting Authority shall scrutinise the applications and verify the particulars mentioned in the application with reference to the relevant entries in the land records and shall also conduct such enquiry as he may consider necessary for ascertaining the eligibility of the applicant of the land.
(4) Applications received after due date shall be rejected by allotting Authority.