(1) Subject to the general or specific directions of the State Government, the Collector shall fix the scales of reserve price in accordance with this rule which shall be charged from the allottees of Government land under these rules.
(2) The reserve price for each class of Government land shall be equal to 50% of the prevailing market prices of irrigated land of the same said class.
3[Provided that for the allotment of land in Tribal Area Sub-Plan (TSP), 25% of the reserve price shall be charged from the allottees belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes:
Provided further that no price shall be charged form the allottees of below poverty line.]
(3) The reserve price shall be fixed in consultation with a committee consisting of :-
(a) Collector of the District
(b) Executive Engineer of the Irrigation Department within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the land is situate
(c) Treasury Officer of the District
(d) Sub-Divisional Officer within the, local limits of whose jurisdiction the land is situate Chairman Member Member Member- Secretary
(4) The reserve price shall be fixed within 60 days of the order of the State Government declaring an area as colony is published in the Official Gazette under clause (ii) of Section 2 of the Act.
(5) The Collector shall cause the reserve price fixed under this rule to be notified in the Official Gazette and shall immediately send a copy of the order issued by him in this behalf to the State Government. No Government land shall be allotted under these rules until the reserve price is fixed.
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1. Added by Notfn. No. F.24(30) Rev./Col./76, dt. 06.05.1977.
2. Substituted by Notfn. No. F.4(9) Rev./Col./83, dt. 09.09.1983.
3. Added by Notfn. No. F.4(3) Col./2001, dt. 24.08.2006.
(6) The State Government shall have the power to modify or revise the reserve price, fixed by the Collecter.
(7) The reserve prices fixed by the Collector or modified or revised by the Government as the case may be, under these rules shall be subject to review and revision the Collector after every five years in accordance with this rule.
(8) Such price may be different for different areas and different classes of land. The reserve price fixed shall be realised in 10 equal half yearly instalments:
1[Provided that the first instalment shall be payable from the year in which the irrigation water is let out for such land or two years after the date of allotment, whichever is later.]
2[Provided further that if any allottee deposits the outstanding amount alongwith interest thereon @ 18% p.a., no action regarding cancellation of allotment of his land shall be taken.]
3[17-A. Concellation of allotment.- The Collector of the district shall have the power to cancel any allotment made under these Rules, either suo motu or on the application of any person, in case the allotment has been secured through fraud or misrepresentation, or has been made against the rules or in case the allottee has committed breach of any of the conditions of allotment:
Provided that no such order, to the prejudice of any person, shall be passed without giving such person an opportunity of being heard.]
4[17-B. Difference in Prices.- (1) If any land allotted as Barani/Un-command land subsequently becomes command land, then for such land the allottee shall pay to the State Government the reserve price of the Command land at the rates applicable less the price which he has already paid in terms of un-command/barani land.
(2) The price referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be payable by the allottee in five annual instalments, the first instalment being payable within a fortnight of the order. The due date in respect of second and subsequent instalments shall be the date of the year corresponding to the date on which the order was made. Interest at the rate of 9% per annum shall be charged in default of payment of any instalment on due date.
(3) If any land allotted as command land is subsequently declared un-commanded/barani land by the competent authority before its price has been full paid up, the amount paid towards its price as command land will be adjusted towards the price or instalments payable for it as uncommand/barani land and any amount already paid in excess thereof shall be refunded to the allottee.]
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1. Substituted by Notfn. No. F.4(15)Rev./Col./88, dt. 06.12.1988.
2. Substituted by Notfn. No. F.4(3) Col./2001, dt. 24.04.2001.
3. Added by Notfn. No. F.24(449)Rev./Col./72, dt. 23.05.1972.
4. Inserted by Notfn. No. F.4(9) Rev./Col./83, dt. 28.08.1985.