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The Orissa Intensive Cultivation Scheme Loans Rules, 1951
ODISHA
India
India
The Orissa Intensive Cultivation Scheme Loans Rules, 1951
Rule THE-ORISSA-INTENSIVE-CULTIVATION-SCHEME-LOANS-RULES-1951 of 1951
- Published on 11 April 1951
- Commenced on 11 April 1951
- [This is the version of this document from 11 April 1951.]
- [Note: The original publication document is not available and this content could not be verified.]
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2. Power to sanction loan.
- The Sub-divisional Officers shall be competent to grant loans for the purpose of purchasing agricultural implements and machineries relating to the Intensive Cultivation Scheme up to a limit of seven thousand and five hundred rupees. All loans exceeding seven thousand and five hundred rupees shall require the sanction of the Collector; provided that loans exceeding fifteen thousand rupees shall require the prior approval of the State Government.3. Application to whom to be made.
- Applications for loans may be made to any Revenue Officer, or Special Officer, Co-operative farming or any officer appointed under the "Intensive Cultivation Scheme" not being below the rank of Revenue Inspector or Kanungo of Agricultural or Engineering Overseer.4. Form of application.
- Applications shall be made in Form 'A' annexed to these rules, copies of which shall be supplied free of charge by the officer empowered under Rule 7 of these rules to intending applicants. Applications made in writing otherwise than in Form 'A' shall be recorded in Form 'A' at the earliest opportunity, and oral applications shall be recorded at once in that Form by the said officer.5. Local enquiry.
- (i) If the grant of a loan appears prima facie desirable, the officer receiving the application shall, as early as possible, make an enquiry or cause an enquiry to be made by any other officer not being below the rank of a Revenue Inspector or Karrungo or Agricultural or Engineering Overseer or Special Officer, Co-operative farming for the purpose of verifying the particulars, mentioned on the reverse of Form 'A' ; provided that in case of an application foe more than ten thousand rupees the enquiry shall be made by a Gazetted Officer of the Revenue or Agriculture Department.6. Consideration application.
7. Delegation of function.
- The State Government may, by general or special order, empower any officer to perform ail or any of the functions of a Revenue or other officer referred to in Rules 2, 4 and 5 above.8. Security.
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After the enquiry on the application for the loan and after the need for the implement or machinery is established as detailed in the preceding rules, the application if sanctioned by the authority may be sent to the recognised dealer for the indent of the required implement or machinery.The dealer on receiving the sanction may place indent for the implement or machinery and intimate the borrower to that effect. Before placing orders for the implement or machinery required in the particular case, the dealer shall take instructions from the Agricultural Engineer concerned.10. Loan not to include fraction of a rupee.
- No loan under these rules shall include a fraction of a rupee and where loans are to be repaid in more than one instalment the sums given shall be such that no instalment shall include a fraction of a rupee.11.
12. Return of original agreement and bonds to borrower on repayment of loan.
- The original agreement with the security bond in the said Form 'D' if any, shall be returned, duly cancelled, to the applicant if he so desired, after the whole amount borrowed has been repaid with costs, if any, in full.13. Disbursement of loan and implements.
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15. Disbursement of loan by instalment.
- Unless otherwise ordered by Government all loans shall ordinarily be disbursed in one instalment.16. Date of payment.
17. First instalment of repayment.
- The date of repayment of the first instalment shall not ordinarily be later than two years from the date of the actual advance of the loan or when the loan is advanced in instalments from the date of advance of the last instalment of the loan actually taken.18. Last instalment of repayment.
- The date of repayment of the last instalment shall not be later than ten years from the date of actual advance of the loan.19. Recovery of unpaid instalments as public demand.
- All instalments which have not been paid by the date fixed for them shall be recovered as a public demand under the Bihar and Orissa Public Demands Recovery Act, 1914 (Bihar and Orissa Act IV of 1914) or as an arrear of revenue under the Madras Revenue Recovery Act, 1864 (Madras Act II of 1864) as the case may be.Prohibition of transfer - It shall not be lawful for the applicant to sell, mortgage or transfer in any manner the implement or the machinery in his capacity as an owner so long as the loans are not paid in full on break of which the entire loan shall be recoverable forthwith with penal interest at 6¼ per cent per annum.20. Inspection by authorities.
- The implement or machinery shall remain open for inspection of the Revenue and Agricultural authorities not below the rank of the Kanungos or Agricultural Sub-Overseers while on tour.21. Misapplication of loan, or untrue statements made by applicant or his sureties, how to be dealt with.
- If the loan is used for any purpose other than that for which it was granted or if the loan is not repaid according to the instalments fixed for repayment or if any untrue statement is made by applicant of his sureties, the entire loan amount shall be recovered forthwith together with interest at 6¼ per cent per annum from the date of advancement of the loan.22. Returns, registers and accounts.
- The Agricultural Department shall regulate the forms of all returns, registers and accounts relating to loans under the Act.Form 'A'| Name, father's naame,residence, etc. of applicant | Type or machineries orimplements required alongwith full particulars | Nature of security | Probable price ofmachineries or implements | Amount of loanadmissible | Situation of the landoffered as security | Applicant's right inthe land | Proposed date or datesof repayment |
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