THE RAJASTHAN COLONISATION (MEDIUM AND MINOR IRRIGATION PROJECTS GOVERNMENT LANDS ALLOTMENT) RULES, 1968 — The rajasthan colonisation act,1954

THE RAJASTHAN COLONISATION (MEDIUM AND MINOR IRRIGATION PROJECTS GOVERNMENT LANDS ALLOTMENT) RULES, 1968 [Notification No. F.4(A)(3) Rev./Col./68, dt. 20.06.1968, published in Rajasthan Gazette, Pt. IV -C, Ordinary, dt. 11.07.1968] In exercise of the powers conferred by section 28 read with section 7 of the Rajasthan Colonisation Act, 1954 (Rajasthan Act No. 27 of 1954), the State Government is pleased to make the following rules, namely :- Short title, Extent and Commencement.- (1) These Rules may be called the Rajasthan Colonisation (Medium and Minor Irrigation projects Government Lands Allotment) Rules, 1968. They shall apply to such areas to which the Rajasthan Colonisation Act, 1954 (Act No. 27 of 1954) has been applied by the State Government under clause (ii) of section 2 of the said Act and which are served by a medium or minor irrigation project. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Rajasthan Rajpatra. Revocation. -The Rajasthan Colonisation (Medium and Minor Irrigation projects Government Lands Allotment) Rules, 1957 are hereby revoked but not so as to affect anything done or action taken under the rules so revoked. Interpretation.In these Rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context – (i) "Act" means the Rajasthan Colonisation Act, 1954 (Rajasthan Act No. XXVII of 1954). (ii) "Allotting Authority" means the Collector as defined in section 2 (i) of the Act. 1 [(ii-A) "Beneficiary of the Integrated Rural Development Programme" means a person who has been Identified as being below the subsistence level and included in the Integrated Rural Development Programme and certified as such by the Collector or his authorised representative.] (iii) "Commanded land" means land shown as such by the Irrigation Department i