THE RAJASTHAN (ALLOTMENT OF LAND TO CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES) RULES, 1959 — The rajasthan colonisation act,1954

THE RAJASTHAN (ALLOTMENT OF LAND TO CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES) RULES, 1959 [Notification No. F.2(17) Rev. (BJ/59, dt. 20.05.1959 published in Rajasthan Gazette Part IV-C dated 16.07.1959.] 1. Short title, extent and commencement - (1) These rules may be called the Rajasthan (Allotment of Land to Co-operative Societies) Rules, 1959. (2) They shall extend to the whole of Rajasthan: (3) They shall come into force at once: 2 Interpretation. In these rules unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context; (i) "Co-operative society" means an agriculture co-operative society formed and registered under the Rajasthan Co-operative Societies Act, 1953 (Rajasthan Act IV of 1953) and consisting of not less than ten and not more than thirty landless persons who are residents of the particular village in which the co-operative society is formed or who undertake to reside in the village in which the land allotted to the society under these rules is situated: (ii) "Landless person" means a bona fide agriculturist by profession who cultivates or can reasonably be expected to cultivate land personally and who does not hold any land in his own name or in the name of any member of his joint family for cultivation: (iii) "Words and expression" defined in the Rajasthan tenancy Act, 1955 (Rajasthan Act. No. 3 of 1955) or in the Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956 (Rajasthan Act No. 15 of 1956) shall, wherever used in these rules, be construed to have the meanings assigned to them by the said Acts. 3. Allotment of land to cO-operative Societies - Land may, on application to the Tehsildar of the Tehsil, or in the case of land situated in a colony, to the Colonisation Officer concerned, be allotted to a co-operative society at the following scales, namely: Ifthe number of members does not