MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (Office of the Registrar General , India) NOTIFICATION

2009 · and 2018)

1 · . (1) Short title and commencement . -These rules may be called the Census Rules , 1990 .

1948 · (37 of 1948);

1 · : -Vide G.S.R 967(E) , dated 31 st December , 1990 , published in the gazette of India , Extra. , Pt . II , Sec . 3(ii) , dated 31 st December , 1990 .

3 · . Appointment of Census Officers: - The State Governments and the Union territory Administrations in order to aid the taking of the census within their States or Union territories , may appoint officers from against the category mentioned in column 2 as census officers within their jurisdictions with such designation mentioned in column 1 of the Table below .

1 · : -Inserted by G.S.R . 589(E) , dated 19 th July , 1994 (w.e.f 19-7-1994)

4 · . Designating of Officers- The [State Governments and Union Territory Administration] 1 may designate the Director of Census Operations , the Joint Director of Census Operations , the Deputy Director of Census Operations and Assistant Director of Census Operations as the Chief Principal Census Officer , Joint Chief Principal Census Officer , Deputy Chief Principal Census Officer and Assistant Chief Principal Census Officer [of the States and the Union

2 · Territory] 2 .

5 · . Functions of the Census Officers . -

1 · : -Substituted by G.S.R . 589(E) , dated 19 th July , 1994 for "The State Government and the Union Territory Administrations " (w.e.f 19-7-1994)

6 · . Census schedules and questionnaires- The census schedules or questionnaires shall be notified by the [Central Government] 1 through Official Gazette under sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Act:

2 · [Provided that the schedules or questionaires canvasses in relation to conduct of pre-test , pilot studies , post enumeration check and evaluation studies or statistical surveys may not be notified in the Official Gazette.]

3 · [6A . Declaration of the date and duration of Census. -The Central Government may by a notification published in the Official Gazette declare the date for the commencement of the census and the period during which the houselisting operations and population census shall take place.]

3 · [6B . Manner of serving the order of requisition of premises and vehicles . -An order of requisition under section 7A , shall be served -

1 · : -Substituted by G.S.R . 589(E) , dated 19 th July , 1994 for "State Government " (w.e.f 19-7-1994)

1 · [6C . Time for application for reference to arbitration under section 7B . -The time within which any interested person , who is aggrieved by the amount of compensation determined under section 7B may make an application for referring the matter to arbitration shall be fourteen days from the date of determination of the amount of such compensation or where the amount of such compensation has been determined in the absence of the person interested or , as the case may be , the owner , fourteen days from the date on which the intimation of such determination is sent to that person or owner.]

7 · . Census data -The Census Commissioner which data may be released . shall decide the items on

8 · . Notifications , Government -Administrations shall , Orders and Instructions to be issued by State The State Governments and the Union territory

1 · : -Inserted by G.S.R . 589(E) , dated 19 th July , 1994 (w.e.f 19-7-1994)

9 · . Custody of census schedules and connected papers - After the completion of the taking of the census the canvassed census schedules shall be kept in the office of the Director of Census Operations or at such other place the Director of Census Operations may direct for processing the data collected .

10 · . Canvassed schedules -The canvassed schedules shall after processing is over be preserved at the office of the Director of Census Operations or at such other place the Director of Census Operations may direct .

11 · . [Disposal of census schedules and other connected papers - The schedules and other connected papers shall be disposed of totally or in part by the Director of Census Operations , after creating electronic record of such documents , in accordance with the general or special directions as may be given by the Census Commissioner in this behalf .

1 · , 2000 (21 of 2000)] 1

12 · . General or special instructions - The Census Commissioner and the Director of Census Operations may issue from time to time general or special instructions or such directions , to the Principal Census Officers and other census officers appointed under the Act , as may be necessary for the efficient conduct and timely completion of the census operations .

1 · : -Subs . By G.S.R . 576 (E) , dated 19 th June,2018 , for rule 11 (w.e.f 20-6-2018) . Rule 11 , before substitution stood as under: