TRIPURA LAND REVENUE AND LAND REFORMS (ALLOTMENT OF LAND) RULES, 1980

R.1 Short title and commencement

(1) These rules may be called the Tripura Land Revenue and Land Reforms (Allotment of Land) Rules, 1980.

(2) They shall come into force at once.In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires—

(a) Act means the Tripura Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act, 1960 (43 of 1960);

No one who is not an Indian National shall be eligible for allotment of land under section 14.

Explanation:- For the purpose of this rule a person shall be deemed to be an Indian NationalThe area of land to be allotted to any one person under sub-section (1) of section 14 shall ordinarily be-----

(a) in the case of allotment of land for agricultural purposes——

Collector shall allot land for agricultural purpose only to a person who is economically poor and will cultivate the land by himself and in allotting land adhere to the following order of preference, namely—

(i) a jhumia;In allotting land for construction of dwelling house the Collector shall follow the following order of preference, namely-----

(i)In allotting land to a person belonging to any of the categories mentioned in rules 5 and 6 -—

(i) between persons of the same category, one belonging to any of the Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes and ex-servicemen, shall be preferred in that order; andNotwithstanding anything contained in rules 5 to 7, no allotment under sub-section (1) of section 14 shall ordinarily be made—

(a) in favour of an individual other than a jhumia if he, does not reside within a distance of eight kilometres of the village in which the land is situated:

R.9 Premium payable or allotment of land

(1) An allottee of land for agricultural purposes shall pay premium therefor at thirty times the annual land revenue assessed for the land.

(2) Any person allotted land for construction of a dwelling house shall Pay premium e

R.10. .

[1]10. [Notwithstanding anything contained in Rule 9, premium payable by a person belonging t

R.11 Allotment of land within certain distance of roads and town lands

Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing rules —

(1) Any allotment of land under sub-section (1) of section 14 and in accordance with these rules, shall be further subject to the following conditions and also the condition specified in the allotment order which shall be, as nearly as possible, in the form at Appendix-B:—

(i)

R.13 Exemption from payment of premium

Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 9 and 1 0 the State Government may by an order in writing suspend or remit payment of premium or any part thereof, if in its opinion the allottee has not sufficient means to make such payment.

R.14 Allotment of land for the purpose of industry or for any purpose of public utility

The allotment of land under sub-section (2) of section 14, shall be subject to the following conditions namely—

(i) the allottee shall be liable to pay a premium equal to the market value of the land:

R.15. .

Nothing in these rules shall affect any previous order of allotment passed and any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the Tripura Land Revenue and Land Reforms (Allotment of Land) Rules, 1962.

APPENDIX.A .

APPENDIXA’

(See rule 11)

APPENDIX B’

(See rule 12)