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REGD NO. JK––33

CONTENTS

English

Pages

Vernacu-

lar pages

PART I-A— Appointments, promotions, transfers and

leave of absence sanctioned by the Governor,

Government and the Ministers

....

PART

I-B– Notifications, Communiques and General Orders

by the Government and the Ministers ....

PART II-A– Appointments, promotions, transfers and

leave of absence sanctioned by Heads of

Departments....

PART II- B– Notifications, Notices and Orders by Heads

Departments,

Provincial

Heads,

Magistrates and other officers competent to

issue public notices under any law or rule ....

PART II-C– Notifications, Notices and Orders by Election

Commission of India, Chief Electoral Officer,

Jammu and Kashmir and other Officers of the

Department,

Election

Petitions

and

Judgements of Election Tribunal ....

PART

III- Laws,

Regulations

and

Rules

passed

thereunder

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PART

IV– Reprints from the Government of India Gazette

or Gazettes of others Governments....

PART

V– Information and Statistics ....

(a) Rates and prices in the State....

(b) Rates and wages ....

(d) Whether Observations

....

(e) Vital Statistics

....

SUPPLEMENT-A–Trade

Monthly Imports and Exports from

the State ....

SUPPLEMENT-B–Police

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SUPPLEMENT-C–Advertisements

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Printed at the Ranbir Government Press, Jammu.

226-228

387-392

629-656

173-176

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PART I-A

Jammu and Kashmir Government–Orders

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HIGH COURT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH

(Office of the Registrar General at Srinagar)

Subject :—Advocate Welfare Fund.

Order

No. 805 of 2023/RG Dated 18-07-2023.

Whereas, the Jammu and Kashmir Advocates Welfare Fund Trustee

Committee (constituted by Government of UT of J&K vide Notification

S.O 466 dated 3rd October, 2022), in its meeting held on 13-10-2022,

resolved to make a request to this Hon’ble Court to rescind High Court

Order No. 154 dated 16-05-2009 whereby authorization has been given to

Bar Association to issue Vakalatnamas and charge certain sum of money

as the same is not in conformity with the Act/Rules. The Committee further

resolved to make request to the High Court for depositing of such amounts

in the Advocates Welfare Fund and necessary orders may be issued.

Whereas, in the light of aforesaid request, the matter came up for

deliberations before the Hon’ble Full Court, in its Meeting held on 17-06-

2023 and after threadbare deliberations, the Hon’ble Full Court has been

pleased to accept the aforesaid request of Jammu and Kashmir Advocates

Welfare Fund Trustee Committee.

Now, therefore, on the strength of aforesaid resolution adopted by

the Hon’ble Full Court, it is hereby ordered that all orders/notifications/

circulars etc. issued from time to time by the High Court, including High

Court Order No. 154 dated 16-05-2009, which holds the field hitherto,

whereby authorization is given to the Bar Associations to issue Vakalatnamas

and charge certan sum of money, are hereby rescinded with immediate

effect.

By order.

(Sd.) SHAHZAD AZEEM,

Registrar General.

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Subject :—Summer Vacation 2023-arrangement notified.

Order

No. 726 of 2023/RG Dated 15-06-2023.

It is hereby notified that the Hon’ble High Court of Jammu and

Kashmir and Ladakh will observe Summer Vacations with effect from

19th of June, 2023 to 8th of July, 2023 (both days inclusive). The period

commencing from 19th day of June to 24th of June, 2023 shall be

No Work Period for the Hon’ble High Court.

In terms of Rule 12 of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Rules,

1999, Hon’ble the Chief Justice has been pleased to nominate the

Hon’ble Judges for both wings of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh,

named in Column (1) below, to be the Vacation Judges to hear all

matters of urgent nature for the period mentioned against their names

in Column (2).

(1)

(2)

Jammu Wing

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Sekhri

26th June to 01st July, 2023

(Both days inclusive)

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rahul Bharti

3rd July to 8th July, 2023

(Both days inclusive)

Srinagar Wing

Hon’ble Ms. Justice Moksha

26th June to 01st July, 2023

Khajuria Kazmi

(Both days inclusive)

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal

3rd July to 8th July, 2023

(Both days inclusive)

By order.

(Sd.) SHAHZAD AZEEM,

Registrar General.

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HIGH COURT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH

AT JAMMU

(Exercising powers of Bar Council under Section 58 of the Advocates

Act, 1961)

Notification

No. 861 of 2023/RG/LP Dated 17-04-2023.

Provisional admission as an Advocate granted under the Advocates

Act, 1961 in favour of Mr. Zaheer Kamlak S/o Mohd Maqbool R/o

Azmatabad, Tehsil Thanamandi, Rajouri vide Notification No. 806

dated 16-11-2011 has been declared as Absolute/Final after condonation

of delay.

By order.

(Sd.) MOHAMMAD YASIN BEIGH,

Registrar (Adm.).

GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR,

CIVIL SECRETARIAT—REVENUE DEPARTMENT,

JAMMU/SRINAGAR.

Subject :—Acquisition of land measuring 206 Kanals 04 Marlas

situated at Village Sidherwan, Tehsil Akhnoor, District Jammu

for Construction of Composite Bandh/Border Fencing (135 wide

strip) by BSF.

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Notification No. 14-Rev (LAJ) of 2023

Dated 04-08-2023.

Whereas, Inspector General, Hq. BSF, Jammu vide No. Engg/BF/

135 Feet/FTR(J)/13/9086-89 dated 22-11-2013, placed indent for acquisition

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PART I––B

Jammu and Kashmir Government—Notifications.

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of land at Village Sidherwan, Tehsil Akhnoor, District Jammu for

establishment of Border Fencing (135 Feet wide strip) ; and

Whereas, Deputy Commissioner, Jammu got the land measuring

206 Kanals, 4 Marlas situated at Village Sidherwan, Tehsil Akhnoor, District

Jammu identified and its revenue papers prepared by revenue field staff

and Deputy Commissioner, Jammu submitted the case to Divisional

Commissioner, Jammu who wide No. 502/2259/Bdr-fencing/135 ft/

Sidherwan/J/15/2441-44 dated 13-02-2015 submitted the case to Home

Department for issuance of ‘‘No Objection’’ to the acquisition of said land

which was conveyed vide No. Home/Land-Home/Land-Acq/31/2015/1166

dated 04-03-2015 ; and

Whereas, notification under Section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition

Act, Samvat 1990, was issued by Collector, Land Acquisition (SDM),

Akhnoor vide No. SDM/Akh/LAC/15-16/645-52 dated 04-08-2015 for

acquisition of aforementioned land, calling upon the objections from the

land owners/interested persons and no one has filed any objection ; and

Whereas, Collector, Land Acquisition (SDM), Akhnoor vide

No. SDMR/AKH/LAC/15-16/1300 dated 19-03-2016 recommended the

case to the District Collector (DC), Jammu for issuance of declaration

under Sections 6 and 7 of the Land Acquisition Act, Svt. 1990. Deputy

Collector (DC), Jammu vide No. DCJ/LA/BF-135ft/Sidherwan/2016-17/

161 dated 19-05-2016 recommended the case to Divisional Commissioner,

Jammu, who vide No. 502/2259/Acq/135Ft/Bdr.Fen/Sidherwan/J/16/664-

66 dated 30-05-2016 forwarded to this department for the said purpose ;

and

Whereas, this department vide No. Rev-LAJ/13/2023 (7157140) dated

27-04-2023 sought report from Deputy Commissioner, Jammu who vide

No. DCJ/LHS/BSF/ACQ/135/Feet/Bis/Dohali-921/13/4822-24 dated

24-03-2023 reported that the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu has already

taken up the matter vide No. 502/2208/135-ft/Dohali/J/18/2047-48 dated

18-08-2018 and 502/2208/135Ft/Border Fencing/Dohali/J/19/400-03 dated

04-05-2019 for issuance of declaration under Sections 6 and 7 of the Land

Acquisition Act, Samvat 1990 ; and

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Whereas, Deputy Commissioner, Jammu has further reported that

the project of Border Fencing is strategically important and acquisition of

land is required to be completed on priority as the BSF authorities are

constantly approaching for early finalization of the case ; and

Whereas, the case has been examined in the Department, no one has

filed objection pursuant to the notification issued under Section 4 (1) of the

said Act, and as such, the Government is satisfied that the aforementioned

land is required for public purpose i. e. establishment of Border Fencing

(135 Feet wide strip) by Border Security Force (BSF).

Now, therefore, in pursuance of Section 6 of the J&K Land

Acquisition Act, Samvat 1990, it is declared that the land

measuring 206 Kanals, 04 Marlas situated in Village Sidherwan, Tehsil

Akhnoor, District Jammu is required for public purpose i. e. establishment

of Border Fencing (135 Feet wide strip) by Border Security Force (BSF).

Further, the Collector, Land Acquisition concerned is directed under

Section 7 of the said Act to take orders for acquisition of the said land after

giving prescribed notice to the interested person(s) as required under the

Land Acquisition Act/Rules.

However, the Collector concerned shall be held specifically

responsible for identification and proper title verification of all types of

lands involved in the case for making apportionment of compensation

amongst all the interested persons/rightful claimants, in accordance with

the relevant laws/rules in force, while making the award.

(Sd.) DR. PIYUSH SINGLA, IAS,

Secretary to the Government.

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GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR,

CIVIL SECRETARIAT—REVENUE DEPARTMENT,

JAMMU/SRINAGAR.

Subject :—Entries in Record of Rights-Changes thereof.

Reference :—I. Government Order No. 18-JK(Rev) of 2022 dated

04-02-2022.

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II. Minutes of the meeting of Financial Commissioner,

Revenue, J&K vide No. PS/FCR/2022-23/110 dated

06-03-2023.

III. Minutes of Meeting of UT Level Committee issued vide

No. Rev-Sett/14/2021 (24000) dated 21-09-2023.

IV. Divisional Commissioner, Jammu No. 502/Khad/Samba/

23/1015 dated 26-08-2023.

V. Deputy Commissioner, Samba No. DCS/SQ/2023-24/1675

dated 02-08-2023.

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Government Order No. 156-JK (Rev) of 2023

Dated 22-09-2023.

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 27 of the Jammu and

Kashmir Land Revenue Act, Svt. 1996, the Government hereby orders for

necessary corrections to be made in the record of rights of Village Birpur,

Tehsil Bari-Brahmana, District Samba as detailed in Annexure ‘‘A’’ to this

Government Order.

The correction in the kind of soil shall not be construed as change in

land use. Further, nothing in this order shall be construed to debar any

competent authority from taking legal action in case of any violation on the

field relating to usage of land.

By order of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

(Sd.) DR. PIYUSH SINGLA, IAS,

Secretary to the Government.

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Annexure ‘‘A’’ to the Government Order No. 156-JK(Rev) of 2023 dated 22-09-2

023.

District/

Khasra

Quantum of

Kind of soil

Land recommended

Tehsil/

No.

of Land

as per

to remain as Gair

for outside Gair

Village

revenue

Mumkin khad,

record

choi, etc.

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Khasra No.

K. M. Khasra No. K. M.

Kind of soil to

be recorded

Samba/

1734

4150–04

Gair

1. 3023/1845/1734

871–19

1. 3025/1845/1734

3278–05

Banjar Qadeem

Bari

Mumkin

(857 kl-12ml)

(1752kl-05ml)

Brahmana/

Khad

Birpur

2. 3024/1845/1734

2. 3026/1845/1734

(14kl-07ml)

(948kl-01 ml)

3. 3027/1845/1734

(19ml)

4. 3028/1845/1734

(577kl-00 ml)

(Sd.) AFLAQ AHMAD, JKAS,

Under Secretary to Government.

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GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR,

CIVIL SECRETARIAT—REVENUE DEPARTMENT,

JAMMU/SRINAGAR.

Subject :—Acquisition of land measuring 206 Kanals 04 Marlas

situated at Village Sidherwan, Tehsil Akhnoor, District

Jammu for Construction of Composite Bandh/Border Fencing

(135 wide strip) by BSF.

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Corrigendum to Notification No. 14-Rev (LAJ) of 2023

Dated 04-08-2023.

Please read ‘‘dated 04-09-2023’’ instead of ‘‘dated 04-08-2023’’ on

the first page of Notification No. 14-Rev (LAJ) of 2023 dated 04-08-2023.

(Sd.) MUZAMMIL HASSAN CHOUDHARY,

Under Secretary to the Government.

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PART II—B

Notifications, Notices and Orders by the Heads of Departments.

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IN THE COURT OF CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE, REASI

State

V/s.

Anil Kumar

FIR No. 192/2017 of Police Station, Reasi

File No. 209/Challan

DOI 23-09-2017, DOD 09-08-2023

GENERAL WARRANT OF ARREST UNDER SECTION 299 Cr.PC.

The SHO Police Station Reasi

Through APP Reasi.

Whereas, the accused namely Anil Kumar S/o Rakesh Kumar

R/o Kapoori Gate, Tehsil Batala, District Gurdaspur, Punjab who is

facing trial before this Court has absconded and his immediate arrest

in the near future is not possible and the bail bonds and the personal

bonds stand forfeited.

As such the general warrants of arrest under Section

299 Cr. PC are issued against the above named accused. This is to

authorize you to arrest the accused wherever he is found and produce

the accused before the Court. The general warrant of arrest shall

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remain in existence till the accused is arrested and the warrants are

recalled by the Court.

Given under my hand and the seal of the Court, this 9th day of

August 2023.

(Sd.) ................................

Chief Judicial Magistrate,

Reasi.

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IN THE COURT OF MUNSIFF (JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE

1ST CLASS), KALAKOTE

Case No. 66/Challan

Date of Institution : 22-11-2006

Date of Order : 25-02-2023

Announced on : 25-02-2023

State through P/S Kalakote

Versus

Rekha Devi ....(Accused person)

In the matter of FIR No. 32/2006 of P/S Kalakote for

Offences u/s 353/332/147/148/323/153 Ranbir

Penal Code (R.P.C)

Coram : Kamiya Singh Andotra

Judicial Magistrate First Class [JK00233]

25-02-2023

Order

Ld. Sr. PO Mr. Tanveer Anjum is present. Accused person is

absent since long and her bail and personal bond have also been

forfeited earlier on 13-02-2023. Executing official SI Mohd.

Ishaq No. 845834/EXJ posted at Police Station, Kalakote is

present who was assigned job to execute warrant against

accused. His statement is recorded in which he stated that

accused namely Rekha Devi W/o Parlahad Singh R/o Bathera,

Tehsil Kalakote and District Rajouri is absconding since long

and her whereabouts are unknown. There is also no chance

of her immediate arrest as she is absconding and is not putting

up on her address and her fresh address is also not known.

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From the statement of executing official it is clear that accused

is absconding, hiding and her whereabouts are unknown, as

such, proceeding under Section 512 Cr. PC. is initiated against

her.

Office is directed to issue general warrant of arrest against this

accused and be sent to SSP Rajouri and SHO Police Station,

Kalakote for its execution. Copy of this general warrant of

arrest be also sent to Government Press, Jammu for its

publication in Government Gazette. File be consigned to records

till execution of general warrant of arrest.

(Sd.) ........................

Munsiff (JMIC),

Kalakote.

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COURT OF SPECIAL JUDGE (3RD ADDITIONAL

SESSIONS JUDGE) J&K AT JAMMU

DESIGNATED U/S 22 NIA ACT.

National Investigation Agency

V/S

Masood Azhar Alvi and Ors.

(RC-02/2019/NIA/JMU for offences made punishable U/Ss. 302/

307/121/121A/122 of IPC, 1860, Ss 16/18/18-B/20/21/23/38/39/40

of ULA(P) Act, 1967, Ss. 7/25/27 of Arms Act, Ss. 4/5 Explosive

Substances Act 1908.)

And

(Proclamation U/Sec. 82 of Cr. PC requiring the appearance of

accused, namely Ashaq Ahmad Nengroo @ Ashiq Hussain Nengroo

@ Ashiq Hussain Nengroo @ Ashiq Moulvi S/o Ghulam Ahmed

Nengroo R/o Hajin Bala, District Pulwama, J&K).

Proclamation under Section 82 of Cr. PC.

Whereas, the above titled case, being RC-02/2019/NIA/JMU, for

offences made punishable Under Sections 302/307/121/121-A/122 of

IPC, 1860 Sections 16/18/18-B/20/21/23/38/39/40 of ULA(P) Act, 1967,

Ss. 7/25/27 of Arms Act, Sections 4/5 Explosive Substances Act, 1908,

is sub-judice before this Court in which Ashaq Ahmad Nengroo @ Ashiq

Hussain Nengroo @ Ashiq Hussain Nengroo @ Ashiq Moulvi S/o

Ghulam Ahmed Nengroo R/o Hajin Bala, District Pulwama, J&K, is

arraigned as one of the accused persons and it has been returned to

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warrants of arrest issued by this Court that accused cannot be found

at the given address ;

Whereas, on verification it was found that despite the best efforts

made by the police, the presence of the aforesaid accused could not

be secured for the purpose of investigation and trial of the case (supra)

and it has been shown to the satisfaction of this Court that the said

accused has absconded or is concealing himself to avoid the service of

the warrants.

Therefore, proclamation is hereby made that the accused namely

Ashaq Ahmad Nengroo @ Ashiq Hussain Nengroo @ Ashiq Hussain

Nengroo @ Ashiq Moulvi S/o Ghulam Ahmed Nengroo R/o Hajin Bala,

district Pulwama, J&K, is Required to appear before this Court on 3rd

of October, 2023 at 10.00 am sharp, failing which proceedings under

Section 83 Cr. PC shall be launched against him.

Given under my hand and seal of this Court today on 22-08-2023

at Jammu.

(Sd.) JATINDER SINGH JAMWAL,

3rd Additional Sessions Judge Jammu

(Special Judge U/S 22 NIA Act).

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COURT OF THE CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE, J&K,

JAMMU

CBI

V/S

Hayat Singh and Others

F.I.R No. RC0041991S0007

File No. 171883/2014

Offence U/S 512, J&K Cr. PC.

The Supdtt. of Police,

CBI, ACB, Jammu.

The Station House Officer,

Police Station, Malda, W.B.

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GENERAL WARRANT OF ARREST AGAINST ACCUSED

Accused Belt No. 830747488, Ex–Constable/GD D. K. Sarkar

S/o Late Chander Mohan Sarkar R/o Village Baj Bahar, Post

Katikendar, Police Station Gazole, District Malda (West Bengal) in the

above mentioned case has absconded and moved out of the residential

area after the commission of the Process Serving Officer has stated

that there was no immediate prospect of the accused being served.

Statement of the Process Serving Officer in support of the report and

the prayer made by Learned Public Prosecutor for initiation of

proceedings under Section 512 (J&K Cr. PC) under Section 299 Cr.

PC against the accused. On perusal of the material on record and

statement of the Process Serving Officer, this Court is satisfied that the

accused above named has absconded after the commission of offence

and there was no immediate prospect of his being served.

Therefore, proceedings under Section 512 (J&K Cr. PC) under

Section 299 Cr. PC are hereby initiated against the accused above

named and the police authorities of the Union Territory of J&K and

concerned Police Station are hereby directed to arrest the accused

above named, where ever he is found within the Union Territory of J&K

and be produced in this Court.

This General Warrant of arrest against accused above named shall

remain in force till the accused is arrested.

Copy of the warrant be also forwarded to S.P. CBI, ACB, Jammu

for execution and a copy of the same be forwarded to Manager Govt.

Ranbir Press, Jammu for publication.

Given under my hand and the seal of the Court, this 29th day of

August, 2023.

(Sd.) ................................

Chief Judicial Magistrate,

J&K, Jammu.

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IN THE COURT OF MUNSIFF (JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE

1ST CLASS), KALAKOTE

Case No. 131/Challan

Date of Institution : 22-12-2022

Date of Order : 14-03-2023

Announced on : 14-03-2023

State through P/S Kalakote

Versus

Sarfaraz and Ors.

....(Accused person)

In the matter of FIR No. 04/2022 of P/S Kalakote for

Offences u/s 457/380 Indian Penal Code (I.P.C.)

Coram : Kamiya Singh Andotra

Judicial Magistrate First Class [JK0023]

14-03-2023

Order

Ld. APP Mr. Tanveer Anjum is present. Accused person

namely Aftar Hussain is absent since long and his bail and

personal bond have also been forfeited. Executing Official

SgCt. Mohd. Shabir No. 1376 /R posted at Police Station,

Kalakote is present who was assigned job to execute warrant

against accused. His statement is recorded in which he stated

that accused namely Aftar Hussain S/o Mohd. Iqbal R/o

Dhangiote, Tehsil Kalakote and District Rajouri is absconding

since long and his whereabouts are unknown. There is also no

chance of his immedicate arrest as he is absconding and is not

putting up on his address and his fresh address is also not

known.

From the statement of executing official it is clear that accused

is absconding, hiding and his whereabouts are unknown, as such

proceeding under Section 299 Cr. PC. is initiated against him.

Office is directed to issue general warrant of arrest against this

accused and be sent to SSP Rajouri and SHO Police Station,

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Kalakote for its execution. Copy of this general warrant of

arrest be also sent to Government Press Jammu for its

publication in Government Gazette. File be consigned to records

till execution of general warrant of arrest.

(Sd.) ........................

Munsiff (JMIC),

Kalakote.

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IN THE COURT OF CIVIL JUDGE (JUNIOR DIVISION)/

JMIC, KALAKOTE

Case No. 48/Challan

Date of Institution : 08-08-2022

Date of Order : 05-09-2023

Announced on : 05-09-2023

UT of J&K through P/S Kalakote

Versus

Shafayat Khan S/o Manir Hussain R/o Sarano, Tehsil and District

Rajouri

....(Accused person)

In the matter of FIR No. 56/2022 of P/S Kalakote for

Offences u/s 279/337/338 Indian Penal Code (I.P.C.)

Coram : Kamiya Singh Andotra

Judicial Magistrate First Class [JK00233]

05-09-2023

Order

Accused namely Shafayat Khan S/o Manir Hussain R/o

Sarano, Tehsil and District Rajouri is absent since long.

Executing Official SgCt. Mohd. Bashir No. 1376/R posted at

Police Station, Kalakote is present who was assigned job to

execute warrant against accused. His statement is recorded in

which he stated that accused is absconding since long and his

whereabouts are unknown. There is also no chance of his

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immediate arrest as he is absconding and is not putting up on

his address and his fresh address is also not known.

From the statement of executing official it is clear that accused

person is absconding, hiding and his whereabouts are unknown,

as such proceeding under Section 299 Cr. PC. is initiated

against him.

Office is directed to issue general warrant of arrest against the

accused person and be sent to SSP Rajouri and SHO Police

Station, Kalakote for its execution. Copy of this general

warrant of arrest be also sent to Government Press Jammu for

its publication in Government Gazette. In the meantime

prosecution is directed to lead evidence. Listed on 24-11-2023.

(Sd.) ................................

Civil Judge (Jr. Division)/JMIC,

Kalakote.

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IN THE COURT OF CIVIL JUDGE (JUNIOR DIVISION)/

JMIC, KALAKOTE

Case No. 51/Challan

Date of Institution : 09-08-2023

Date of Order : 05-09-2023

Announced on : 05-09-2023

UT of J&K through P/S Kalakote

Versus

Talab Hussain S/o Nazir Hussain R/o Godhar, Tehsil and District Rajouri

....(Accused person)

In the matter of FIR No. 11/2021 of P/S Kalakote for

Offences u/s 451/323 Indian Penal Code (I.P.C.)

Coram : Kamiya Singh Andotra

Judicial Magistrate First Class [JK00233]

05-09-2023

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Order

Accused person Talab Hussain S/o Nazir Hussain R/o Godhar,

Tehsil and District Rajouri is absent since long. Executing

Official S.I. Mohd. Isaq No. 845834/EXJ posted at Police

Station Kalakote is present who was assigned job to execute

warrant against accused. His statement is recorded in which

he stated that accused is absconding since long and his

whereabouts are unknown. There is also no chance of his

immediate arrest as he is absconding and is not putting up on

his address and his fresh address is also not known.

From the statement of Executing Official it is clear that accused

person is absconding hiding and his whereabouts are unknown,

as such, proceeding under Section 299 Cr. PC is initiated

against him.

Office is directed to issue general warrant of arrest against the

accused person and be sent to SSP Rajouri and SHO Police

Station Kalakote for its execution. Copy of this general warrant

of arrest be also sent to Government Press Jammu for its

publication in Government Gazette. In the meantime prosecution

is directed to lead evidence. Listed on 10-10-2023.

(Sd.) ................................

Civil Judge (Jr. Division)/JMIC,

Kalakote.

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IN THE COURT OF MUNSIFF (JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE

1ST CLASS) KALAKOTE

Case No. 63/Challan

Date of Institution : 26-07-2018

Date of Order : 13-03-2023

Announced on : 13-03-2023

State through P/S Kalakote

Versus

Munir Hussain and Others ....(Accused person)

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In the matter of FIR No. 36/2018 of P/S Kalakote for

Offences u/s 353/332 Ranbir Penal Code (R.P.C.)

Coram : Kamiya Singh Andotra

Judicial Magistrate First Class [JK00233]

13-03-2023

Order

Ld. Sr. PO Mr. Tanveer Anjum is present. Accused namely

Shokit Hussain is absent since long and his bail and personal

bond have also been forfeited earlier on 11-01-2023. Executing

Official SGCT Mohd Sabir No. 1376/R posted at Police Station

Kalakote is present who was assigned job to execute warrant

against accused. His statement is recorded in which he stated

that accused namely Shokit Hussain S/o Hakim Din R/o

Sonchal, Tehsil Kalakote and District Rajouri is absconding

since long and his whereabouts are unknown. There is also no

chance of his immediate arrest as he is absconding and is not

putting up on his address and his fresh address is also not

known.

From the statement of Executing Official it is clear that accused

is absconding, hiding and his whereabouts are unknown, as

such, proceeding under Section 512 Cr. P.C is initiated

against him.

Office is directed to issue general warrant of arrest against the

accused person and be sent to SSP Rajouri and SHO Police

Station Kalakote for its execution. Copy of this general warrant

of arrest be also sent to Government Press Jammu for its

publication in Government Gazette. File be consigned to records

till execution of general warrant of arrest.

Dated : 13-03-2023

(Sd.) ................................

Munsiff JMIC,

Kalakote.

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639

IN THE COURT OF CIVIL JUDGE (JUNIOR DIVISION)/

JMIC, KALAKOTE

Case No. 49/Challan

Date of Institution : 08-08-2022

Date of Order : 05-09-2023

Announced on : 05-09-2023

UT of J&K through P/S Kalakote

Versus

Sartaz Ahmed and Others ....(Accused person)

In the matter of FIR No. 66/2022 of P/S Kalakote for

Offences u/s 457/380/201 Indian Penal Code

(I.P.C.)

Coram : Kamiya Singh Andotra

Judicial Magistrate First Class [JK00233]

05-09-2023

Order

Accused person Mohd. Yousaf S/o Abdul Ghani R/o Talwarda

Kaloni, Tehsil and District Reasi is absent since long. Executing

Official SgCt. Mohd. Bashir No. 1376/R posted at Police

Station Kalakote is present who was assigned job to execute

warrant against accused. His statement is recorded in which

he stated that accused is absconding since long and his

whereabouts are unknown. There is also no chance of his

immediate arrest as he is absconding and is not putting up on

his address and his fresh address is also not known.

From the statement of Executing Official it is clear that accused

person is absconding hiding and his whereabouts are unknown,

as such, proceeding under Section 299 Cr. PC is initiated

against him.

Office is directed to issue general warrant of arrest against the

accused person and be sent to SSP Rajouri and SHO Police

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Station Kalakote for its execution. Copy of this general warrant

of arrest be also sent to Government Press Jammu for its

publication in Government Gazette.

Dated : 05-09-2023

(Sd.) ................................

Civill Judge (Jr. Division) JMIC,

Kalakote.

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GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, JAMMU

WAZARAT ROAD JAMMU–180001 (J&K),

INDIA.

Order

Whereas, vide Government Order No. 61-JK(APD) of 2023 dated

08-01-2023 issued by Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief

Secretary) Agriculture Production Department has declare whole Union

Territory of J&K as ‘‘Free Area’’ for Lumpy Skin Disease and the

ban on inter District and intra District movement of Bovine Animals has

been lifted in All Districts of Union Territory of J&K with immediate

effect ;

Whereas, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 read with

Transport of Animals Welfare Rules, 1978 ; Transport of Animals on

Foot (Amendment) Rules, 2001 requires to take all preventive measures

as per the provisions of Acts and rules referred above for implementation

of animal welfare laws and to take stringent action against the offenders

violating animal welfare laws.

Whereas, sentiments of one particular community are attached

with the Bovine animals especially cow which is treated as sacred

animal by one particular community ;

Whereas, it is necessary to take some preventive measures to

avoid such law and order problem in future ; and

Now, therefore, I Sachin Kumar Vaishya, IAS, District Magistrate

Jammu in exercise of the powers vested in me under Section 144

Cr. P.C. hereby directed that no Bovine animals such as Cow, Buffalo,

Oxen, Bulls, Calves etc. be transported from District Jammu to other

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Districts, except with written permission from undersigned or Additional

District Magistrate, Jammu under certain conditions imposed by this

office, from time to time.

This order shall come into force with an immediate effect and shall

remain in force for a period of two months from the date of its issue

or till the order is rescinded whichever be earlier.

(Sd.) SACHIN KUMAR VAISHYA, IAS,

District Magistrate,

Jammu.

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GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, JAMMU

WAZARAT ROAD JAMMU–180001 (J&K),

INDIA.

Declaration under Section 19(1)

Notification No. 10

Dated 12-07-2023.

Whereas, it appears to the Government of Jammu and Kashmir

that a total of 32 Kanals land in the village Hamirpur Kona, Tehsil

Pargwal, District Jammu is required for public purpose i. e. for

the establishment of Border Out Post (BOP) namely ‘OP Chenab’ by

the BSF ;

Whereas, the land is urgently requrired for the project falling within

the purview of Section 40 of the said Act, exemptions have been

accorded from conducting Social Impact Study vide Order No. 04 of

2022 dated 16-03-2023 issued under endorsement No. DCJ/LHS/BSF/

BOP/ACQ-NA/Pargwal/S-1153/22/4784-92 dated 16-03-2023 by the

Deputy Commissioner (Appropriate Government) read with endorsement

No. DCJ/LHS/BSF/BOP/ACQ-NA/Pargwal/S-1153/22/4833-41 dated

27-03-2023 ;

Whereas, vide endorsement No. SDM/K/BOP/OP Chenab/2023-

24/62-69 dated 11-04-2023, the Collector, Land Acquisition, Sub

Divisional Magistrate, Khour issued Preliminary Notification under

Section 11(1) of RFCTLARR Act, 2013, and called for objections from

the interested person(s) within a period of sixty days from the date of

publication of the Notification ;

Whereas, vide letter No. SDM/K/2023-24/612-614 dated 4-7-

2023, the Collector, Land Acquisition, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Khour

reported that No Objections were received within the stipulated time

and submitted the report under Section 15(2) of RFCTLARR Act, 2013

for taking decision ;

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Whereas, after due examination of the report furnished by the Collector, Land Acquisition, Sub Divisional Magistrate,

Khour, the land is required for public purpose ;

Whereas, the Government is satisfied after considering the report made by the Collector that the land particulars

of which are given below is required for public purposes :

—

Khasra No.

Type of Title

Type of Land

Area under

Trees

Structures

No.

(Survey No.)

Private/

Rural/Urban

Acquisition

Govt./

Common

K. M.

Variety

Number

Type

Plinth area

————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

693

Private

Rural

03–00

Nil

695

Private

Rural

12–00

Nil

689

Private

Rural

02–00

Nil

694

Private

Rural

15–00

Nil

————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Total

32–00

————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Now, therefore, it is hereby declared under the provisions of Section 19(1) of Right to Fair Compensation and

Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 that the said land is required for public

purpose i. e. for the establishment of Border Out Post (BOP) namely

‘OP Chenab ’ by the BSF ;

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The number of families likely to be resettled due to Land

Acquisition is Nil.

A plan of the land may be inspected in the office of the Collector

and Tehsildar concerned on any working day.

(Sd.) AVNY LAVASA, IAS,

Deputy Commissioner,

Jammu.

——————

IN THE COURT OF MUNSIFF

(JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE, 1ST CLASS), REASI

Present : Arti Devi

State

V/s

Mohd Muqeem and Others.

FIR No. 138/2021 of Police Station Reasi

under Sections 457/380/201 IPC

File No. 186/Challan DoI : 23-10-2021 D.O.D Order : 25-07-2023

GENERAL WARRANT OF ARREST UNDER SECTION 299 Cr. P.C.

SHO Police Station, Reasi.

Whereas, in the above said case titled, the accused namely

1) Mohd. Muqeem S/o Mohd Zamil R/o Kotranka District Rajouri

2) Balbir Singh S/o Prem Singh R/o Markote Tehsil Thakrakote District

Reasi who is/are facing trial before this Court has absconded and his/

their immediate arrest in the near future is not possible and the bail bonds

and the personal bonds stand forfeited.

As such the general warrants of arrest under Section 299

Cr. P.C. are issued against the above named accused. This is to

authorize you to arrest the accused wherever he/they is/are found and

produce the accused before the Court. The general warrant of arrest

shall remain in existence till the accused is/are arrested and the warrants

are recalled by the Court.

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Given under my hand and the seal of the Court, this 25-07-2023.

(Sd.) ARTI DEVI

Munsiff (JMIC),

Reasi.

——————

IN THE COURT OF MUNSIFF

(JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE, 1ST CLASS), REASI

Present : Arti Devi

State

V/s

Mohd Tariq and Others.

FIR No. 34/2019 of Police Station Pouni

under Sections 382/201 RPC

File No. 16/Challan DoI : 04-07-2019 D.O.D Order : 22-07-2023

GENERAL WARRANT OF ARREST UNDER SECTION 299 Cr. P.C.

SHO Police Station, Pouni.

Whereas, in the above said case titled, the accused namely

1) Mohd. Tariq S/o Mohd Aslam R/o Bhagta Tehsil Katra District Reasi

who is/are facing trial before this Court has absconded and his/their

immediate arrest in the near future is not possible and the bail bonds

and the personal bonds stand forfeited.

As such the general warrants of arrest under Section 299

Cr. P.C. are issued against the above named accused. This is to

authorize you to arrest the accused wherever he/they is/are found and

produce the accused before the Court. The general warrant of arrest

shall remain in existence till the accused is/are arrested and the warrants

are recalled by the Court.

Given under my hand and the seal of the Court, this 22-07-2023.

(Sd.) ARTI DEVI,

Munsiff (JMIC),

Reasi.

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645

IN THE COURT OF JUDICIAL

MAGISTRATE, 1ST CLASS, VAILOO.

Case No. 14/2022

D.O.I. : 17-11-2022

CNR No. JKAN080004252023

In the Case of :

Muzaffar Hussain (Ahmad) Khatana S/o Bashir Ahmad Khatana

R/o Kashwan, Tehsil Kokernag, District Anantnag.

(Complainant)

Through Mr. Tariq Ahmad Bhat (Advocate).

V/s

Abdul Rashid Bhat S/o Mohammad Ramzan Bhat

R/o Solina, Srinagar A/P Ajas, Bandipora.

(Accused)

In the matter of : Complaint u/s 138 Negotiable Instrument Act.

CORAM :

Imran Hussain Wani J.O. Code : JK00167.

General Warrant of Arrest against Accused namely Abdul Rashid Bhat

S/o Mohammad Ramazan Bhat R/o Solina, Srinagar, A/P Ajas

Bandipora.

Order

1. Whereas, the above titled Complaint is pending disposal before

this Court and was listed for hearing today on i. e. 22-08-2023.

2. Whereas, the complainant was earlier present before this Court

on 17-11-2022. It has been reported in the complaint that

concerned Police has conducted searches in the locality for

arrest of accused, but there is no immediate possibility of

arresting the accused. Tameeli has stated that they took every

effort to arrest the accused but accused is absconding.

3. Thus is view of the submissions made by the Police and Tameeli

and Dockets annexed with the complaint, it is proved that

accused person has absconded and there is no immediate

prospect of arresting him.

4. As such proceeding in terms of erstwhile Section 512 Cr. PC

read with Section 299 Cr. PC. is initiated against the accused

person. Accordingly general warrant of arrest is issued against

the accused.

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5. Therefore, all the personal of J&K Police are directed to arrest

the Accused Abdul Rashid Bhat S/o Mohammad Ramzan Bhat

R/o Solina, Srinagar, A/P Ajas Bandipora and produce him

before this Court whenever and wherever he is traced.

(Sd.) .........................

Judicial Magistrate 1st Class,

Vailoo.

——————

COURT OF ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE, SPECIAL

DESIGANATED COURT UNDER NIA ACT,

PULWAMA.

In the case of :

FIR No. 24/2021 under Sections 121 IPC, 18, 18B, 20,

ULA(P) Act, 7/25 A Act.

Year 2021

P/S Kakapora

V/s

Arjumand Gulzar Dar

S/o Gulzar Ahmad Dar

R/o Kharbatpora, Ratnipora

Pulwama

Under Section 299 Cr. PC.

Coram : O.P. Thakur J.O Code : JK00097

PROCLAMATIN U/S 299 Cr. PC.

Warrant of Arrest against : Arjumand Gulzar Dar S/o Gulzar Ahmad

Dar R/o Kharbatpora Ratnipora,

Pulwama.

Direction to :—

Through the medium of this warrant, you are hereby directed to

ensure the arrest of the above mentioned accused within the territorial

limits of UT of J&K. This warrant shall remain in vogue till his arrest

and subsequent production before the Court of Law.

Issued under my hand and seal and signature.

(Sd.) .........................

Special Judge, Designated

under, NIA Act,

Pulwama.

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COURT OF ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE, SPECIAL

DESIGANATED COURT UNDER NIA ACT,

PULWAMA.

In the case of :

FIR No. 105/21

Year 2021

P/S Kakapora

V/s

Reyaz Ahmad Dar

Under Section 299 Cr. PC.

S/o Ab. Aziz Dar &

Others.

Coram : O.P. Thakur J.O Code : JK00097

PROCLAMATIN U/S 299 Cr. PC.

Warrant of Arrest against : Reyaz Ahmad Dar S/o Ab. Aziz Dar

R/o Sethar Gund,

Pulwama.

Direction to :—

Through the medium of this warrant, you are here by directed to

ensure the arrest of the above mentioned accused within the territorial

limits of UT of J&K. This warrant shall remain in vogue till his arrest

and subsequent production before the Court of Law.

Issued under my hand and seal and signature.

(Sd.) .........................

Special Judge, Designated

Under, NIA Act,

Pulwama.

——————

COURT OF ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE, SPECIAL

DESIGANATED COURT UNDER NIA ACT,

PULWAMA.

In the case of :

FIR No. 11/2020

Year 2020

P/S Kakapora, Pulwama

V/s

Arjumand Gulzar Dar

Under Section 299 Cr. PC

S/o Gulzar Ahmad Dar

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R/o Kharbatpora,

Ratnipora, Pulwama.

Coram : O.P. Thakur J.O Code : JK00097

PROCLAMATIN U/S 299 Cr. PC.

Warrant of Arrest against : Arjumand Gulzar Dar S/o Gulzar Ahmad

Dar R/o Kharbatpora, Ratnipora

Pulwama.

Direction to :—

Through the medium of this warrant, you are hereby directed to

ensure the arrest of the above mentioned accused within the territorial

limits of UT of J&K. This warrant shall remain in vogue till his arrest

and subsequent production before the Court of Law.

Issued under my hand and seal and signature.

(Sd.) .........................

Special Judge, Designated

under, NIA Act,

Pulwama.

——————

NOTIFICATION

I Sahil Kumar S/o Doulat Ram R/o Rohi Morh Gadi Garh, Jammu

applied for the correction of my mother’s name which has been wrongly

written in the school record as Dolly Sharma instead of Asha Devi and

also my father’s name wrongly written as Daulat Ram instead of

Doulat Ram.

It is certified that I have complied with other legal requirements

in this connection.

Notification

No Legal responsibility is accepted for the publication of

Advertisements/Public Notices in this Part of the Official Gazette

of UT of J&K. Persons notifying the Advertisements/Public

Notices shall remain solely responsible for the legal consequences

and also for any other misrepresentation etc.

By order.

General Manager,

Ranbir Govt. Press, Jammu.

————

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649

NOTIFICATION

My name has wrongly been written as Renu Devi instead of Renu

Salotra in school records of my son namely Nitin Salotra under Roll No.

22, 9th C, Section. Now I am applying for correction.

Renu Salotra

W/o Jagdish Salotra

M/o Nitin Salotra

R/o Old Satwari, Tehsil Jammu South.

It is certified that I have complied with other legal requirements

in this connection.

Notification

No Legal responsibility is accepted for the publication of

Advertisements/Public Notices in this Part of the Official Gazette

of UT of J&K. Persons notifying the Advertisements/Public

Notices shall remain solely responsible for the legal consequences

and also for any other misrepresentation etc.

By order.

General Manager,

Ranbir Govt. Press, Jammu.

————

NOTIFICATION

I have updated my Aadhaar Card bearing Number 6989 7952 5015

in which my name is Iqra. Whereas in my old Aadhaar Card my name

is mentioned as Iqra Jan which is correct. Now I want to enter my name

as Iqra Jan instead of Iqra in my updated Aadhaar Card.

Iqra Jan W/o Khursheed Ahmad Najar

R/o Kathi Darwaza, Srinagar.

It is certified that I have complied with other legal requirements

in this connection.

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Notification

No Legal responsibility is accepted for the publication of

Advertisements/Public Notices in this Part of the Official Gazette

of UT of J&K. Persons notifying the Advertisements/Public

Notices shall remain solely responsible for the legal consequences

and also for any other misrepresentation etc.

By order.

General Manager,

Ranbir Govt. Press, Jammu.

————

NOTIFICATION

My wife’s name has wrongly been written as Isha instead of

Shobha Rani in DOB record of my daughter namely Anviksha Verma

DOB 05-01-2010. now I am applying for correction of the same.

Sanjay Kumar

F/o Anviksha Verma

R/o Village Kattal Brahamana,

PO Jandi, Tehsil Hiranagar,

District Kathua.

It is certified that I have complied with other legal requirements

in this connection.

Notification

No Legal responsibility is accepted for the publication of

Advertisements/Public Notices in this Part of the Official Gazette

of UT of J&K. Persons notifying the Advertisements/Public

Notices shall remain solely responsible for the legal consequences

and also for any other misrepresentation etc.

By order.

General Manager,

Ranbir Govt. Press, Jammu.

————

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651

NOTIFICATION

I, Munish Verma S/o Madan Lal R/o Ward No. 8, House No. 82,

R. S. Pura, Tehsil R. S. Pura District Jammu, state that my name has

been wrongly recorded as Manish Kumar instead of correct name

Munish Verma in my Passport No. L3258621 issued by Passport Office

Jammu. Now, I am going to apply for the correction of the same.

It is certified that I have complied with other legal requirements

in this connection.

Notification

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Advertisements/Public Notices in this Part of the Official Gazette

of UT of J&K. Persons notifying the Advertisements/Public

Notices shall remain solely responsible for the legal consequences

and also for any other misrepresentation etc.

By order.

General Manager,

Ranbir Govt. Press, Jammu.

————

NOTIFICATION

It is hereby informed that I want to correct my name on the

Aadhaar Card under Number 545029599881 from Shiman Shakeel to

Betul Ayn.

New Name : Betul Ayn

D/o Shakeel Ahmad Malik

R/o Noor Bagh,

Srinagar, J&K.

Mobile No. 7006952764

It is certified that I have complied with other legal requirements

in this connection.

Notification

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Advertisements/Public Notices in this Part of the Official Gazette

of UT of J&K. Persons notifying the Advertisements/Public

Notices shall remain solely responsible for the legal consequences

and also for any other misrepresentation etc.

By order.

General Manager,

Ranbir Govt. Press, Jammu.

————

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NOTIFICATION

My name in previous passport application was mistakenly written

as Rafeeqa, however my original name is Rukia Rafiq. Now, I need

to write my original name as Rukia Rafiq in my passport application.

Rukia Rafiq

W/o Rafiq Ahmad Bhat,

R/o Gund Tankipora, Devsar, Kulgam.

It is certified that I have complied with other legal requirements

in this connection.

Notification

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Advertisements/Public Notices in this Part of the Official Gazette

of UT of J&K. Persons notifying the Advertisements/Public

Notices shall remain solely responsible for the legal consequences

and also for any other misrepresentation etc.

By order.

General Manager,

Ranbir Govt. Press, Jammu.

————

NOTIFICATION

It is hereby informed that I want to correct my name on the

Aadhaar Card from Rukhsan Bano to Aisha Begum.

Aisha Begum

W/o Farooq Ah. Wani

R/o Hoom, Tangmarg

Mobile No. 6006259295.

It is certified that I have complied with other legal requirements

in this connection.

Notification

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Advertisements/Public Notices in this Part of the Official Gazette

of UT of J&K. Persons notifying the Advertisements/Public

Notices shall remain solely responsible for the legal consequences

and also for any other misrepresentation etc.

By order.

General Manager,

Ranbir Govt. Press, Jammu.

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NOTIFICATION

In records my name is wrongly mentioned as Abida whileas my

actual and correct name is Khalida. Now I want to change the same.

Khalida,

W/o Abdul Majeed Bhat,

R/o Ahmad Sahab Aastan, Reshan Haar, Nawa Kadal,

Adnan Ads.

It is certified that I have complied with other legal requirements

in this connection.

Notification

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Advertisements/Public Notices in this Part of the Official Gazette

of UT of J&K. Persons notifying the Advertisements/Public

Notices shall remain solely responsible for the legal consequences

and also for any other misrepresentation etc.

By order.

General Manager,

Ranbir Govt. Press, Jammu.

————

NOTIFICATION

I, Gurdeep Singh Sudan F/o Guneet Kour Sudan R/o Nanak Nagar,

Jammu has changed the name of my daughter from Guneet Kour Sudan

(old name) to Guneet Kour (new name). She do hereby assume from

this date the surname Kour (new name).

It is certified that I have complied with other legal requirements

in this connection.

Notification

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Advertisements/Public Notices in this Part of the Official Gazette

of UT of J&K. Persons notifying the Advertisements/Public

Notices shall remain solely responsible for the legal consequences

and also for any other misrepresentation etc.

By order.

General Manager,

Ranbir Govt. Press, Jammu.

————

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NOTIFICATION

We have changed the name of our child from Syed Eisa Shah to

Syed Haris in Municipal records. He is studying in Tyndale Biscoe

School in Grade 6, Roll No. 6, Section Blue. Now we intend to update

the same in UIDIA, Passport, Domicile Certificate and School records.

Syed Moosaib Manzoor Shah

(Father) Abida Rashid (Mother)

It is certified that I have complied with other legal requirements

in this connection.

Notification

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Advertisements/Public Notices in this Part of the Official Gazette

of UT of J&K. Persons notifying the Advertisements/Public

Notices shall remain solely responsible for the legal consequences

and also for any other misrepresentation etc.

By order.

General Manager,

Ranbir Govt. Press, Jammu.

————

NOTIFICATION

I, Bali Raj S/o Late Sh. Ram Dass R/o Machine Domana Phalora,

Nagbani, Jammu, J&K of UT have applied for correction of name of

my son which is Tarun Kalhotra as per his Aadhaar Card but his name

has been wrongly written in my discharge certificate/Book under

column Family particulars as Tarun Kalothra instead of Tarun Kalhotra.

That Tarun Kalhotra and Tarun Kalothra is one and same person.

It is certified that I have complied with other legal requirements

in this connection.

Notification

No Legal responsibility is accepted for the publication of

Advertisements/Public Notices in this Part of the Official Gazette

of UT of J&K. Persons notifying the Advertisements/Public

Notices shall remain solely responsible for the legal consequences

and also for any other misrepresentation etc.

By order.

General Manager,

Ranbir Govt. Press, Jammu.

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NOTIFICATION

I, Manjla W/o Rajesh Kumar R/o Suraksha Vihar, Paloura Top,

Jammu, am applying for the correction of my name, which is wrongly

written as Manjla Manhas instead of correct name Manjla in school

record of my son namely Rishab Manhas as he is reading in 9th class

in Army Public School Damana Jammu. Now I am applying for

correction of the same.

It is certified that I have complied with other legal requirements

in this connection.

Notification

No Legal responsibility is accepted for the publication of

Advertisements/Public Notices in this Part of the Official Gazette

of UT of J&K. Persons notifying the Advertisements/Public

Notices shall remain solely responsible for the legal consequences

and also for any other misrepresentation etc.

By order.

General Manager,

Ranbir Govt. Press, Jammu.

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NOTIFICATION

It is informed to the general public that my passport vide

No. F2809538 has wrongly mentioned my name Zubaida Akhter while

as my correct name is Zubeeda Akhter. I want to correct it if any body

having any objection my contact the Regional Passport Sava Kendra

Srinagar within 7 days no objection will entertained after that.

Zubeeda Akhter

W/o Zaffar Ahmad Bhat

R/o Wagam Pulwama

It is certified that I have complied with other legal requirements

in this connection.

GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

CIVIL SECRETARIAT––FINANCE DEPARTMENT

JAMMU/SRINAGAR

Notification

Srinagar, the 3rd March, 2023.

SO-106.––In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of

section 9 and sub-section (5) of section 15 of the Jammu and Kashmir

Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 (Act No. V of 2017), the Government on

the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following amendments

in the notification No. SRO-GST-1 dated 08-07- 2017 ; namely :—

(A)

In Schedule I-20%,—

agaist S. No. 102A, in column (3), for the entry, the following

entry shall be substituted namely :—

“Ethyl Alcohol supplied to Oil Marketing Companies or

Petroleum refineries for blending with motor spirit (petrol)”.

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agaist S. No. 103A in the column (3) for the entry, the following

entry shall be substituted namely :—

“Bran sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form

of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of

cereals of leguminous plants [other than aquatic feed including

shrimp feed and prawn feed, poultry feed and cattle feed,

including grass, hay and straw, supplement and additives, husk

of pulses including chilka, concentrates including chuni or churi,

khanda, wheat bran, de-oiled cake]” ;

(B)

in Scheldule-II-6%,—

against S. No. 48, in column (3), for the entry, the following

entry shall be substituted namely :—

“Fruit pulp or fruit juice based drinks [other than Carbonated

Beverages of Fruit Drink or Carbonated Beverages with Fruit

Juice]” ;

ii.

against S. No. 180, in column (3), for the entry, the following

entry shall be substituted namely :—

“Mathematical boxes, geometry boxes and colour boxes” ;

(C)

in Scheldule-III-9%, against S. No. 25, in column (3), for the entry,

the following entry shall be substituted namely :—

“Ethyl Alcohol and other spirits, denatured of any strength

[other than ethyl alcohol supplied to oil marketing companies

or Petroleum refineries for blending with motor spirit (petrol)]”.

This notification shall deem to have come into force with effect from

the 1st day of January, 2023.

By order of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

(Sd.) NITU GUPTA, JKAS,

Secretary,

Finance Department.

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GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

CIVIL SECRETARIAT—FINANCE DEPARTMENT,

JAMMU/SRINAGAR.

Notification

Srinagar, the 3rd March, 2023.

SO-108.—In exercise of powers conferred by Sub-Section (3) of

Section 9 of the Jammu and Kashmir Goods and Services Tax, 2017 (Act

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No.V of 2017), the Government, on the recommendations of the Council,

hereby makes the following amendements in the notification No. SRO-

GST-4 dated 08-07-2017 ; namely :—

In the Table, for S. No. 3A and the entries relating thereto, the

following entries shall be substituted, namely :—

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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‘‘3A

3301

2400

Following essential oils other

Any

3301

2510

than those of citrus fruit

unregistered

Regist-

3301

2520

namely :—

person

ered

3301

2530

of peppermint (Menthapiperita) :

person’’.

3301

2540

of other mints Spearmint all ) ex-

3301

2590

menthaspicata), Water mint-oil

(ex-menthasylvestries),

Bergament oil (ex-menthacitrate),

Menthaarvensis.

This notification shall deem to have come into force with effect from

the 1st day of January, 2023.

By order of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

(Sd.) NITU GUPTA, JKAS,

Secretary,

Finance Department.

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GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

CIVIL SECRETARIAT—FINANCE DEPARTMENT,

JAMMU/SRINAGAR.

Notification

Srinagar, the 3rd March, 2023.

SO-109.—In exercise of powers conferred by Sub-Sections (3) and

(4) of Section 9, Sub-Sections (1) and (3) of Section 11, Sub-Section(5) of

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Section 15 and Section 148 of the Jammu and Kashmir Goods and Services

Tax, 2017 (Act No.V of 2017), the Government, on being satisfied that it is

necessary in the public interest so to do, on the recommendations of the

Council, hereby makes following amendments in the notification No. SRO-12

dated 8th of July, 2017 ; namely :—

1. against S. No. 12, in column (3), after the entry, the following

explanation shall be inserted, namely :—

‘‘Explanation,—For the purpose of exemption under this entry, this entry

shall cover services by way of renting of residential

dwelling to a registered person where,—

i. the registered person is proprietor of a proprietorship

concern and rents the residential dwelling in his

personal capacity for use as his own residence ; and

ii. such renting is on his own account and not that of the

proprietorship concern.’’ ;

2. S. No. 23A and the entries relating thereto, shall be omitted.

This notification shall deem to have come into force with effect from

the 1st day of January, 2023.

By order of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

(Sd.) NITU GUPTA, JKAS,

Secretary,

Finance Department.

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GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

CIVIL SECRETARIAT—DEPARTMENT OF LAW, JUSTICE

AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, SRINAGAR/JAMMU.

Notification

Jammu, the 20th of March, 2023.

SO-154.—In exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-Section (1)

of Section 20 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ,1973, the Government

hereby appoint following Officers to be the Executive Magistrate, who

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shall exercise all the powers of an Executive Magistrate within his/her

territorial jurisdiction of District Doda.

Name of the Officer

Designation

No.

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S/Shri/Ms.

Sheikh Enayattulah

AD (FCS&CA), Doda

Anoop Kumar

BDO, Hq. Doda

Sanjat Bhardwaj

BDO, Marmat

Ajit Singh

BDO, Assar

Shabir Ahmed

BDO, Bhagwah

Mukesh Sharma

BDO, Khellani

Chandan Manhas

BDO, Ghat

Mahesh Chander

BDO, Bhalla

Sunil Kumar

BDO, Bhaderwah

10.

Om Parkash Khoker

BDO, Thathri

11.

Sanjeev Kumar

BDO, Chiralla

12.

Liyaqat Ali

BDO, Dali Udhyanpur

13.

Rehmatullah Butt

BDO, Gundna

14.

Javed Ahmed

BDO, Kahara

15.

Himat Kumar Raina

BDO, Chilli Pingal

16.

Rajesh Kumar Padha

BDO, Bhalessa

17.

Pankaj Sharma

Tehsildar Bharat Bagla

By order of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

(Sd.) ACHAL SETHI,

Secretary to Government,

Department of Law, Justice and P. A.

GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

CIVIL SECRETARIAT––INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE

DEPARTMENT, J&K, SRINAGAR/JAMMU.

Notification

Srinagar, the 24th March, 2023.

SO-164.––In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 30 of the

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006, the

Government hereby make the following amendments in the Jammu and

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Kashmir Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council Rules, 2017

notified vide SRO-251 dated 19-06-2017 ; namely :—

In Rule 2, clause (b) shall be substituted by the following ;

namely :—

“( b) “Arbitration and Conciliation Act” means the Arbitration

and Conciliation Act, 1996 ;”

In Rule 8, in Sub-Rule (9) and (10), for the words and sign

“Jammu and Kashmir Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1997”,

the word and sign “Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996”

shall be substituted respectively.

By order of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

(Sd.) PRASHANT GOYAL, IAS,

Principal Secretary to the Government,

Industries and Commerce Department, J&K.

GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

CIVIL SECRETARIAT––SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT,

J&K.

Notification

Srinagar, the 24th day of March, 2023.

SO-168.––In exercise of the powers conferred by section 20-A of the

Jammu and Kashmir School Education Act. 2002. read with Jammu and

Kashmir Private Schools (Fixation. Determination and Regulation of Fee)

Rules. 2022, the Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir

hereby appoints Hon'ble Justice (Retired). Shri. Sunil Hali as Chairperson

of the Committee for Fixation. Determination and Regulation of Fee of

Private Schools for a term of three years from the date on which he enters

upon office.

The term of office and other conditions of service of the Chairperson

shall be governed by the Jammu and Kashmir Private Schools (Fixation,

Determination and Regulation of Fee) Rules, 2022.

By order of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

(Sd.) ALOK KUMAR (IRS),

Principal Secretary to the Government,

School Education Department.

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GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

CIVIL SECRETARIAT—LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

DEPARTMENT, SRINAGAR/JAMMU

Notificaton

Jammu, the 31st March, 2023.

SO-178.—Whereas (1) Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Sheikh S/o Mohammad

Sultan Sheikh R/o Chandarigam, Tral, Pulwama (2) Mohammad Lateef

Bhat S/o Mohammad Akram Bhat R/o Ratnipora, Pulwama and (3)

Farooq Ahmad Sheikh S/o Gh. Mohammad Sheikh R/o Saimoh, Tral,

Pulwama, filed an application under Section 12(4) of the Industrial

Dispute Act, 1947, before the Conciliation Officer (Assistant Labour

Commissioner, Pulwama) against the Management of HPCL- (1) General

Manager, HPCL, Laxmi Nagar, New Delhi, (2) Regional Manager,

HPCL, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu, (3) Depot Manager, HPCL, Pampore,

Pulwama and (4) Mohammad Aslam Prop. M/s Global Engineering Work

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C/o Pampore Plant, wherein they had submitted that they were engaged

as unskilled labourers in the year 2002, 2011 and 2006 respectively;

but for the unknown reasons the non-applicants issued termination orders

in respect of applicants in the month of November, 2020.

Whereas, after hearing the case and perusal of application,

objections filed by the respondents, the Conciliation Officer tried to

resolve the matter as per conciliation process but the Parties were not

ready to settle the matter thereby resulting into failure of the conciliation

process.

Whereas, the Labour Commissioner has examined the failure report

and has recommended adjudication of the case by the J&K Industrial

Tribunal-cum-Labour Court under Section 12 (4) of the Industrial

Disputes Act, 1947.

Whereas, the Government is of the opinion that an Industrial

Dispute exists between the Applicants and Respondents and consider it

desirable to refer the dispute to the Labour-cum-Industrial Tribunal Court,

Srinagar for adjudication.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred under

clause (c) of Sub-Section (1) of Section 10 of the Industrial Dispute

Act, 1947 (XIV of 1947), the Government hereby refer the said dispute

to the Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Srinagar for adjudication

on the following issues :—

Whether the termination of the applicants is legal or illegal ?

ii.

Whether the non-applicant has followed the due procedure for

retrenchment ?

iii.

Whether the applicants are entitled to be reinstated with the

back wages ?

iv.

Whether any reference is required to be made to the Board,

Labour Court, Tribunal or National Tribunal ?

By order of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

(Sd.) SARITA CHAUHAN, IAS,

Commissioner/Secretary to the Government.

GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

CIVIL SECRETARIAT––FINANCE DEPARTMENT,

JAMMU/SRINAGAR.

Notification

Jammu, the 31st of March, 2023.

SO-179.—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (99) of

Section 2 read with Sub-Section (1) of Section 4 of the Jammu and Kashmir

Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No. V of 2017), the Government

hereby appoint Commissioner, State Taxes Department, J&K as Revisional

Authority for revision of decision or orders referred to in Section 108 of

the Act.

By order of Government of Jammu and Kashmir

(Sd.) ...........................

Secretary,

Finance Department.

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GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

CIVIL SECRETARIAT—HOUSING AND URBAN

DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT,

SRINAGAR/JAMMU

Notification

Jammu, the 9th May, 2023.

SO-254.—In exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-Section (2)

of Section 27 of the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000, the

Government hereby notifies the name of Smt. Superna Dhar W/o

Sh. Jatinder Majotra, Councilor of Ward No. 04, Municipal Committee,

Vijaypur, for being declared as elected Vice President of the Municipal

Committee, Vijaypur, for the remainder period.

By order of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

(Sd.) H. RAJESH PRASAD, IAS,

Principal Secretary to the Government,

Housing and Urban Development Department.

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CIVIL SECRETARIAT––DEPARTMENT OF LAW, JUSTICE AND

PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, SRINAGAR/JAMMU.

Notification

Jammu, the 18th of May, 2023.

SO-272.––In

exercise

the

powers

conferred

Sub-Section (1) of Section 20 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973,

the Government hereby appoint following Officers to be the Executive

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Magistrates, who shall exercise all the powers of an Executive Magistrate

within their territorial jurisdiction of District Doda :—

S. No.

Name of the Officer

Present place of posting

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S/Shri

Suraj Chander Singh Jasrotia

DPO, Doda

Abhilash Sharma

BDO, Bhaderwah

Sachin

BDO, Kastigarh

Angel Kotwal

BDO in ACP Office,

Doda

Yasir Wani

BDO, Marmat

Amir Ashraf Rather

BDO, Thathri

Yusuf-ul-Umar

EO, MC, Doda

Sanjay Kumar

EO, MC, Bhaderwah

Rajesh Kumar

EO, MC, Thathri

By order of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

(Sd.) ACHAL SETHI,

Secretary to Government.

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Law, Regulation and Rules passed thereunder.

GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

CIVIL SECRETARIAT― REVENUE DEPARTMENT,

JAMMU/SRINAGAR.

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Notification

Srinagar, the 24th August, 2023.

SO-440—Whereas, draft rules namely ; The Jammu and

Kashmir Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land

Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Social Impact Assessment

and Consent) Rules, 2022 were notified vide notification S.O.-313

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dated 24-06-2022 and published in the Jammu and Kashmir official

Gazette, extra ordinary, Vol. 135 dated 24-06-2022 as required under

section 112 of “The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in

Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (Act 30 of

2013)”, for inviting objection(s) /suggestion(s) from the persons likely to

be affected thereby within a period of 15 days from the date of the

publication of the said notification in the Official Gazette ;

AND WHEREAS, suggestions received in respect of the said

draft notification have been considered by the Government.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section

109 of “The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land

Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (Act 30 of

2013)”, the Government of Jammu & Kashmir hereby makes the

following rules ; namely :―

CHAPTER I

General

1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) These rules may

be called “The Jammu and Kashmir Right to Fair Compensation and

Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement

(Social Impact Assessment and Consent) Rules, 2023.

(2) They shall extend to the whole of the Union Territory of Jammu

and Kashmir.

(3) They shall come into force on and from the date of their

publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions.—(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise

requires, —

(a) “Act” means The Right to Fair Compensation and

Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and

Resettlement Act, 2013 (Central Act No.30 of 2013) ;

(b) “Award” means statement of compensation, Rehabilitation

and re-settlement and its apportionment among rightful

claimants passed by the Collector in respect of the entire

land for which indent has been placed by the requiring

body ;

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under section 3(g) of the Act to carry out the functions of

Collector Land Acquisition under the Act ;

(d) “District Collector” means Deputy Commissioner of the

District performing the functions of the Government for an

extent of area as notified by the Government from time to

time ;

(e) “Form” means forms appended to these rules ;

(f) “Government” means the Government of Union territory of

Jammu and Kashmir ;

(g) “Gram Panchayat” and “Gram Sabha” have the same

meanings as assigned to them under the Jammu and Kashmir

Panchayati Raj Act, 1989 ;

(h) “Rural Area” means any area in the Union territory except

the areas covered by any urban local body or a cantonment

board established or constituted under any law for the time

being in force ;

(i) “Revenue Officer” means the officer as defined in the

Jammu and Kashmir Land Revenue Act svt. 1996 ;

(j) “Section” means section of the Act ;

(k) “Social Impact Assessment (SIA)” means an assessment

study being made under sub section (1) of section 4 of the

Act ;

(l) “SIA Unit” means a Department or an agency appointed by

the Government to carry out the Social Impact Assessment

Study and prepare Social Impact Management Plan ;

(m) “Social Impact Management Plan” means the plan

prepared as part of Social Impact Assessment Study under

sub-section (6) of section 4 of the Act ;

(n) “TOR” means Terms of Reference ;

(o) “Urban Area” means any area in the Union territory

covered by any local body or a cantonment board established

or constituted under any law for the time being in force.

(2) All words and expressions used but not defined in these rules

shall have the same meanings assigned to them in the Act.

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CHAPTER II

Request for land Acquisition

3. Request of Land Acquisition.—(1) Whenever land in any area

is required or likely to be required for public purpose, the Requiring

Body or its authorized representative, for whom land is to be acquired

shall file the request to the concerned District Collector in Form-

I alongwith Annexure (I, II & III) appended to these rules, alongwith the

following documents :—

i. Detailed project report ;

ii. Sanction letter of the project ;

iii. Details of the land required alongwith map of the area ;

iv. Information about the classification of land i.e. irrigated

multi-cropped, single cropped, wasteland, etc. (if

available) ;

v. Any other information required by the Collector.

(2) A copy of requisition shall be endorsed to the Rehabilitation and

Resettlement Commissioner if any rehabilitation plan is involved.

(3) In case of acquisition for Government departments (Central &

UT) the requisition shall be filed by the Administrative Secretary or

authorized representative (Not below the rank of HoD) of the concerned

department/Ministry. In case of Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) by the

Administrative Secretary of the department dealing with such

undertaking.

(4) The District Collector shall diarize the requisition on the data

base of the district and forward it to concerned Collector designated by

the Government under section 3 (g) of the Act.

(5) The Requiring Body shall also deposit Administrative cost of

acquisition of land with the Collector alongwith the requisition.

4. Action by Collector Land Acquisition.—(1) On receipt of the

requisition under sub rule (1) of rule 3, the Collector shall constitute a

committee consisting of officers from Revenue, Agriculture, Forest, Jal

Shakti, Irrigation & Flood Control, Horticulture, Rural Development,

PW (R&B), Departments or any other Department as the Collector

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deems necessary to visit the spot alongwith the representatives of

Requiring Body to make a preliminary enquiry regarding—

Availability of State/Government land/common land, waste

or arid land which may be suitable for the public purposes to

be given preference and first priority ;

Correctness of the particulars furnished in the requisition

under sub-rule (1) of rule 3 ;

Bare minimum land required for the project ; and

Whether the request is consistent with the provisions of the

Act.

(2) The Committee shall submit a report to the Collector, comprising

of the following ; namely:-

That

the

indenting

department

was

offered

State/Government land at various locations for the proposed

acquisition and have not found any suitable land and has

agreed to the proposed land which serves the public

purpose ;

That the extent of land proposed for acquisition is absolute

bare minimum needed for the purpose/project ;

That the acquisition of land at an alternative place has been

considered and found not feasible ;

That there is no sufficient/suitable unutilized land which has

been previously acquired in the area ;

That there is no State/Government/common land available

which would serve the public purpose and there is only

option to acquire the proposed patch of land which also

include private land ;

That the land, if any, acquired earlier and remained

unutilized, may be used for such public purpose ;

That the requisition is consistent or contrary to the

provisions contained in section 10 or other provisions of the

Act ; and

The recommendations of the committee.

(3) The

Collector

shall

give

priority

for

acquisition

State/Government land and while examining the above report satisfy

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himself and record a certificate that there is no State land/Government

land /common land available which would serve the public purpose. If,

the Collector on the basis of the report of the committee referred to in

sub-rule (1), other information available with him and instructions issued

by the Government in this regard, is satisfied that the request is in

consonance with the provisions of the Act, he shall make a preliminary

estimate of the cost of the acquisition as defined in clause (i) of section 3

of the Act. The Collector shall also submit report alongwith composition

of team to the District Collector for issuing notification for

commencement of consultation and conduct of SIA.

(4) The Collector shall also issue directions to revenue field staff to

prepare and submit revenue papers (copy of jamabandi, Girdawari and

Shajra kat) in triplicate alongwith site map duly attested by Tehsildar

concerned. The revenue papers shall be authenticated by the authorized

Officer of the Requiring Body in token of acceptance :

Provided that the revenue papers shall be prepared by the revenue

field staff for the entire area for which indent has been placed by the

Requiring Body and subsequently the award shall be passed for the entire

area required.

5. Administrative cost of acquisition of lands.—(1) The

administrative cost in terms of paragraph (A) of sub-clause (vi) of

clause (i) of section 3 of the Act for acquisition of land for the Requiring

Body to be deposited to the Collector shall be equal to 2.5 percent of the

amount of compensation which shall be deposited by the Requiring Body

alongwith the requisition/indent to the Collector.

(2) The administrative cost shall be utilized by the offices of the

Revenue officers associated with the land acquisition for conducting

ground survey of the land to be acquired including hiring of

vehicle/expenditure on POL, updating the land records by the Revenue

field staff, purchase of equipments/infrastructure, hiring of computer data

operator, expenses on litigations, travelling and daily allowances of non-

official members of Rehabilitation and Resettlement Committee, State

Monitoring Committee, stationary and other contingency expenses

related to the said acquisition, with the prior approval of the District

Collector.

6. Manner of depositing cost of acquisition by Requiring

Body.— (1) The Collector will inform the Requiring Body to deposit the

estimated cost of acquisition in his office within a period as may be

specified by him (preferably within 30 days) and the Requiring Body

shall deposit the same within the period specified by the Collector

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without which the process under the Act may not continue. The

Requiring Body shall deposit the balance cost of acquisition after final

estimation is prepared by the Collector and if any excess amount is

awarded by the authority or a Competent Court, the same shall be

deposited by the Requiring Body to the Collector as and when so

required. The Collector shall deposit the cost of acquisition in the

relevant Account.

(2) The Requiring Body shall also deposit the amount calculated for

Rehabilitation and Resettlement at the appropriate time as specified by

the Collector before the displacement of affected families in the same

manner.

(3) The Requiring Body shall also deposit processing fee as assessed

with the Collector for conducting of Social Impact Assessment Study.

CHAPTER III

Social Impact Assessment (SIA)

7. Acquisition under Urgency Provisions and Exemption from

Social Impact Assessment Study.— Where any land is proposed to be

acquired by Requiring Body by invoking urgency provisions under

section 9 read with section 40 of the Act and if it is considered expedient

to do so and if such urgency falls within the purview of section 40 (2),

the Collector shall submit a report to the Government seeking permission

to invoke the urgency provisions giving cogent reasons and for

exemption from undertaking Social Impact Assessment study in such

acquisition. On examining the proposal and if satisfied that urgency

provisions may be resorted to, communicate its decision to the concerned

Collector, who shall proceed to issue preliminary notification and further

with the acquisition proceedings in accordance with provisions of the Act

and these Rules.

8. The report of the committee shall be as SIA Report if no

displacement or rehabilitation is involved.— Where no involuntary

displacement of persons due to acquisition of land with no adverse

impact, and no rehabilitation is involved, then the Collector shall obtain

report of the committee as constituted under sub-rule (1) of rule 4

alongwith the consent of the interested persons (atleast 70%) which shall

be considered as SIA Report and in such cases the Collector shall

proceed for issuance of preliminary notification under section 11 of the

Act within seven days.

9. Social Impact Assessment Study.— (1) Upon receipt of the

report of Collector under sub-rule (3) of rule (4), a notification shall be

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issued by the District Collector as per Part-A of Form-II appended to

these Rules regarding the commencement of the SIA study and same

shall

made

available

the

local

language

the

Panchayat/Municipality or Municipal Corporation as the case may be

and in the office of District Collector, Sub Divisional Magistrate,

Collector, Tehsil and affixing in the affected area. The notification shall

also indicate date/time, venue and the details of the team/agency to carry

out SIA study. Till such unit/agency is notified by the Government, a

team of the following officers/officials may be constituted for conducting

SIA :—

a. Block Development Officer.

b. Two officials from the government institutions/educational

institutions having expertise in SIA study/Social studies.

c. One officer/official from each of the following departments:-

Horticulture Department.

ii.

Forest, Ecology and Environment Department.

iii.

Agriculture Department.

iv.

(R&B)

Department/Mechanical

Engineering

Department.

Jal Shakti Department.

vi.

Social Welfare Department.

vii.

Labour & Employment Department.

viii.

Housing and Urban Development Department.

ix.

Officer/official of any other department as the Collector

may deem fit :

Provided that such notification shall be issued within a period of 07

days from the date of deposit of the processing fee/expenses for carrying

out the SIA study by the Requiring Body, which shall be determined in

accordance with sub-rule (1) of Rule 11.

(2) The SIA study shall be conducted in consultation with the

concerned Panchayat, Municipality, Municipal Corporation as the case

may be, at village level and ward level in the affected area for the

purpose of section 4 of the Act.

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(3) The SIA Report shall be submitted in Form-III appended to

these rules to the Government with a copy to Commissioner,

Rehabilitation and Resettlement (if applicable) within a period of Six

months from the date of commencement and shall include the views of

the affected families recorded in writing.

(4) The SIA report including summaries shall be prepared and

divided into two parts ; (i) the Social Impact Assessment Report ; and

(ii) the Social Impact Management Plan (SIMP).

(5) The Social Impact Management Plan listing the ameliorative

measures required to be undertaken for addressing the impact of the

project under sub-section (6) of section 4 of the Act shall also be

submitted as per Form-IV appended to these rules with a copy to

Commissioner, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (if applicable) alongwith

the SIA Report.

(6) The Social Impact Assessment Report and the Social Impact

Management Plan shall be made available in the local language to the

concerned Gram Panchayat, Municipality or Municipal Corporation, at

village level or ward level in the affected areas and in the Offices of the

District Collector, Sub-Divisional Magistrate/Collector and Tehsildar

concerned. It shall also be published by way of a public notice by

affixing at some conspicuous places in the affected areas and shall be

uploaded on the website of the District Collector concerned.

(7) Environmental Impact Assessment Study where required shall be

carried out simultaneously taking into consideration the impact of project

likely on each component of environment and ecology. The provisions

related to the said study as contained in sections 4 and 6 of the Act shall

be adhered to.

10. Institutional support and facilitation for SIA.—(1) The

Government may identify or establish an independent organization which

shall be responsible for ensuring that Social Impact Assessments are

commissioned and conducted as per the provisions of the Act and Rules.

The Government may also nominate J&K Institute of Management,

Public Administration and Rural Development (IMPARD) to provide

institutional support and facilitation for conducting of SIA.

(2) The Social Impact Assessment Unit shall undertake the following

tasks namely :—

a. To build and continuously expand a UT Database of Qualified

Social Impact Assessment Resource Partners and Practitioners,

which will serve as a network of individuals and institutions

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with the required skills and capacities to conduct Social Impact

Assessments for land acquisition and Rehabilitation and

Resettlement.

b. To respond immediately to the Government or Collector’s

request for any Social Impact Assessment to be conducted by

preparing a project-specific ToR ;

c. To conduct training and capacity building programs for the

SIA team and community surveyors and make available

manuals, tools, comparative case study reports and other

materials required for the analysis ;

d. To provide ongoing support and corrective action, as required

during the Social Impact Assessment process ;

e. To ensure that the transaction based web-based workflow for

Social Impact Assessments and MIS for Land Acquisition and

Rehabilitation and Resettlement as specified in rule 18 is

maintained and that all relevant documents are disclosed as per

the provisions of the Act ;

f. Maintain catalogue of all SIAs and associated primary

material ; and

g. Continuously review, evaluate and strengthen the quality of

SIAs and the capacities available to conduct them across the

Union territory.

11. Project-specific Terms of Reference and Processing Fee for

the Social Impact Assessment.—(1) The District Collector shall send

proposal of land acquisition alongwith all the relevant documents to the

Social Impact Assessment Unit/Team for the purpose to :—

a Prepare a detailed project-specific ToR for each proposal of

land acquisition, listing all the activities that must be carried

out indicating the appropriate team size (and number of field

teams) and profile of the team members, and stipulate the

schedule and deadlines for key deliverables for the SIA as

detailed in Part-B of Form-II appended to these rules ;

b Determine estimated SIA fee based on the ToR with clear

break-up of costs for each item or activity. The fee amount

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shall be based on defined parameters including area, type of

project and number of affected families.

(2) Ten percent of the SIA fee shall be allocated to Social Impact

Assessment Unit as administrative expenses for preparing the ToR

and estimated SIA fee report.

(3) The Requiring Body shall deposit the SIA fee in the scheduled

Bank Account of the Collector for the purpose.

12. Selection of the Social Impact Assessment Team.—(1) The

Social Impact Assessment Unit (SIAU) shall select the SIA team for

each project from the individuals and institutions registered or

empanelled in the UT Database of Qualified Social Impact Assessment

Resource Partners and Practitioners.

(2) The Requiring Body shall not be involved in any way in the

appointment of the Social Impact Assessment team being appointed to

carry out the SIA.

(3) The size and selection criteria for the SIA team shall be as per the

project-specific ToR developed by the UT Social Impact Assessment

Unit.

(4) The SIA team may be constituted by appointing individuals or an

organization with experience in conducting SIAs or related field-based

assessments and the team may include—

a) a combination of independent practitioners, qualified social

activists, academics, technical experts, who are not directly

connected with the Requiring Body ; and

b) at least one woman member ;

(5) A team leader shall be appointed from amongst the SIA team to

liaison with the SIA Unit and the Collector throughout the assessment

period.

(6) While selecting the SIA team, it is to be ensured that there is no

conflict of interest involving the team members appointed to assess the

concerned project.

(7) If at any stage, it is found that any team member or any family

member of the team member directly or indirectly receives any benefit

from the Requiring Body or any other stakeholder in the project, the said

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member shall be disqualified apart from other legal proceedings being

initiated against him in accordance with law. The team member shall

submit undertaking to SIAU in this regard.

13. Process of conducting the Social Impact Assessment.—(1)

The SIA team shall collect and analyze a range of quantitative and

qualitative data, undertake detailed site visits, use participatory methods

such as focused group discussions, participatory rural appraisal

techniques and informant interviews in preparing the Social Impact

Assessment report.

(2) All relevant project reports and feasibility studies shall be made

available to the SIA team throughout the SIA process, as required. Any

request for information from SIA team shall be met at the earliest by the

concerned department/agency of the Government but not exceeding

seven days.

(3) A detailed assessment based on a thorough analysis of all

relevant land records and data, field verification, review and comparison

with similar projects shall be conducted by the Social Impact Assessment

team. The assessment shall determine the following, namely:-

a. area of impact under the proposed project, including both

land to be acquired and the areas that will be affected by

environmental, social or other impacts of the project ;

b. area and location of land proposed to be acquired for the

project ;

c. the land proposed for acquisition is the bare minimum

required ;

d. possible alternative sites for the project and their feasibility ;

e. whether the land proposed for acquisition is irrigated multi-

cropped land and if so, whether the acquisition is a

demonstrable last resort ;

f. land, if any, already purchased, alienated, leased or acquired,

and the intended use for each plot of land required for the

project ;

g. the possibility of use of any public, unutilized land for the

project and whether any of such land is under occupation ;

h. nature of the land, present use and classification of land and

if it is an agricultural land, the irrigation coverage for the

said land and the cropping pattern ;

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the special provisions with respect to food security have

been adhered to in the proposed land acquisition ;

size of holdings, ownership patterns, land distribution,

number of residential houses, and public and private

infrastructure and assets ; and

k. land prices and recent changes in ownership, transfer and use

of lands over the last three years.

(4) Based on the land assessment, land records and field verification,

the SIA team shall provide an accurate estimate of the number of

affected families and the number of displaced families among them and

ensure that, as far as possible, all affected families are enumerated :

Provided that where enumeration is not possible, a representative

sample assessment shall be done by SIA team/unit.

(5) A socio-economic and cultural profile of the affected area must

be prepared, based on available data and statistics, field visits and

consultations as per Form-II:

Provided that in projects where resettlement is required, the

identified resettlement sites shall be visited and a brief socio-economic

profile of the land and its current resident population shall be indicated.

(6) Basing on the data collected in processes listed above and in

consultation with the affected communities and key stakeholders, the

SIA team shall identify and assess the nature, extent and intensity of the

positive and negative social impacts associated with the proposed project

and land acquisition as per Form-III.

(7) (i) The SIA process includes the preparation of a Social

Impact Management Plan as per Form-IV, which will

present the ameliorative measures to be undertaken to

address the social impacts identified in the course of the

assessment.

(ii) The SIA team must assess the viability of impact

mitigation and management strategies with clear indication

of costs, timelines and capacities.

(iii) The Social Impact Management Plan shall include the

following measures :—

that have been specified in the terms of Rehabilitation and

Resettlement and compensation for all the categories of

affected families as mentioned in the Act ;

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that the Requiring Body has stated that it will undertake in

the project proposal and other relevant project documents ;

and

that additional measures being undertaken by the Requiring

Body, which has been undertaken by it in response to the

findings of the SIA process and public hearings.

(8) The SIA must provide a conclusive assessment of the balance

and distribution of the adverse social impacts and social costs and

benefits of the proposed project and land acquisition, including the

mitigation measures, and provide an assessment as to whether the

benefits from the proposed project exceed the social costs and adverse

social impacts that are likely to be experienced by the affected families

or even after the proposed mitigation measures, the affected families

remained at risk of being economically or socially worse, as a result of

the said land acquisition and resettlement.

14. Process for conducting public hearings.—(1) Public

hearings shall be held in the affected areas to bring out the main findings

of the SIA, seeking feedback on the findings and to seek additional

information and views for incorporating the same in the final documents.

(2) Public hearings shall be conducted in Gram Sabha where the

members are directly or indirectly affected by the acquisition of the land.

(3) The date and venue of the public hearing must be announced and

publicized by the Social Impact Assessment Unit/Team with assistance

of Collector one week in advance through public notifications affixed at

some conspicuous places in all the villages where the land is proposed to

be acquired through direct communication with Gram Panchayat or

Municipal Ward representatives, through Lambardar/Chowkidar of the

village and by uploading the information on the website of the concerned

district ; and publication in newspapers having wide publicity in the area.

(4) The draft Social Impact Assessment report and Social Impact

Management Plan shall be published in the local language one week

prior to the public hearing and distributed to all affected Gram

Panchayats and Municipal offices. One copy of the draft report shall be

made available in the offices of the District Collector, the Collector and

the Tehsildar concerned.

(5) The Requiring Body may also be served with a copy of the draft

report. Adequate copies of the report and summaries shall be made

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available on the day of the public hearing. Accessible displays and other

visual shall be used to share the findings of the Social Impact

Assessment report.

(6) A member of the Social Impact Assessment team shall facilitate

the public hearing, which shall be organized through local administration

and the concerned Revenue Officer, Police Officer shall also be present

to assist the SIA team.

(7) The Gram Panchayat or Municipal Ward representatives shall

also be involved in all the decisions regarding the arrangements for the

public hearings in their respective areas.

(8) All the proceedings shall be held in the local language with

effective and credible translators to ensure that all the participants could

understand and express their views.

(9) Representatives from the Requiring Body, Collector and

Administrator shall also attend the public hearing and address the

questions and concerns raised by the affected parties.

(10) Public representatives, local voluntary organizations and media

shall also be invited to attend the public hearings.

(11) The proceedings of the public hearing shall be video recorded

and transcribed accordingly. This recording and transcription shall be

submitted along with the final Social Impact Assessment report and

Social Impact Management Plan to the Collector.

(12) After the conclusion of the public hearings, the Social Impact

Assessment team shall analyze the entire feedback received and

information gathered in the public meetings and incorporate the same

along with their analysis, in the revised Social Impact Assessment report

accordingly.

(13) Every objection raised in the public meeting shall be recorded

and the Social Impact Assessment team shall ensure that the every

objection shall be considered in its report.

15. Submission of Social Impact Assessment Report and Social

Impact Management Plan and its publication.—The final Social

Impact Assessment Report and Social Impact Management Plan shall be

prepared in the local language and submit to the Government. The said

report shall be published in affected area in the Gram Panchayat,

Municipality or Municipal Corporation, as the case may be, and the

offices of the District Collector, Collector, the Tehsildar and propagated

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in the affected area through lamberdar/chowkidar concerned and shall be

uploaded on the website of the District Collector concerned.

16. Appraisal of Social Impact Assessment report by an Expert

Group.—(1) Upon receipt of SIA and SIMP report under rule 15, an

independent multi-disciplinary Expert Group shall be constituted under

sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Act, consisting of :—

a. two non-official social scientists ;

b. two

representatives

Panchayat,

Gram

Sabha,

Municipality or Municipal corporation as the case may be ;

c. two experts on Rehabilitation ;

d. a technical expert in the subject relating to the project.

(2) The

experts

may

drawn

from

Government

departments/NGOs/ but shall not include members belonging to

Requiring Body. The senior member shall be nominated as Chairperson

of the Expert Group.

(3) The Expert Group shall evaluate the Social Impact Assessment

report and shall make its recommendation as provided under sub-section

(4) & (5) of section 7 to that effect within a period of two months from

the date of its constitution.

(4) The recommendations of the Expert Group shall be made

available in the local language to the concerned Gram Panchayat,

Municipality or Municipal Corporation, as the case may be, at village

level or ward level in the affected areas and in the Offices of the District

Collector, Collector and the Tehsildar and shall be published in the form

of posters circulated in the affected areas and by affixing them in

conspicuous places in the affected areas and shall be uploaded on the

website of the District Collector.

17. Consideration of the Social Impact Assessment report,

recommendations of the Expert Group etc.—(1) The Government

shall

examine

the

Social

Impact

Assessment

report,

the

recommendations of the Expert Group and the report of the Collector, as

provided in sub-section (1) & (2) of section 8 of the Act and decide such

area for acquisition which would ensure minimum displacement of

people, minimum disturbance to the infrastructure, environment, ecology

and minimum adverse impact on the individuals affected.

(2) The decision under sub-rule (1) shall be made available in the

local language to the concerned Panchayat, Municipality or Municipal

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Corporation, as the case may be, at village level or ward level in the

affected areas and in the Offices of the District Collector, Collector,

Tehsildar and shall give wide publicity in the affected areas by affixing

at the conspicuous places and shall also be uploaded on the website of

the District Collector :

Provided that where land is sought to be acquired for the purposes as

specified in sub-section (2) of section 2 of the Act, the Collector shall

also ascertain as to whether the prior consent of the affected families as

required under the proviso second to sub-section (2) of section 2 of the

Act has been obtained in Form-V (Part-A) appended to these rules by

conducting Gram Sabha.

(3) The Collector shall proceed for issuance of preliminary

notification within 07 days of the consideration of the SIA report.

18. Web-based Work Flow and Management Information

System (MIS) for Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and

Resettlement.— There shall be a dedicated, user-friendly website of the

District Collector that may serve as a public platform on which the entire

work flow of each acquisition case will be hosted, beginning with the

notification of the Social Impact Assessment and tracking each step of

decision-making, implementation and audit.

19. Inventory of Waste, Barren and Un-utilized Lands.— To

ensure acquisition of minimum amount of land and to facilitate the

utilization of unutilized public lands, the District Collector may prepare a

district-level inventory report (Village wise) of waste, barren and

unutilized public land, and land available in the Government land bank

and that may be made available to the Social Impact Assessment team

and Expert Group. The inventory report shall be updated from time to

time.

CHAPTER IV

Consent

20. Consent Requirements.—(1) The Collector, shall obtain prior

consent of the affected land owners in Form-V (Part-A) along with the

SIA study.

(2) The Collector may constitute a team of officers under his control

to assist him in the process of obtaining the prior consent.

(3) The Collector shall take necessary steps for updating the records

relating to land rights, title in the land and other revenue records in the

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affected areas, so that the names of land owners, occupants of the land

and individuals be identified for initiating the prior consent process and

land acquisition.

21. Consent of the Gram Sabha.—(1) The Collector shall in

consultation with the representatives of the Gram Panchayats or District

Development Councils notify the date, timing and venue for holding

special Gram Sabha in the affected areas one week in advance and

conduct public awareness campaigns to motivate members of the Gram

Sabha to participate in the Gram Sabha.

(2) The names and signatures of all the members who attended the

meeting of the Gram Sabha shall be taken and kept in the records.

(3) The quorum shall be at least one third of the total members of

the Gram Sabha for considering the consent as valid:

Provided that one third of the total women members of the Gram

Sabha shall also be present in the Gram Sabha meeting.

(4) Printed copies with the proposed terms and conditions for

compensation, rehabilitation and resettlement shall be made available in

the local language at least one week prior to the Gram Sabha meeting.

(5) For public private partnership projects and projects by private

companies, representatives of the Requiring Body, who are competent to

take decision and negotiate terms of Rehabilitation and Resettlement and

compensation shall be present at all such Gram Sabha meetings and

respond to the queries raised by the Gram Sabha members.

(6) The terms and conditions, Rehabilitation and Resettlement,

compensation committed by the Requiring Body shall be explained to the

Gram Sabha members in the local language and signatures of the

members as well as the representative of Requiring Body shall be

obtained on such terms and conditions.

(7) After deliberations, the Gram Sabha shall pass a resolution with

majority in Form-V (PART-B) giving or withholding consent for the

proposed acquisition and the resolution shall contain the negotiated terms

and conditions for Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Compensation,

impact management and mitigation that the Requiring Body has

committed and which have been signed by the Collector or designated

officer and the representative of the Requiring Body.

(8) The Gram Sabha resolution once received shall be counter

signed by the Collector or a designated Officer and a signed copy shall

be handed over to all the Panchayat representatives.

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(9) Any resolution that does not explicitly contain a statement of

consent to the project, a statement of the negotiated terms of

compensation and Rehabilitation and Resettlement shall be invalid.

(10) All the proceedings of the Gram Sabha shall be video recorded,

documented in writing and shall be made available in the office of

Collector, Panchayat offices.

(11) Members of the Social Impact Assessment team shall be present

to assist the Gram Sabha meetings.

22. Consent of the Affected Land owners.—(1) In Public Private

Partnership projects and projects by private companies, a list of all

affected land owners from whom consent is required to be obtained shall

be drawn up by Collector in consultation with the Social Impact

Assessment team.

(2) The list shall be made available in the affected area, in the form

of posters and handouts and by displaying the list in conspicuous places

of the affected areas for at least seven days before obtaining consent.

(3) In case of any objection, the views of the objector shall also be

taken, and the reasons for doing so shall be recorded in writing and

conveyed to the concerned person within seven days.

(4) The Collector in consultation with representative of Panchayat,

Municipality, Municipal Corporation as the case may be, shall notify the

date, time and venue at least one week in advance, for holding the

affected land owners meetings at the village or ward level.

(5) The proposed terms and conditions agreed to by the Requiring

Body shall also be made available in local language at least one week in

advance of the meeting of the affected land owners to each and every

affected land owner.

(6) For public private partnership projects and projects by private

companies, representatives of the Requiring Body, who are competent to

take decision and negotiate terms of Rehabilitation and Resettlement and

compensation shall be present at all such affected land owners meetings

and respond to the queries raised by the affected land owners.

(7) The terms and conditions, Rehabilitation and Resettlement,

compensation committed by the Requiring Body shall be explained to the

members in the local language and signatures of the members as well as

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the representative of Requiring Body shall be obtained on such terms and

conditions.

(8) At the conclusion of the meeting, each individual land owner

shall be asked to indicate in the signed declaration whether he or she

gives or withholds consent for the acquisition of land involved.

(9) A copy of this declaration with the attached terms and

conditions shall be given to the land holder concerned.

(10) Arrangements shall be made for those who could not attend the

land owners meeting for enabling them to submit their signed

declarations to the Collector within 07 days from the date of land owners

meeting.

(11) The declaration form shall be counter-signed by the Collector or

designated officer on its receipt and a copy of the declaration, with the

attached terms and conditions shall be handed over to the affected

landowner.

(12) Consent procedure shall be determined on the basis of the

signed or thumb impression, written declarations of land owners.

(13) All proceedings of taking affected land owner’s consent during

land owners meetings shall be recorded in video and all the proceedings

must be documented in writing.

(14) The outcome of the consent process shall be made available in

the office of Collector and Panchayat offices.

(15) Members of the Social Impact Assessment team shall be

present to assist the affected land owners meeting.

23. Roles and responsibilities of the appropriate Government for

consent processes.—(1) To notify and publish the date, time and venue

of Gram Sabha, Panchayat etc. and affected land owners meetings for

obtaining the consent and organize public awareness campaigns to

encourage participation of the affected land owners in the consent

processes.

(2) To ensure that the following are provided at least one week in

advance to every member from whom consent is sought, in the local

language, namely:-

A copy of the draft Social Impact Assessment report (if

applicable) in the local language ;

Initial package being offered for compensation and

Rehabilitation and Resettlement ;

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A list of the rights currently enjoyed by the village and its

residents under revenue laws, Forest Rights Act and other

legislations ;

Contact details of the officer or authority alongwith official

telephone number to be contacted in case of any attempt to

coerce for signing the declaration of consent process. It shall

be ensured no coercive steps be taken for getting consent of

affected persons, any such attempt shall be illegal.

(3) The Collector or any official appointed by the Collector shall

attend the Gram Sabha, Panchayat etc and land owners meetings.

(4) To ensure that all the documents relating to SIA are made

available to the affected land owners and all requests for information are

provided within seven days.

24. Roles and responsibilities of the Requiring Body for consent

processes.—(1) The Requiring Body shall appoint representatives

competent to take decisions and negotiate terms and conditions of

compensation and Rehabilitation and Resettlement, who shall be present

in the meetings of affected land owners for obtaining the consent and

reply to the queries raised by the land owners.

(2) The Requiring Body shall provide all the information on the

project, prior to the taking of consent as well as any additional

information, if required.

CHAPTER V

Notification of Acquisition

25. Publication of Preliminary Notification.—(1) The preliminary

notification referred to in section 11 of the Act shall be issued in

Form-VI appended to these rules.

(2) The preliminary notification shall be published in the manner

provided in sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Act.

(3) A copy of the notification shall be affixed at conspicuous places

in the affected areas and shall also be informed to the public through

Lumbardar/Chowkidar of the village and shall be published in Official

Gazette.

(4) After issuing the preliminary notification, the Collector shall

ensure completion of the exercise of updating land records within a

period of two months as specified hereunder :—

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Delete the entries of dead persons ;

Enter the names of the legal heirs of the deceased persons ;

Enter the registered transactions of the rights in land such as

sale, gift, partition, etc. ;

Make all entries of the mortgage in the land records ;

Delete the entries of mortgage in case the lending agency

issues letter towards full payment of loans taken ;

Update entries in respect of all prevalent forest laws ;

Update entries in case of the Government land ;

Update entries in respect of assets in the land like trees,

wells, etc ;

Update entries of share croppers in the land ;

Any other entries or up-dating in respect of land acquisition,

rehabilitation and resettlement.

(5) The Collector and Revenue field staff and the officers associated

with the acquisition are authorized for conducting of survey of land as

provided under section 12 of the Act.

(6) The Collector after hearing all objections and making enquiry as

provided in sub-section (2) of section 15 of the Act shall submit a report

along with his recommendations on the objections to the Government for

decision. The report of Collector shall, inter-alia include :—

Assessment as to whether the proposed acquisition serves

public purpose ;

Whether the extent of land proposed for acquisition is the

absolute bare-minimum extent needed for the project ;

Whether land acquisition at an alternate place has been

considered and found not feasible ;

There is no unutilized land which has been previously

acquired in the area and there is no Government common

land available in the area ;

The land, if any, acquired earlier and remained unutilized, is

used for such public purpose and make recommendations in

respect thereof ;

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Classification of land and soil type ;

Recommendations on the objections ;

Record of proceedings ; and

Approximate cost of land acquisition.

CHAPTER VI

Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme

26. Appointment, power, duties and responsibilities of the

Administrator.—(1) Under sub section (1) of section 43 of the Act, the

Government appoints the Additional Deputy Commissioner (stationed at

District Headquarter) of every district in the Union territory to be the

Administrator for Rehabilitation and Resettlement, in respect of the

projects located within the jurisdiction of the district, where the

Government is satisfied that there is likely to be involuntary

displacement of persons due to acquisition of land.

(2) The Administrator shall have the following powers, duties and

responsibilities ; namely:—

To conduct a survey and undertake a census of the affected

families in the manner and within time as provided under

rule 27 ;

To prepare a draft Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme ;

To publish the draft scheme by the mode provided under

these Rules ;

To make the draft scheme available to the concerned persons

and authorities ;

To organize and conduct public hearings on the draft

scheme ;

To provide an opportunity to the Requiring Body to make

suggestions and comments on the draft scheme ;

To submit the draft scheme to the District Collector ;

To publish the approved Rehabilitation and Resettlement

Scheme in the affected area ;

To help and assist the Collector in preparing the

Rehabilitation and Resettlement award ;

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To monitor and supervise the implementation of the

Rehabilitation award ;

To assist in post-implementation audit of Rehabilitation and

Resettlement, and

Any other work required to be done for Rehabilitation and

Resettlement.

27. Preparation of Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme and

Public Hearing.—(1) Upon publication of the preliminary notification

under sub-section (1) of section 11 by the Collector, the Administrator

for Rehabilitation and Resettlement shall conduct a survey and undertake

a census of the affected families within a period of two months from the

date of publication of such preliminary notification.

(2) The survey and census of the affected families shall include the

particulars mentioned in sub-section (1) of section 16 of the Act.

(3) In the survey conducted and the census of the affected families

so undertaken by the Administrator, he shall collect the data based on the

SIA report as well as collect the data from the secondary sources such as

Panchayat, Municipality, Municipal Corporation, Government records

and verify that data by door visit of the affected families and by site

visits in case of infrastructure in the affected area.

(4) The draft Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme prepared by

the Administrator shall in addition to the particulars mentioned in the

sub-section (2) of section 16 of the Act, contain the following :—

List of likely to be displaced families ;

List of infrastructure in the affected area ;

List of land holdings in the affected area ;

List of trades/business in the affected area ;

List of landless people in the affected area ;

List of persons belonging to disadvantageous groups like

persons belonging to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes,

handicapped persons in the affected area ;

List of landless agricultural labourers in the affected area ;

List of unemployed youths in the affected area.

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(5) The Administrator shall prepare a comprehensive and detailed

draft Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme. The Administrator shall

give wide publicity to the draft Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme

in the affected area through publication in the following manner :—

(a) In two daily newspapers being circulated in the locality of

such area of which one shall be in the regional language.

(b) To

made

available

the

office

Panchayat/Municipality or Municipal Corporation as the

case may be at the Ward/Village level.

Block Development Office.

(d) To affix at the conspicuous place in the affected area.

(6) The Administrator or an officer authorized by him shall conduct

a public hearing in the affected areas on such date, time and venue as

decided by giving advance notice of one week. The provisions of rule 14

relating to the public hearing shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the public

hearing in this case also.

(7) The Administrator shall, on completion of public hearing submit

the draft scheme for Rehabilitation and Resettlement alongwith a specific

report on the claims and objections raised in the public hearing, to the

District Collector as provided in sub-section (6) of the section 16 of the

Act.

(8) Thereafter, the District Collector shall review the draft scheme as

provided in sub-section (1) of section 17 of the Act and shall submit the

draft Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme with his suggestions to

the Commissioner of Rehabilitation and Resettlement for approval as

provided in sub-section (2) of section 17 of the Act.

28. Appointment of Commissioner for Rehabilitation and

Resettlement, Approval and publication of the Rehabilitation and

Resettlement Scheme.—(1) Under sub-section (1) of section 44 of the

Act, the Government appoints the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir

and Divisional Commissioner, Jammu as the Commissioner for

Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) in their respective jurisdiction

for the purpose of rehabilitation and resettlement of affected families

under this Act.

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(2) The Commissioner for Rehabilitation and Resettlement upon

receipt of the draft Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme from the

District Collector, after examining it in the light of the provisions of the

Act, accord approval to the scheme.

(3) The Commissioner for Rehabilitation and Resettlement by way of

public notice shall publish the approved Scheme as finalized by him

under section 18 of the Act, in the affected area by affixing at

conspicuous places, circulating through Lambardar/Chowkidar in the

area and shall publish in the two local daily news papers one in English

and other in regional language having wide circulation in the area.

(4) The copies of the approved scheme shall also be made available

in the offices of the Municipal Corporation/Village Panchayat, District

Collector, Sub-Divisional Magistrate/Collector, concerned Tehsildar and

Administrator (Rehabilitation and Resettlement) of the concerned area by

public affixture and shall also be uploaded on the official website of the

District Collector.

(5) The Commissioner for Rehabilitation and Resettlement shall be

responsible for supervising the formulation of rehabilitation and

resettlement schemes or plans and proper implementation of such

schemes or plans.

(6) The Commissioner for Rehabilitation and Resettlement shall be

responsible for the post-implementation social audit in consultation with

the Gram Sabha in rural areas and municipality in urban areas.

29. Development Plan for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled

Tribes Families.— Subject to the provisions of section 41 of the Act, in

case of displacement of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes families

due to acquisition, a Development Plan in Form-VIII shall be prepared

by the Administrator (Rehabilitation and Resettlement) in consultation

with the affected families and the said plan shall be read out and

discussed during the public hearing of Rehabilitation and Resettlement

Scheme and finalized.

CHAPTER VII

Declaration, Award and Compensation

30. Publication of Declaration for Acquisition.—(1) Upon receipt

of report of the Collector under sub-rule (6) of rule 25 (sub-section (2) of

section 15 of the Act), after examining and considering the report that

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particular land is needed for public purpose, the declaration referred to

under sub-section (1) of section 19 of the Act shall be made to that

effect, in Form VII appended to these rules :

Provided that no such declaration shall be made unless the requiring

body has deposited 50% towards the cost of acquisition of the land as per

the procedure provided in rule 6. The Requiring Body shall deposit the

amount promptly so as to enable to publish the declaration within a

period of twelve months from the date of publication of preliminary

notification under section 11 of the Act.

(2) The Collector shall publish a summary of the Rehabilitation and

Resettlement Scheme alongwith declaration referred in sub-section (1) :

Provided that no declaration under this sub section shall be made

unless the summary of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme is

published alongwith such declaration.

(3) The said declaration shall be published in the manner as

prescribed under sub-section (4) of section 19 of the Act. In the affected

areas the declaration shall be published by way of affixing copy at

conspicuous places in the Panchayat, Ward, as the case may be, under

which the affected area falls.

31. Notice to the persons interested.— Upon the declaration issued

under section 19 of the Act, the Collector shall issue a public notice

under section 21 of the Act and cause public notice to be given at

convenient places stating that the Government intends to take possession

of the land and claims to compensation and rehabilitation and

resettlement for all interests in such land.

32. Land Acquisition Award.—(1) The Collector after enquiry into

and disposal of the objections, if any, raised by the interested persons in

pursuance of the public notice published and given under sub-section (1)

of section 21 of the Act, shall make a draft award of compensation

strictly calculated as per the provisions laid down under sections 26 to 30

of the said Act.

(2) Date for determination of market value shall be the date on

which the notification has been issued under section 11 of the Act.

Explanation 1.—Market value means latest value of land as notified in

terms of The Jammu and Kashmir Preparation and

Revision of Market Value Guideline Rules, 2011 by

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the District Valuation Committees of the concerned

District under the Stamps Act, 1977.

Explanation 2.—Any transaction of small patches of land at

higher/exorbitant value shall not be taken into

consideration in any way for determination of market

value and in such cases the market value given at

Explanation 1 shall be the basis to determine the

value of the land for drawing up of the tentative

award.

(3) The Collector shall refer the proposed rates to District Collector

to hold Collectors meeting to discuss the proposal and decide the

tentative rates.

(4) Under sub-section (2) of section 26 and sub-section (2) of

section 30 read with provisions against serial No. 2 in column 3 of the

First Schedule of the Act, the Government notifies that in case of rural

areas, the factor by which the market value is to be multiplied shall be

2.00 (two).

(5) The District Collector shall hold Collectors meeting on regular

basis to discuss and decide the rates of compensation prepared by the

Collector. The record note of each meeting shall be maintained in

District Collector’s office and copy attached with the each case.

(6) Where the amount of compensation tentatively assessed exceeds

the pecuniary jurisdiction of the Collector, he shall refer the record of the

case along with the statement of tentative assessment of compensation

for approval of the competent authority empowered under sub-rule (1) of

rule 34. The competent authority shall satisfy itself that the assessment

of compensation is as per the provisions laid down under sections 26 to

30 of the Act and convey the approval within 07 days from the date of

receipt of the case.

(7) The Collector shall make the land acquisition award after receipt

of approval of competent authority referred to under section 23 of the

Act in Form IX appended to these rules.

33. Rehabilitation and Resettlement Award.—(1) The Collector

shall also make Rehabilitation and Resettlement Award for each affected

family in accordance with the Second Schedule of the Act in Form X

appended to these rules and handover family-wise awards to each

affected family.

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(2) The Collector shall also ensure provisions of infrastructure

facilities and basic amenities are provided for every resettlement area as

per description in Form XI.

34. Pecuniary Jurisdiction for approval of the Land Acquisition

and Rehabilitation Award.—(1) The Government empowers the

following authorities shown in the column 2 to the extent of pecuniary

competence to accord approval for the amount shown against each in

column 3 within their respective territorial jurisdiction :

S.No.

Authority

Amount of Land Acquisition

Collector Land Acquisition

Upto 1.00 crore

District Collector/Deputy

Commissioner

Upto 20.00 crore

Divisional Commissioner

Upto 40.00 crore

Financial Commissioner, Revenue

Upto 60.00 crore

Government (In Revenue

Department)

Beyond 60.00 crore

(2) The Government from time to time may revise the pecuniary

competence and notify in the official gazette.

35. Title Verification, entitlement of compensation etc. and

Mode of Payment of Compensation.—The Government may issue

guidelines separately and for the time being till fresh guidelines are

formulated, the guidelines issued by the Government vide Circular No.

Rev.LB-10/80 dated 23.02.1980 and subsequent orders and clarifications

issued from time to time shall apply to the acquisition under the said Act.

The payment of compensation to the rightful claimants shall be made

through the bank accounts only.

36. Recovery of Excess Amount.— (1) In the case of any default or

refusal to pay the excess amount as referred to in sub-section (3) of

section 33, the same shall be recovered as arrears of land revenue under

the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Land Revenue Act, Samvat

1996 and such recovery shall be made within the period of 03 years from

the date on which excess amount is found to have been paid. Beyond the

period of 03 years, 6% interest shall be levied and excess amount and

interest shall be recovered in the same manner.

(2) In case of any wrong or excess payments noticed at any time in

any land acquisition award issued under the Land acquisition Act, Svt

1990 (repealed now) or under the Central Act(Act No.30 of 2013) ,

which is either due to clerical error and without any malafide intention

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or anything which is done in good faith under these Acts or rules, no

prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against public servant.

This payment shall be recovered in the manner provided in sub-rule (1)

for which the Collector shall pass a speaking order within 30 days from

the date it is reported and shall give immediate notice of such correction

to all the interested persons and amount so recovered shall be deposited

in the relevant account head of the Government.

37. Recovery of rehabilitation and resettlement benefit.—Where

any rehabilitation and resettlement benefit is found to have been availed

of by making false claim or through fraudulent means, as provided under

sub-section (2) of section 84 of the Act shall be recovered as arrear of

land revenue in the manner under Jammu and Kashmir Land Revenue

Act, Samvat 1996.

38. Limits on extent of land.—(1) The limits of extent of land

referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 2 and sub-section

(1) of section 46 of the Act shall be twenty hectares (400 kanal) in urban

areas and forty hectares (800 kanal) in rural areas.

(2) The land acquisition shall not exceed 15% of the net present

cultivable area in the UT and the limits in the districts shall be prescribed

by the District Collectors concerned as contemplated under Section 10(4)

of the Act subject to any further notification as may be notified by

Government.

CHAPTER VIII

Rehabilitation and Resettlement Committee and State Monitoring

Committee.

39. Rehabilitation and Resettlement Committee.—(1) Where

land proposed to be acquired is equal to or more than one hundred acres,

the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Committee at Project Level

constituted under section 45 of the Act, shall follow the following

procedure:-

a. The Committee shall have its first meeting when a draft

Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme has been prepared

by the Administrator.

b. The Committee shall discuss the scheme and make

suggestions

and

recommendations.

Thereafter,

the

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Committee shall meet, and review and monitor the progress

of the rehabilitation and resettlement once in 3 months till the

process of rehabilitation and resettlement is completed.

c. For the purpose of carrying out the post-implementation

social audits, the Committee shall meet as and when

required.

d. The Committee may visit the affected area and discuss with

the affected families if it so desires and also visit the

resettlement area to monitor the resettlement process.

(2) The Member-Convener of the Committee shall be assisted by

subordinate officers and staff provided by the appropriate Government.

(3) The non-official members of the Committee shall get travelling

and daily allowances at the rate admissible to Class-II Officers of the

Government.

40. State Monitoring Committee.— The Government may

constitute State Monitoring Committee, as required under section 50 of

the Act for the purpose of Rehabilitation and Resettlement.

41. Procedure of State Monitoring Committee.— (1) The

Committee shall follow the following procedures :—

a. Monitor and review the implementation of the Rehabilitation

and Resettlement Schemes or plans under the Act.

b. The Committee shall hold first meeting within a month of the

publication of the scheme by the Commissioner under section

18 of the Act.

c. Thereafter, the meetings of the Committee shall be held once

in three months to review and monitor the implementation

of the rehabilitation and resettlement schemes. The

Commissioner (R&R) shall be the Member Convener.

d. The Committee may call for records and information of

rehabilitation and resettlement scheme, call the requiring

body for discussion as and when required and ask for report

about implementation of its decision.

(2) The non-official members of the State Monitoring Committee

shall get travelling and daily allowance at the rate admissible to the

Class-I Officers of the Government.

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CHAPTER IX

Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority

42. Establishment of Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and

Resettlement Authority.—(1) The Government shall establish by

notification one or more Authority known as “Land Acquisition,

Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority” in the Union territory of

Jammu and Kashmir to exercise, jurisdiction powers and authority

conferred on it by or under the Act:

Provided that till such an Authority is established, the Government

with the concurrence of the Hon’ble High Court of J&K and Ladakh may

declare Courts of District Judges/Additional District Judges of each

district to act as the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement

Authority in their jurisdiction.

(2) If the Presiding Officer is a serving District Judge, his salary and

other service conditions shall continue to be in accordance with the

relevant service rules applicable to him in the post of District Judge.

(3) If the Presiding Officer is a retired District Judge, his salary shall

be the last pay drawn by him while he was in service minus the pension

he is drawing from time to time. He shall not be entitled for any pension

towards the service rendered by him as the Presiding Officer of the

Authority. The other service conditions applicable to the post of District

Judge shall mutatis mutandis be applicable to him.

(4) If the Presiding Officer is a legal practitioner, he shall be paid

the pay and other allowances in the minimum scale of pay applicable to

the post of District Judge (entry level). He shall not be entitled for any

pension. The other service conditions applicable to the post of District

Judge shall mutatis mutandis be applicable to him.

(5) There shall be a Registrar of the rank of Tehsildar from the

Revenue Department and other staff to be posted on deputation from

different cadres of the Government including the Revenue Department.

The salaries and allowances of the Registrar and other officers and

employees of the said Authority shall be the same as they were drawing

from their parent departments. The general conditions of service

applicable to them in their parent cadre shall mutatis mutandis be

applicable while on deputation in the said Authority.

(6) The Government may prescribe any other matter as required

under clause (g) of sub section (1) of section 60 of the Act by publishing

in the official gazette from time to time.

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CHAPTER X

Miscellaneous

43. Reversion of land to the Land Bank.—(1) Where any land

acquired under the Act remains unutilized for a period of five years from

the date of taking over possession, the same shall be returned to the

original owners or their legal heirs as the case may be, or the Land Bank

of the Government in accordance with the provisions contained in

section 101 of the Act by issuing a notice to the Requiring Body for

whom the land was acquired and by giving opportunity of being heard

and by passing necessary written order by the Government in this

behalf :

Provided that :

a. No dispute exists as to the ownership of the land ;

b. No dispute exists as to who the true legal heirs are ; and

c. The entire land covered under the notification issued under

section 11 of the Act is not fully utilized ; and

d. The land owners had not availed cash benefit or land for

land under the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme.

(2) The reversion shall be considered only as a whole in respect of all

the lands described in the notification under section 11 of the Act and not

in parts.

(3) For determining the five year period, the latest date of taking

possession of any parcel of land shall be the date of taking possession of

land and the litigation period, if any, shall be excluded for the calculation

of 5 years.

(4) The compensation paid to the erstwhile land owners excluding

Solatium shall be returned by them.

(5) The owner/legal heir claiming reversion of lands shall submit an

application to the Collector within thirty days from the lapse/expiry of

five years, excluding litigation period if any from the date of taking

possession and the application shall be duly signed by all the land

owners/legal heirs.

(6) The claimant shall deposit an amount equal to 50% of the

compensation received/drawn in the form of Demand Draft in the name

of the Head of department of the Requesting Body alongwith his

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application. The remaining 50% shall be deposited within a period of 30

days from the date of communication of the intention of government for

returning the land.

(7) The amount so refunded shall be deposited into the Consolidated

Fund of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir or of the Government

of India as the case may be.

(8) The Collector shall intimate the Government by issuing a notice

to the Requiring Body for whom the land was acquired and by giving an

opportunity of being heard and seek necessary written order from the

Government in this behalf.

(9) After passing of the written order as above, the Government may

direct the Collector to take the possession of the acquired land for the

purpose of returning the same to the original owners or their legal heirs

as the case may be or to the Land Bank of the Government.

(10) On receipt of the order of the Government, the Collector shall

communicate to the land owners/legal heirs, the period before which the

compensation amount received by them should be deposited for taking

back their lands.

(11) If, the Requiring Body does not handover possession of the

said land to the Collector, the Collector shall be competent to take the

help of Executive Magistrate and police force to take the possession by

giving prior notice to the Requiring Body.

(12) On reversion of land to the land owners (or) to their legal heirs

as the case may be, or to the land bank, the Collector shall direct the

Tehsildar concerned to make necessary entries in the land records to this

effect.

44. Manner and mode of publication.— Wherever the provision

of the Act provides for publication, it shall be in the following manner,

namely:-

a. Publication in the Official Gazette ;

b. Publication in two widely circulated newspapers in the

affected area, one of which in the local language ;

c. Publication on the website of the district concerned/

Government ;

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d. Publication in the office of concerned Collector, Tehsil,

Gram Panchayat, Ward, and wide publicity through

Lamberdar/Chowkidar concerned in the affected area.

45. Interpretation of rules.— If any difficulty arises as to the

interpretation of any provisions of these rules or in the implementation of

such provisions, the Government in the Revenue Department shall have

powers to issue clarifications/directions for the purpose of removal of the

difficulties.

46. Power to amend the rules.— The Government, from time to

time, as per the requirement and in the interest of public may amend

these rules by a notification published in the Jammu and Kashmir

Official Gazette.

By order of the Lieutenant Governor.

(Sd.) PIYUSH SINGLA, IAS

Secretary to the Government.

Dated:-24-08-2023

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FORM I

[See rule-3]

Requisition for Land Acquisition

From:

Name /address of the Requiring Body

District Collector ___________

It is requested to acquire ___________kanal—(acres) of land for

______________________________________________project/purpose

and the details are furnished in ANNEXURE I, II & III along with three

copies of Combined Sketch showing the lands to be acquired.

The gestation period of the project will be __________________ years

and ___________________months (applicable only if gestation period is

more than 5 years).

Requisite cost of acquisition including cost of social impact assessment

(SIA) study and administrative cost is available which will be deposited

with the Collector, as and when required by him, however, an amount of

Rs. ___________________is deposited as Administrative expenses for

initiating the acquisition proceedings. All further necessary information

and assistance will be provided on the date/time appointed/stipulated by

you.

Yours faithfully

Requiring Body

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ANNEXURE-I

Schedule of land to be acquired

(1) Name of the village :

(2) Name of the Tehsil/Sub Division :

(3) Name of the Municipal Corporation/ Municipality/Panchayat :

(4) Name of the District :

(5) Survey Nos. to be acquired(if details available) :

(6) Total area under acquisition (Kanal /in acres) :

(7) Area of the agricultural and irrigated multi-cropped land :

(8) Reasons for inclusion of agricultural and irrigated multi-cropped land

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(9) Details of buildings and other structures, tanks, wells, trees, etc.,

Requiring Body

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Annexure-II

Name of the project

1. Department or Government or PSU, Local Authority, Institution

2. Official designation of the Requiring Body :

3. Purpose of Acquisition (in detail) :

4. Whether the requisition is filed undersection 2(1) of the Act by the

Government or Department for its own use hold and control :

5. Whether the requisition is filed undersection 2(1)(a) to 2(1) (f) of the

Act :

6. Whether the requisition is filed undersection 2 (2) (a) or (b) of the

Act :

7. How many families are affected as described undersection 3 (c) (i) to

(vi) of the Act :

8. Whether the requisition is filed undersection 40 of the Act :

9. If so, on what ground ?

10. Has the land to be acquired already been taken over from the owners

by private negotiation ?

11. If so, on what date and on what terms (please state the terms of

negotiation in short and attach the copy of it) :

12. Date of issue of administrative approval for the project (copy to be

attached) :

13. Reasons for delay in filing requisition, if requisition is filed after 6

weeks from the date of administrative approval of the project in case

of Government or department or local authority :

14. By what time possession of the land is required :

Requiring Body

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ANNEXURE-III

Certificate to be furnished for acquisition of land

by the Requiring Body.

Name of the project:-

Certified that the project for which the land is sought to be acquired

has been administratively approved vide Department Order/letter

No: __________, Dated _______________ (Copy to be attached).

The estimated cost of the project including the cost of the land

acquisition is Rs.____________________ and necessary budget

was sanctioned and funds are available towards cost of acquisition.

The Requiring Body undertakes to pay the full amount in case of

decree by the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement

Authority/High Court/ Supreme Court as and when asked to do so

by the Collector.

The project is for a legitimate and bonafide public purpose.

Only the minimum area of land required for the project has been

proposed for acquisition.

There is no unutilized land which has been previously acquired in

the area.

The land under acquisition has been selected after considering all

alternatives.

The project is of linear type/non-linear type.

The land under acquisition is barren/uncultivable/agricultural/

irrigated multi-cropped/commercial.

10. Total land under acquisition is not in excess of the limit prescribed

and fixed by the Government for acquisition of irrigated multi

cropped and agricultural land in a district.

11. The potential benefits of the project far outweigh the social costs

and adverse social impact.

12. The land after taking possession would be utilized for the same

acquisition purpose.

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13. The requiring body is capable of bearing cost of acquisition

including rehabilitation and resettlement expenditure.

14. There is no special opposition to this land acquisition proceeding.

15. The Requiring Body shall ensure rehabilitation and resettlement

works and other admissible benefits to the affected families/persons.

16. __________is the authorized officer for placing the indent and

authentication of Revenue papers.

Requiring Body

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FORM-II Part-A.

[See sub-rule (1) of rule 9]

Notification of the SIA

Office of the ___________________.

No. ...................

Dated ............................

Whereas, it appears to the appropriate Government that the land

specified in the Schedule annexed is needed or likely to be needed for a

public purpose, namely, ________________ which is being executed by

__________ (Name of developer) ;

And whereas, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub section

(1) of section 4 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in

Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, (Central

Act 30 of 2013) the appropriate Government has decided to conduct

Social Impact Assessment in the area specified in the schedule annexed.

The public hearing shall be held by the team in the affected area.

Now therefore, sanction is hereby accorded to the constitution of a

Social Impact Assessment Unit/Team as given below to conduct a SIA

Study and to prepare a Social Impact Assessment Report and

Management Plan as provided in the Act. The process shall be completed

within a period of six months from the date of publication of this

notification.

The composition of team alongwith the contact information is as

under ;-

S.No.

Name and

Designation

Contact Address Contact No.

District Collector/

Appropriate Government

Copy to the :-

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FORM-II Part B

[See sub-rule (1) of rule-11]

Terms of Reference and Processing Fee for the SIA

(i) The SIA Unit will review the proposal for land acquisition sent by

the appropriate Government and produce a project-specific ToR and

budget. Based on the ToR and budget, a processing fee will be

determined, which must be deposited by the Requiring Body before

the issuance of notification of the SIA.

(ii) The ToR shall include the following information:

(a) A brief description of the project, project area and the extent

of lands proposed for acquisition ;

(b) The objectives of the SIA and all the activities that must be

carried out by the SIA team ;

dates for the SIA process, based on the size and complexity

of the project and land acquisition, and whether consent of

Gram Sabhas and/or land owners is required to be sought ;

(d) The appropriate size and profile of the SIA team required

(including field surveyors, if needed) to conduct the SIA for

the specific project ;

(e) A project-specific budget based on the ToR, with a clear

break-up of costs for each item/activity ;

(f) The schedule for the disbursement of funds to the SIA team

tied to clearly-defined deliverables in the SIA process ;

(g) The processing fee will be determined based on the ToR and

budget developed for each specific project and will be based

on the type, size, location, and sensitivity of the project and

the land proposed for acquisition. Information regarding the

processing

fee

bands

and

the

cost

for

separate

components/line items must be made consistent and easily

accessible, so that the Requiring Body can factor this into its

costs in advance. These rates must be reviewed and revised

from time to time. A fixed proportion of the fee will go

towards meeting the costs of the UT level SIA Unit.

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FORM-III

[See sub-rule (3) of rule-9, sub rule (5) & (6) of rule 13]

Social Impact Assessment Report

Part-A: List of socio-economic and cultural parameters to be

covered by the SIA.

Demographic details of the population in the project area

(a)

Age, sex, caste, religion.

(b)

Literacy, health and nutritional status

Poverty level.

Vulnerable groups – (a) Women (b) children (c) the elderly (d)

women-headed households (e) the differently abled.

Kinship patterns and women's role in the family

Social and cultural organization

Administrative organization

Political organization

Civil society organizations and social movements

Land use and livelihood

(a)

Agricultural and non-agricultural use

(b)

Quality of land - soil, water, trees, etc.

(c)

Livestock

(d)

Formal and informal work and employment

(e)

Household division of labour and women's work

(f)

Migration

(g)

Household income levels

(h)

Livelihood preferences

(i)

Food security

10. Local economic activities

(a)

Formal and informal, local industries

(b)

Access to credit

(c)

Wage rates

(d)

Specific livelihood activities women are involved in

11. Factors that contribute to local livelihoods

(a)

Access to natural resources

(b)

Common property resources

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(c)

Private assets

(d)

Roads, transportation

(e)

Irrigation facilities

(f)

Access to markets

(g)

Tourist sites

(h)

Livelihood promotion programs

(i)

Co-operatives and other livelihood-related associations

12. Quality of the living environment

(a)

Perceptions, aesthetic qualities, attachments and aspirations

(b)

Settlement patterns

(c)

Houses

(d)

Community and civic space

(e)

Sites of religious and cultural meaning

(f)

Physical infrastructure (including water supply, sewage

systems etc.)

(g)

Public service infrastructure (schools, health facilities,

anganwadi centres, public distribution system)

(h)

Safety, crime, violence

(i)

Social gathering points for women.

Part-B: Key impact areas.

1. Impacts on land, livelihoods and income

(a)

Level and type of employment Intra-household

(b)

employment patterns Income levels

(c)

Food security - Standard of living

(d)

Access and control over productive resources

(e)

Economic dependency or vulnerability

(f)

Disruption of local economy

(g)

Impoverishment risks

(h)

Women's access to livelihood alternatives

2. Impacts on physical resources

(a)

Impacts on natural resources, soil, air, water, forest

(b)

Pressures on land and common property natural resources

for livelihoods

3. Impacts on private assets, public services and utilities

(a)

Capacity of existing health and education facilities

(b)

Capacity of housing facilities

(c)

Pressure on supply of local services

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(d)

Adequacy of electrical and water supply, roads, sanitation

and waste management system

(e)

Impact on private assets such as bore wells, temporary sheds

etc.

4. Health impacts

(a)

Health impacts due to in-migration

(b)

Health impacts due to project activities with a special

emphasis on

(i) Impact on women's health

(ii) Impact on the elderly

5. Impacts on culture and social cohesion

(a)

Transformation of local political structures

(b)

Demographic changes

(c)

Shifts in the economy-ecology balance

(d)

Impacts on the norms, beliefs, values and cultural life

(e)

Crime and illicit activities

(f)

Stress of dislocation

(g)

Impact of separation of family cohesion

(h)

Violence against women

6. Impacts at different stages of the project cycle

The type, timing, duration, and intensity of social impacts will

depend on and relate closely to the stages of the project cycle. Below is

an indicative list of impacts:

(a) Pre-construction phase

(i) Interruption in the delivery of services

(ii) Drop in productive investment

(iii) Land speculation

(iv) Stress of uncertainty

(b) Construction phase

(i) Displacement and relocation

(ii) Influx of migrant construction workforce

(iii) Health impacts on those who continue to live close

to the construction site

(i) Reduction in employment opportunities compared

to the construction phase

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(ii) Economic benefits of the project

(iii) Benefits on new infrastructure

(iv) New patterns of social organization

(d) De-commissioning phase

(i) Loss of economic opportunities

(ii) Environmental degradation and its impact on

livelihoods

(e) Direct and indirect impacts

(i)

"Direct impacts" will include all impacts that are

likely to be experienced by the affected families

(ii)

"Indirect impacts" will include all impacts that may

be experienced by those not directly affected by the

acquisition of land (i.e. Direct land and livelihood

losers), but those living in the project area

(f) Differential impacts

(i)

Impact on women, children, the elderly and the

differently abled

(ii)

Impacts identified through tools such as Gender

Impact Assessment Checklists, and Vulnerability

and Resilience Mapping

(g) Cumulative impacts

(i)

Measureable and potential impacts of other projects

in the area along with the identified impacts for the

project in question.

(ii)

Impact on those not directly in the project area but

based locally or even regionally.

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PART-C. Table of Contents for SIA Report and Social Impact

Management Plan

S.No.

Chapter

Content

Executive Summary (a) Project and public purpose

(b) Location

(d) Alternatives considered

(e) Social Impacts

(f) Mitigation measures

(g) Assessment of social costs and

benefits

Detailed

Project

Description

(a) Background of the project, including

developers

background

and

governance or management structures

(b) Rationale for project including how

the project fits the public purpose

criteria listed in the Act

capacity, outputs, production targets,

costs, risks.

(d) Examination of alternatives

(e) Phases of project construction

(f) Core design features and size and

type of facilities

(g) Need for ancillary infrastructural

facilities

(h) Work force requirements (temporary

and permanent)

(i) Details of SIA/EIA if already

conducted

and

any

technical

feasibility reports

(j) Applicable legislations and policies

Team

composition,

approach,

methodology

and

Schedule

the

Social

Impact

Assessment

(a) List of all team members with

qualifications. Gender experts to be

included in team.

(b) Description and rationale for the

methodology and tools used to collect

information for the SIA.

(d) Overview of information/data sources

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used. Detailed reference must be

included separately in the forms.

(e) Schedule of consultations with key

stakeholders and brief description of

public hearings conducted. Details of

the public hearings and the specific

feedback incorporated into the Report

must be included in the forms.

Land Assessment

(a) Information from land inventories

and primary sources- Describe with

the help of the maps

(b) Entire area of impact under the

influence of the project (not limited

to land area for acquisition)

project.

(d) Present use of any public, unutilised

land in the vicinity of the project area

(e) Land (if any) already purchased,

alienated, leased or acquired, and the

intended use for each plot of land

required for the project.

(f) Quantity

and

location

land

proposed to be acquired for the

project.

(g) Nature, present use and classification

of land and if agricultural land,

irrigation coverage and cropping

patterns

(h) Size of holdings, ownership patterns,

land distribution and number of

residential houses

(i) Land prices and recent changes in

ownership, transfer and use of lands

over the last 3 years

Estimation

and

enumeration (where

required) of affected

families and assets

Estimation of the following types of

families that are-

(a) Directly affected (own land that is

proposed to be acquired):

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(i) Are tenants/occupy the land

proposed to be acquired.

(ii) The Scheduled Tribes and other

traditional forest dwellers who

have lost any of their forest

rights

(iii) Depend on common property

resources which will be affected

due to acquisition of land for

their livelihood.

(iv) Have been assigned land by the

Government under any of its

schemes and such land is under

acquisition ;

(v) Have been residing on any land

in the urban areas for preceding

three years or more prior to the

acquisition of the land

(vi) Have depended on the land

being acquired as a primary

source of livelihood for three

years prior to the acquisition

(b) Indirectly impacted by the project

(not

affected

directly

the

acquisition of own lands)

significant lands

Socio-economic and

cultural

profile

(affected area and

resettlement site)

(a) Demographic

details

the

population in the project area.

(b) Income and poverty levels

(d) Land use and livelihood

(e) Local economic activities

(f) Factors that contribute to local

livelihoods

(g) Kinship patterns and social and

cultural organization

(h) Administrative organization

(i) Political organization

(j) Community-based and civil society

organization

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(k) Regional dynamics and historical

change processes

(l) Quality of the living environment

Social impacts

(a) Framework

and

approach

identifying impacts

(b) Description of impacts at various

stages of the project cycle such as

impacts on health and livelihoods and

culture. For each type of impact,

separate indication of whether it is a

direct/indirect

impact,

differential

impacts on different categories of

affected

families

and

where

applicable cumulative impacts.

include: impacts on land, livelihoods

and income, physical resources,

private assets, public services and

utilities, health, culture and social

cohesion and gender based impacts.

Analysis of costs and

benefits

and

Recommendation on

Acquisition

(a)

Final conclusions on: assessment of

public

purpose,

less-displacing

alternatives, minimum requirements

of land, the nature and intensity of

social impacts, the viability of the

mitigation measures and the extent to

which mitigation measures described

in the Social Impact Management

Plan will address the full range of

social impacts and adverse social

costs.

(b) The above analysis will use the

equity principle described in Rule 15

& 17 as a criteria of analysis for

presenting a final recommendation

on whether the acquisition should go

through or not.

References

and

Forms

For reference and further information

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FORM IV

[See sub-rule(5) of rule-9 and Sub rule (7) of rule 13]

Social Impact Management Plan

(a) Approach to mitigation.

(b) Measures to avoid, mitigate and compensate impact.

compensation as outlined in the Act

(d) Measures that the Requiring Body has stated it will introduce

in the Project Proposal.

(e) Additional measures that the Requiring Body has stated it will

undertake in response to the findings of the SIA process and

public hearings.

(f) The SIMP must include a description of institutional structures

and key person responsible for each mitigation measure and

timelines and costs for each activity.

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FORM -V (Part-A)

[See sub-rule (2) of rule 17 and sub rule(1) of rule 20]

PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE AFFECTED LAND

OWNERS OR DECLARATION FORM

S.No. Details of the Person Concerned

Name of the person(s) in whose name the land is registered:

Name of the spouse:

Name of father/ mother:

Address:

Village:

Gram Panchayat/Municipality/Municipal Corporation:

Tehsil:

District:

Name of other members in the family with age: (including

children and adult dependents)

10.

Extent of land owned:

11.

Disputed lands if any:

12.

Purchase/leases/grants, if any:

13.

Any other right, if any:

14.

Regarding the acquisition of my land by the government, I wish

to state the following: (please circle one of the below):

I have read/read out the contents of this consent form and explained

to me in English/Urdu/Hindi language and

I do not agree to this acquisition/ I agree to this acquisition.

Signature/ Thumb impression of the

affected family(s) and date:

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FORM -V (Part-B)

[See sub-rule (7) of rule 21]

FORMAT FOR GRAM SABHA RESOLUTION

We, the undersigned members of the Gram Sabha of ___________

within _________Panchayat of ____________Tehsil__________District

wishes to state that the following certification is based on the information

supplied by the administration and officials. If this information is

incomplete or incorrect or if any consent has been obtained through any

use of threats, fraud or misrepresentation, it is null and void. On this

basis, this Gram Sabha hereby certifies that it CONSENTS/REFUSES

TO CONSENT to the proposed__________ project, which will involve:

..........acquisition of ...............kanal of private land.

...........transfer of ....................kanal of government land to the project.

...........transfer of ....................kanal of forest land to the project.

The terms and conditions of compensation, rehabilitation and

resettlements benefits and social impact mitigation measures agreed to

by the Requiring Body (state the name) are attached.

The Gram Sabha also states that any consent is subject to all of its

residents receiving title to all of their individual and community rights

over forests and forest lands, including their titles for forest land that

they have been cultivating, ownership titles for all forms of minor forest

produce that they use, and titles to protect and manage their community

forests.

[Note: This will have to be certified by the Gram Sabha separately.]

...........................................

Date and signatures/thumb impressions of

Gram Sabha members

.................................................

Date and Signature of designated District

Officer on receipt of the Resolution

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FORM VI

[See sub-rule(1) of rule-25 and Section-11(1) of the Act-30/2013]

PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION

Office of the _________

No…………….

Dated…………..

Whereas it appears to the appropriate Government that a total

of________

(kanals/acres)

land

required

the

__________________Village________________

Tehsil_____________________

District

for

public

purpose,

namely,___________________________________. Whereas, Social

Impact Assessment Study was carried out. The summary of the Social

Impact

Assessment

Report

follows:

__________________________________________________________

__________________A total _________families are likely to be

displaced due to the land acquisition. The reason necessitating such

displacement is given below (if applicable).

___________________ is appointed as Administrator for the purpose of

rehabilitation and resettlement of the affected families (if applicable).

Therefore it is notified that for the above said project in the Village

___________________ Tehsil ___________District________ a piece of

land measuring, ___________ kanal (acre) ___________ whose detail

description is as following, is under acquisition :

S.No. Khasra

No.

(Survey

No.)

Type of Title

Private/Govt/

Common

Type of

Land

Rural/

Urban

Area under

Acquisition

Trees

Structures

KanalMarlaVarietyNumber Type Plinth

area

This notification is made under the provisions of Section 11(1) of

The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land acquisition,

Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (Act no.30/2013), to all whom

it may concern.

A plan of the land may be inspected in the office of the Collector on

any working day during the working hours. The Government authorizes

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Collector and his Revenue field staff to enter upon and survey land, take

levels of any land, dig or bore into the sub-soil & do all other acts

required for the proper execution of their work as provided and specified

in section 12 of the Act.

Under sub section (4) of section 11 of the Act, no person shall make

any transaction or cause any transaction of land i.e. sale/purchase, etc., or

create any encumbrances on such land from the date of publication of

such notification without prior approval of the Collector.

Objections to the acquisition, if any, may be filed by the person

interested within 60 (sixty days) from the date of publication of this

notification as provided under section 15 of the Act before the Collector.

Since the land is urgently required for the project falling within the

purview of sec.40 (2), the appropriate Government has decided not to

carry out the Social Impact Assessment Study, vide G.O No._______,

________ dated_________ (stick if not applicable).

Place:

Date:

Collector

Copy to ______________

Copy shall be also endorsed to General Manager Govt. Press for

publication in the J&K Official Gazette.

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FORM VII

[See sub-rule(1) of rule-30 and Section-19(1) of the Act-30/2013]

DECLARATION

Office of the _________

Notification No:

Dated.

Whereas it appears to the appropriate Government that a total of

_________kanal/marla/acres

land

the

Village

___________________Tehsil

_______________District

_____________

required

for

public

purpose,

namely,_______________________________ ____________________

Whereas, the land is urgently required for the project falling within the

purview of Section 40 of the said Act, exemptions have been accorded

from conducting Social Impact Assessment Study vide Order No.

______dated______ (if applicable).

Whereas, on the basis of indent placed by requiring body vide No.

______ dated_______, after completing the SIA Study and consideration

of report vide No.______ dated_______ by the appropriate Government,

the Collector land acquisition issued a preliminary notification for the

said land vide No. _____dated_______ for calling upon the objections

from the interested persons ; and

Whereas, __________objections were received within stipulated

time, the Collector has provided opportunity of being heard to all the

objectors as required under section 15(2) of the said Act and has

conducted further enquiry and submitted the report for taking decision ;

and

Whereas, after due examination of the objections as per the report

furnished by the Collector the land is required for public purpose, hence

the objections does not merit any consideration and rejected ; and (if

applicable)

Whereas, the government is satisfied after considering the report

made by the Collector that the land particulars of which are given below

is required for public purposes ;

S.No. Khasra

No.

(Survey

No.)

Type of Title

Private/Govt/

Common

Type

Land

Rural/Urban

Area under

Acquisition

Trees

Structures

Kanal Marla Variety Number Type Plinth

area

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Now, therefore, it is hereby declared under the provision of section

19 of The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land

Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 that the said land

is required for public purpose i.e. ______________

The number of families likely to be resettled due to Land

Acquisition is ................ for whom Resettlement area has been identified,

whose brief description is as following:―

Village____________ District__________Area ___________acres (if

applicable).

A plan of the land may be inspected in the office of the Collector

and Tehsildar concerned on any working day.

A summary of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme is

appended (if applicable).

Issuing Authority/

Appropriate Government

Copy to ______________

Copy shall be also endorsed to General Manager Govt. Press for

publication in the J&K Official Gazette.

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FORM VIII

[See rule-29]

FORMAT FOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN UNDER R&R SCHEME

FOR SC/ST FAMILIES DISPLACED DUE TO LAND ACQUISITION

No.

Name of

the

Claimant/

Family

Head

Permanent

Address

Entitlements

Remarks

1. Provision of dwelling housing

unit per family, Drinking

Water facility toilet etc.,

2. One time financial assistance

of rupees One lakh Fifty

thousand per family shall be

given.

3. For

landless

labourers

employment shall be provided

under Mahatma Gandhi Rural

Employment Guarantee Act

(MNREGA) and any other

employment

providing

scheme,

4. Skill

development

through

different training programs for

the youth of affected family.

5. Subsistence

grant

for

displaced family allowance

equivalent

Three

thousand per month for a year

should be granted from the

date of award.

6. For cattle shed and petty shop

each effected family shall be

provided minimum Rupees

twenty five thousand.

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7. Alternative fuel, fodder and

non timber forest produce

resources on no-forest land,

for

affected

members

Scheduled Castes.

8. Fishing Rights.

Details of land rights due, but not settled ;

Details of actions for restoring titles of the Scheduled Tribes as well

as the Scheduled Castes on the alienated land by undertaking a

special drive.

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FORM IX

[See sub-rule (7) of rule-32]

LAND ACQUISITION AWARD

Land Acquisition case No:

1. Name of the Project

2 Number and date of declaration under which the land is to be

acquired

3 Situation and extent of the land in kanals, the number of field plots

on the survey map, the village in which situated with the number of

mile plan if any.

4 Description of the land, i.e., whether fallow, cultivated, homestead,

etc. If cultivated, how cultivated?

5 Names of persons interested in the land and the nature of their

respective interests.

6 Amount allowed for the land itself, without trees, buildings etc., if

any

7 Amount allowed out of such sum as compensation for the tenants

interest in the land.

8 Basis of calculation:

9 Amount allowed for trees, houses or any other immovable things.

10 Amount allowed for crops.

11 Additional compensation on the market value under section 30(3)

12 Damages under section 28 of Act 30 of 2013

13 Solatium u/s 30(1)

14 Award under section 23 and 30 of Act 30 of 2013

15 Particulars of abatement of Government Revenue, or of the

capitalized value paid, the date from which the abatement takes

effect.

16 Apportionment

of the amount

Compensation.

Serial

No.

Name of

Claimants

Amount

payable to

each

Bank

A/c No.

Remarks

Area (in kanals)

17. Date on which possession was taken undersection 38(1) & 40(1) of

Act of 30/2013.

If under section 40(1) the number and date of the order of

Government giving authority to do so.

Date: Signature

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FORM X

[See rule-33 and 2nd Schedule of the Act]

AWARD FOR REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT

Land Acquisition case No. :

Name of the Project

Number and date of declaration under which the land is to be acquired

Situation and extent of the land in kanals(acres), the number of field plots on the

urvey map, the village in which situated with the number of mile plan if any.

Description of the housing units, transportation cost, housing allowances, annuity,

employment subsistence grant, cattle shed, petty shop, one time resettlement

allowances etc.

Name/ Names of persons interested in the land and the nature of their respective

claim for rehabilitation and resettlement.

Apportion-

ment of the

amount

ompensation

Area

(in

kanal/acres.)

No.

Name of

claimants

/affected

family

and

Aadhaar

Number.

R & R entitlements Bank

A/c.

No.

Amount

payable

to each

Non

monetary

entitlements

Remarks

(a) House to be

allotted

(b) Land

allotted

for

developed

land

(d)Annuity/Emplo-

yment

(e) subsistence

grant

(f) transportation

cost, Housing

allowances,

(g) Cattle

shed,

Petty shop.

(h) One time grant

to artisan,

small traders

and certain others

(i) Fishing rights

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(j) one time

resettlement

allowances

(k)Stamp Duty and

Registration fee.

Date on which R& R entitlements given to the affected family

Basis of calculation:

Amount allowed for trees, houses or any other immovable things.

Amount allowed for crops.

Additional compensation on the market value under section 30(3)

Damages under section 28 of Act 30 of 2013

Solatium u/s 30(1)

Total of amounts

Particulars of abatement of Government Revenue, or of the capitalized value paid, the

date from which the abatement takes effect.

Apportionment

of the amount of

compensation

Serial No.

Name of claimants Amount

payable

to each

Bank

A/c.

No.*

Remarks

Area in kanal

Acre)

Date on which possession was taken undersection 38(1) & 40(1) of Act of 30/2013.

If under section 40(1), the number and date of the order of

Government giving authority to do so.

Date:

Signature

*Bank account details to be collected to all cases where Aadhaar

number is not available or Aadhaar is not seeded in the bank account of

the claimant.

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FORM XI

[See sub-rule (2) of rule 33 and third schedule of Act-30/2013]

FORMAT FOR PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURAL AMENITIES

UNDER R AND R SCHEME FOR FAMILIES DISPLACED DUE TO

LAND ACQUISITION

S. No. Components

Details of infrastructure

amenities

Roads

Drainage

Drinking water

Drinking water for cattle

Grazing land

Fair price shops

Panchayat buildings

Post offices

Fertilizer storage

10. Irrigation facilities

11. Transport facilities

12. Burial or cremation ground

13. Toilet points

14. Electric connections

15. Nutritional services

16. Schools

17. Sub-health centre

18. Primary Health Centre

19. Play Ground

20. Community centre

21. Places of worship

22. Separate

land

for

tribal

institutions

23. Timber forest produce

24. Security arrangements

25. Veterinary services