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No. 8 ] CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2021 (MAGHA 30, 1942 SAKA)
PART I
Punjab Government Notifications and Orders
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
DIRECTORATE OF LOTTERIES
PUNJAB STATE DEAR MAHASHIVRATRI BUMPER 2021
The 13th January, 2021
No. DSL-LOTT0SCHM/20/2020-ADMIN-94.-The Governor of Punjab, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him under section 4 of "The Lotteries (Regulations) Act 1998" read with rule 3 of "The Lotteries (Regulations) Rules 2010" and all other powers enabling him in this behalf , is pleased to promulgate the following scheme to conduct a Bumper lottery scheme in the State viz:
1. THE NAME OF THE SCHEME AND THE LOTTERY
The Scheme shall be called the "Punjab State Dear Maha Shivratri Bumper 2021" and the lotteries under this scheme shall be marketed in the State of Punjab and Lottery operating permitted States.
2 NUMBER OF TICKETS
The scheme shall have Ten Lakh lottery tickets, numbering from 000000 to 999999 each.
3. TICKET PRICE
The MRP of a single ticket shall be Rs. 500/-.( Rupees Five hundred only) (MRP shall be Inclusive of all taxes).
4. PRIZE STRUCTURE OF THE SCHEME
The detail of Prizes for Winners and Promoter Prizes for Sub-agents and Sellers shall be as under:-
Prize No. No. of Prize Amount Total
1st 1 52500000 52500000 2nd 10 1250000 12500000 3rd 2000 9000 18000000 4th 2000 7000 14000000 5th 2000 5000 10000000 6th 50000 1000 50000000
Total 56011
157000000
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*Note :
Winning amount of Sub Agent and Seller in 1st and 2nd Prizes (table ii) will be deducted from the total amount shown in table (i) above.
ii) Winning Amount for Sub Agent and Seller will be as under:
Prize No. No. of Prize Sub Agent Total Amount Seller Total Amount
1st 1 500000 500000 2000000 2000000 2nd 10 50000 500000 100000 1000000
(** All prizes shall be paid in Indian Currency.)
5. METHOD OF DRAW
The following prizes shall be given on the basis of the draw, to be conducted by Directorate of Punjab State Lotteries in accordance with the method prescribed against each prize.
1st Prize 1 Rupees Five One complete numbers shall be drawn. If numbers fall from un-sold Crores and ticket, the machine shall be re-operated till the prize is drawn from sold Twenty Five tickets.
Lakhs only
2nd 10 Rupees Twelve Ten numbers of six digits shall be drawn.
Lakh Fifty
Thousand each
only
3rd 2000 Rupees Nine Twenty numbers of last Four digits shall be drawn.
Thousand
each only
4th 2000 Rupees Seven Twenty numbers of last Four digits shall be drawn.
Thousand only
5th 2000 Rupees Five Twenty numbers of last Four digits shall be drawn.
Thousand only
6th 50000 Rupees One Five Hundred numbers of last Four digits shall be drawn.
Thousand
each only
6. DATE TIME AND VENUE OF THE DRAW
The draw shall be held on 12th March - 2021 (Friday) at Ludhiana, draw will start from 3.00 pm onward.
In exceptional circumstance the said date of draw and venue can be changed by Director Lotteries.
7. PAYMENT OF GST AND OTHER TAXES
(a) GST and any other tax on lotteries imposed by the Central Government/ State Government from time to time shall be borne by the distributor as decided.
8. DISTRIBUTOR OF THE SCHEME
M/s West Bengal lottery Stockists Syndicate Pvt. Ltd. Regd Office : 55A, S.P Mukherjee Road , Kolkata- 700026 having branch office at : 392/27, shop No. 406-07 , Gurunanak Pura , Kailash Chownk, Ludhiana, Punjab -141001 is appointed as the Distributor to sell and marketing the tickets of said bumper.
228 PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ., FEBRUARY 19, 2021 (MAGHA 30, 1942 SAKA) PART I]9. PROCEDURE FOR ISSUE OF TICKETS AND DEPOSIT OF SALE PROCEEDS
i. This Bumper Scheme for selling of lottery tickets has been allotted to the Distributor as per the terms and conditions of the tender and agreement signed between Distributor and State Government.
ii. The Distributor will sell the lottery tickets through their network of Stockists in the State of Punjab and other lottery operating/permitted States in India. A detail of Stockists has to be submitted by the Distributor in the office of Directorate Punjab State Lotteries. Government has the right to cancel the stockist-ship of any stockist appointed by the Distributor, if that stockist is found doing some illegal activity.
iii. The Face Value of the ticket will be Rs. 157/- for each ticket. Tickets will be issued to the Distributor on a discount @ 46.725 % of MRP of the ticket .
iv. Distributor will deposit the face value of the issued tickets in the consolidated fund or Public ledger account as decided by the Director, Punjab State Lotteries.
v) The Distributor shall get delivery of tickets by making 100% payment for the face value of issued tickets in shape of Bank Draft i.e ( MRP- GST-Discount) and shall also submit receipt for amount deposited as GST for sold tickets.
Or
The distributor shall get delivery of tickets on following payment terms: -
a. Payment of at least 25% of the face value of issued tickets (MRP-GST-Discount) in shape of Bank Drafts; and
b. 75% by furnishing security in the shape of Bank Guarantee / FDR etc. mortgaged/ pledged in favor of the Director, Punjab State Lotteries, Chandigarh. Validity of the bank Guarantee / FDRs should remain valid for sufficient period.
Distributor has to submit the receipt for amount deposited as GST in the Office of Directorate Punjab State Lotteries within 7 days of depositing the GST on Punjab State Lottery Schemes.
(vi) The tickets shall not be issued to the Distributor if they fail to settle the accounts of any previous lottery scheme within stipulated period.
(vii) The request for sending the ticket by post as received in Directorate of Punjab State Lotteries shall not be entertained and the tickets shall not be dispatched to the individual customer from Directorate of Punjab State Lotteries.
(viii) The tickets shall be issued to the distributor as per the procedure laid down in condition 10 above. Any amount paid less by the distributor or any delay in submission of receipt of amount deposited as GST shall be charged interest @18% p.a, for the delayed period.
10. UNSOLD TICKETS
The distributor shall submit the list of unsold tickets, in shape of hard copy and soft copy, in the office of Directorate of Punjab State Lotteries up to 12.00 noon on the date of draw and no list of unsold tickets would be entertained by the office after scheduled time. The signed list of unsold tickets can be sent through registered post or through special messenger or email but this Department shall not be responsible for any postal delay.
However if any ticket claimed by winner out of list of unsold tickets declared by Distributor , then liability to pay that prize amount will be of the Distributor . An amount upto 10 times of total MRP ofPART I] PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ., FEBRUARY 19, 2021 (MAGHA 30, 1942 SAKA) 229 these tickets or as decided by the Director Lotteries may be imposed on the Distributor who will submit the wrong detail of unsold tickets.
11 PAYMENT OF PRIZES :
(i) All the prize winning tickets above Rs. 10,000/- should reach the office of the Director, Punjab State Lotteries, Vit Te Yojna Bhawan , Plot No. 2-B , Sector 33 A, Chandigarh-160020 on the prescribed form within 30 days from the date of publication of the result in the Punjab State Government gazette either personally or through a nationalized bank or by registered post or by insured parcel.
(ii) Sellers' and Sub- Agents' promoter prizes up to Rs. 1,000/- should be claimed from the Distributor within 30 days from the date of publication of the result in the Punjab State Government Gazette and the promoters prizes above Rs. 1,000/- should be claimed directly from the Director, Punjab State Lotteries Vit Te Yojna Bhawan, Plot No. 2-B , Sector 33 A, Chandigarh-160020 within 30 days from the date of publication of the result in the Punjab State Government gazette. TDS shall be deducted at source while making payment of such prize(s).
(iii) In case the prize winners' claim does not reach this Directorate within 30 days, the right of the winner to claim the prize/amount thereafter shall be extinguished in accordance with the Punjab State Lotteries Rules 2015. The Director or the State Government, as the case may be, may in exceptional circumstances and on sufficient cause being shown, condone the delay in submission of claim after the prescribed 30 days in accordance with the rules ibid. Distributor is authorized to make the payment of prizes below the aforesaid limit and seek reimbursement from office within 90 days from the date of publication of the result in the Punjab State Government gazette.
(iv) The gross amount of higher prizes (each prize more than Rs. 10,000/-) should be deposited by the Distributor in the Consolidated Fund of the State or PLA prior to holding the actual draws as per the approved scheme by the Government of Punjab. Higher prizes will be paid out of that amount and for the next draw, the Distributor has to ensure the deposit of higher prizes amount of next draw in the Consolidated Fund of the State or PLA. If those prizes (except guaranteed prizes if any), do not fall out of the sold tickets then this amount will be considered for the next draw of the scheme.
12. PRINTING OF TICKETS
i) Printing of tickets will be done by the Office of Directorate Punjab State Lotteries. Distributor will convey the number of tickets required to be printed as per the market condition.
ii) Distributor has to sell minimum 75% of the printed lottery tickets of the scheme as desired by
him for printing. If Distributor fails to sell less than the specified limit then printing charges for
the differential number of tickets is to be recovered from the Distributor.
13. LEGAL JURISDICTION
The legal jurisdiction of this lottery shall be only at Chandigarh.
14. OTHER IMPORTANT CONDITIONS OF THE SCHEME
i.) The draw for the prizes shall be held out of the total scheme. However, the draw of first prize shall be out of sold tickets only.
ii) Income Tax on prizes to sellers etc., wherever applicable, shall be deducted at source irrespective of the fact whether the prize goes to the winners, distributor(s) or seller(s).
iii) Promotional publicity shall be done through the Directorate Public Relation Department Punjab ,230 PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ., FEBRUARY 19, 2021 (MAGHA 30, 1942 SAKA) PART I] Chandigarh on the DAVP/DPR rates through the mode of T.V., Radio, newspapers, banners, hoardings etc. Therefore, a provision of Rs 50.00 lacs (Rupees Fifty lacs only) is made for advertising through T.V, Radio, Newspapers and hoardings etc. and Rs. 15.00 lacs (Rupees fifteen lacs only) for printing of tickets, coupons etc. Distributor is free to make his own publicity at his own cost.
iv) GST imposed by the Government of India on Lotteries shall be borne by the Distributor.
v) Distributor(s)/ Sub Agents and sellers are advised to check the correctness of the printing and numbering of the tickets before selling and buyers should also check the same before purchasing tickets. Defective tickets should not be sold to the public, but should immediately be returned to the issuing authority.
vi) A ticket, which is forged, torn out, mutilated or tampered with shall not be entertained.
vii) Prize shall be paid on the production of original tickets only.
viii) Prize winning tickets holders abroad shall be paid in Indian currency as per scheme.
ix) One ticket shall be eligible to only one prize viz. The highest prize drawn against it.
x) In case of any dispute, the decision of the Principal Secretary to the Government of Punjab, Department of Finance shall be final and binding.
xi) Before submitting the claim, results may be Checked with the Punjab State Government Gazette.
xii) The request for sending the tickets by post as received in the office shall not be entertained and the tickets shall not be dispatched to the individual customers from office.
xiii) The provisions of 'The Lotteries (Regulation) Act 1998',The Lotteries (Regulations) Rules, 2010 ,Punjab State Lotteries Rules 2015 and GST Rules shall be applicable.
15. AMENDMENTS TO THE SCHEME
The Government of Punjab may at any time amended/ delete/ modify/ relax any of the provisions of the Scheme under the orders of the Principal Secretary Finance; Government of Punjab in exceptional circumstances without assigning any reasons(s).
Notes:
i. Printing of tickets / promoter coupons will be got done from the Security Printing Press on the panel of Reserve Bank of India or the Indian bank Associations Mumbai, However, lottery posters/ banners will be got printed from the private printing press which stands selected through open tenders at approved rates or as decided by the Govt. keeping in view the prevailing circumstances.
ii) The expenditure for making payment to Prize winners/Selling Agents/Distributors / Sellers/ Advertisers/ GSM checking Institutions/ Laboratories/ Printers, Taxes/Charges (if any), Draw Exp. etc. under this scheme shall be met from the Budget grant provided in the budget by the State Government. The Director, Punjab State Lotteries is authorized to sanction make all kinds of payments mentioned above.
KAP SINHA, IAS,
The 23rd December, 2020 Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab
Department of Finance, Chandigarh