The Rajasthan Gallantry Awards (Cash Rewards & Land Grants)

GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN REVENUE (GROUP-6) DEPARTMENT

Notification No. F.(5)(1)OSD Rev.SSB 65 dated 28.04.66

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The Rajasthan Gallantry Awards (Cash Rewards & Land Grants) Rules, 1966

Whereas, it is desirable that the State Government should recognise and reward members of the defence services and Central Para Military Forces of the country, who have distinguished themselves by conspicuous acts of gallantry and are awarded gallantry decorations by the President of India.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 101 of the Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956, read with Section 261 and 90 thereof and Section 28, read with Section 7, of the Rajasthan Colonisation Act, 1954 and of all other powers enabling it in this behalf, the State Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:-

1. Short title extent and commencement. - (1) These rules may be called the Rajasthan Gallantry Awards (Cash Rewards and Land Grants) Rules,1966.

(2) They shall extend to the whole of the State of Rajasthan.

(3) They shall come into force at once.

2. Definitions. - In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires-

(i) ‘Central Para Military Forces’ means Border Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Central Industrial Security Force, Sashastra Seema Bal, Assam Rifles, or National Security Guard of the Government of India (ia) 'Gallantry Awards’ means any of the following gallantry awards instituted by the President of India:-

(a) Param veer Chakra

(b) Ashok Chakra

(c) Maha vir Chakra

(d) Kirti Chakra

(e) Veer Chakra

(f) Shaurya Chakra

(g) Sena/Nao Sena/Vayu Sena Medal for Gallantry

(h) President's Police Medal for Gallantry

(i) President's Police and Fire Service Medal for Gallantry

(j) President's Fire Service Medal for Gallantry

(k) President's Home Guards and Civil Defence Medal for Gallantry

(l) Police Medal for Gallantry

(m) Fire Service Medal for Gallantry

(n) Home Guards and Civil Defence Medal for Gallantry.

(ii) ‘Grant’ means a land grant made under these rules: and a 'grantee' means a person to whom such grant is made;

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(iv) ‘Reward’ means a cash reward granted under these rules.

3. Applicability of these rules. - These rules shall govern the grant of cash rewards and lands grants for holders of gallantry award, whose gallantry award became effective on or after the first day of November, 1962.

Provided that in the case of holders of President's Police and Fire Service Medal for Gallantry, President's Home Guards and Civil Defence Medal for Gallantry, Fire Service Medal for Gallantry, Home Guards and Civil Defence Medal for Gallantry, the provisions of this rules shall be applicable only for those gallantry awards holders, who receive the said Gallantry Awards on or after the publication of the Rajasthan Gallantry Awards (Cash Rewards and Lands Grants) (Amendment) Rules, 2008.

Provided further that in case of the members of the Central Para Military Forces, the provisions of these rules shall be applicable only for those gallantry awards holders, who receive the said gallantry awards on or after the publication of the Rajasthan Gallantry Awards (Cash Rewards and Land Grants) (Amendment) Rules, 2009.

4. Scale of rewards and grants. - (1) The scale of rewards and grants admissible to the holder of a gallantry award shall be as follows:-

(a) Param veer Chakra _ Rs. 2,25,000/- in cash and 25 Bighas of irrigated land in Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojna Phase-II or Rs. 2.00 lakhs in cash in lieu of land. (b) Ashok Chakra _ Rs. 2,00,000/- in cash and 25 Bighas of irrigated land in Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojna Phase-II or Rs. 2.00 lakhs in cash in lieu of land. (c) Maha vir Chakra _ Rs. 1,50,000/- in cash and 25 Bighas of irrigated land in Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojna Phase-II or Rs. 2.00 lakhs in cash in lieu of land. (d) Kirti Chakra Rs. 1,20,000/- in cash and 25 Bighas of irrigated land in Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojna Phase-II or Rs. 2.00 lakhs in cash in lieu of land. (e) Vir Chakra Rs. 1,00,000/- in cash and 25 Bighas of irrigated land in Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojna Phase-II or Rs. 2.00 lakhs in cash in lieu of land. (f) Shaurya Chakra Rs. 75,000/- in cash and 25 Bighas of irrigated land in Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojna Phase-II or Rs. 2.00 lakhs in cash in lieu of land. (g) Sena/Nao sena/Vayu sena Rs. 30,000/- in cash and 25 Bighas of Medal for Gallantry irrigated land in Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojna Phase-II or Rs. 2.00 lakhs in cash in lieu of land. (h) President's Police Medal Rs. 1,00,000/- in cash and 25 Bighas for Gallantry of irrigated land in Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojna Phase-II or Rs. 2.00 lakhs in cash in lieu of land. (i) President's Police and Rs. 75,000/- in cash and 25 Bighas of Fire Service Medal for Gallantry irrigated land in Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojna Phase-II or Rs. 2.00 lakhs in cash in lieu of land. (j) President's Fire Service Rs. 50,000/- in cash and 25 Bighas of Medal for Gallantry irrigated land in Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojna Phase-II or Rs. 2.00 lakhs in cash in lieu of land. (k) President's Home Guards and Rs. 50,000/- in cash and 25 Bighas of Civil Defence Medal irrigated land in Indira Gandhi Nahar for Gallantry Pariyojna Phase-II or Rs. 2.00 lakhs in cash in lieu of land. (l) Police Medal for Gallantry Rs. 50,000/- in cash and 25 Bighas of irrigated land in Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojna Phase-II or Rs. 2.00 lakhs in cash in lieu of land (m)Fire Service Medal for Rs. 30,000/- in cash and 25 Bighas of Gallantry irrigated land in Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojna Phase-II or Rs. 2.00 lakhs in cash in lieu of land (n) Home Guards and Civil Rs. 30,000/- in cash and 25 Bighas 'of Defence Medal for Gallantry irrigated land in Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojna Phase-II or Rs. 2.00 lakhs in cash in lieu of land

Provided that in case of Sena/ Naosena/ Vayusena, above facilities shall be provided only to those who are given medal only for Gallantry:

Provided further that the person, who received the gallantry awards prior to the publication of the Rajasthan Gallantry Awards (Cash rewards and Land Grant) (Amendment), Rules 2008 hereinafter referred to as the "Said Amendment Rules" shall be entitled to the Cash Rewards and Land Grants as per the provisions of Rule 4 applicable prior to the commencement of the "Said Amendments Rules".

(2) Deleted by notification dated 04.06.10

5. Conditions of grant. - The grant shall be subject to the following conditions:-

(1) The Rajasthan Colonisation (General Colony) Conditions, 1955 issued under sub-section (2) of section 7 of the Rajasthan Colonisation Act, shall mutatis mutandis apply to the grant.

(2) No premium or reserved price shall be charged but rent shall be chargeable as under: (a) for the first two years No rent from the date of allotment (b) for the next three One-half of the sanctioned rent rate Years applicable to the land.

(c) after the completion Full rent at the sanctioned rent rates of five years from applicable to the lands. the date of Allotment

(3) Betterment levy shall be charged from the allottee which may be applicable for the Rajasthan Canal Project Area.

(4) The grantee shall have no right, to alienate, in any manner, the whole or any part of the grant within a period of ten years from the date of allotment.[

(5) The grant shall be subject to good behavior and continued royalty to the Union of India on the part of the grantee and his heirs, who may hold the grant after his death in the case of breach of these conditions of which the State Government shall be the sole judge, the grant shall be liable to resumption:

Provided that no order for the resumption of grant shall be made unless the persons concerned is given an opportunity of being heard.

6. Posthumous awards. - In the case of posthumous awards, or on the death of the holder of a gallantry award before the sanction of reward and grant under these rules, the reward and the grant shall be made to the heirs of the deceased in the order of succession recognized by the personal law by which he was governed. 7. Application for reward and grant. - (1) As soon as the Gallantry Award is published in the Gazette of India, the holder of the gallantry award or his heirs as the case may be, may apply of the Collector to the Distt. Concerned in which the said holder or his heirs reside or resided.

(2) The application shall be in the form of Annexure 'A' to these Rules and shall be accompanied by a copy of the citation of the gallantly award. It shall be verified by the Records Office concerned.

(3) On receipt of the application duly verified by officer-in-charge, Records Office, the Collector shall send the same to the Director, Sainik Kalyan Vibhag, Rajasthan, Jaipur to issue sanction in form of Annexure 'B' of these rules and draw and disburse the amount to the applicant.

(4) As for allotment of land, the Collector shall write to the Commissioner, Colonisation, Bikaner for allotment of land to the applicant in accordance with these rules. A copy of this letter shall be endorsed to the applicant.

(5) On receipt of the intimation from the Collector the Colonisation Commissioner, shall proceed to allot land to the applicant forthwith according to the scale prescribed in these rules.

8. Applications by certain categories of holders of gallantry awards. - Holders of gallantry awards whose awards become effective on or after the first day of November, 1962, but who have not received the awards in accordance with these rules may submit their applications to the Collector of the District, concerned in the prescribed manner.

9. Repeal and savings. - On and from the date of commencement of these rules, all rules, regulations, orders and circulars regarding reward and grants t o holder of gallantry awards shall stand superseded in so far as the matters therein contained are covered by the provisions of these rules:

Provided that such repeal shall not affect anything done or any action taken under the provisions of the repealed rules, regulations or circulars:

Provided further that nothing therein contained shall affect any rules, regulations, orders or circulars regarding grant of rewards or land grant to persons to whom British decoration such as Victoria Cross, the George Cross, the Distinguished Service Order, the Military Cross etc. were made before the commencement of the Constitution of India.

Annexure 'A' Application for cash Reward and Land Grant under Rule. 7

1. Name of the applicant ...... 2. Rank ...... 3. Unit ...... 4. Place of Birth/Domicile as entered in the...... Service Records 5. Particulars of Next of Kin as entered in the...... Service Records 6. Gallantry award ...... 7. Particulars of the Citations of the Award ...... 8. Village or Chak in the Rajasthan Canal...... Project Area where the applicant would like land to be granted under these Rules

I certify that the particulars given above are true to the best of my knowledge.

Signature of the applicant

The above particulars have been verified from the Records of this office, and it is hereby certified that they are correct.

Officer-in-charge Records Office

[Annexure 'B']

Office of the Sainik Kalyan Vibhag, Rajasthan, Jaipur Sanction No...... Dated ...... In respect of No...... Rank ...... Name ...... Unit ...... Who has been awarded ...... In accordance with provisions of these rules, is hereby sanctioned cash grant of Rs......

The Expenditure is detiable to the following Head :-

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