114 GRANT OF LOANS AND AD VANCES TO AGTHCTLTVBISTS. 



4. (1) Subject to the provisions of these rules, and provided that 



the district allotment is not exceeded, Sub-divisional 



Powers of sanction. . T> v .c rn o A 



Officers and ramme Kelier Charge superinten- 

 dents, and also Deputy Collectors specially empowered by the Collector 

 with the approval of the Commissioner of the Division, may sanction 

 loans (including free grants-in-aid at the proportion fixed under rule 3) 

 not exceeding Rs. 1,000 in each case, and the Collector may sanction 

 such loans up to Us. 5,000 in each case. 



(2) Loans exceeding Rs. 5,000 shall require the sanction of the 

 Commissioner, and loans exceeding Rs. 10,000 the sanction of the 

 Board ; and the Commissioner or the Board, as the case may be, may 

 call for such detailed plans and estimates, or for such professional 

 opinion on the project proposed, as may seem necessary before 

 sanctioning any such loans. 



5. (1) Applications for loans may be made orally or in writing 



to the Famine Relief Circle Officer or Charge 



Applications for loans. . 



Superintendent, or to any Revenue Officer not 



below the rank of a Kanungo. 



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6. (1) An officer receiving an application under rule 5 shall 



either make a local enquiry himself, or cause one 



Local enquiry. . 



to be made by a famine Rehet Officer not below 

 the rank of a Circle Officer, or by a Revenue Officer not below the 

 rank of a Kanuugo, or by some reliable non-official agency if 

 available, for the purpose of ascertaining the particulars mentioned on 

 the reverse of Form D. * 



* I. Mahal, field number, area of land on which work is to be executed. 

 II. Status of applicant, i.e., whether proprietor or tenant. If a tenant, and the 

 land holder's consent is required, whether the landlord objects. 

 III. Security 



(1) If the land itself, or the land itself, together with any other land belonging to 

 the applicant, the value of the applicant's interest in such land or lands, and the 

 nature and extent of encumbrances, if any. 



(2) If personal, the names and status of the co-sureties. 



(3) If land hypothecated by collateral surety, its nature and value, and the 

 nature and extent of pre-existing encumbrances, if any. 



IV. The work 



(1) Its estimated utility and value. 



(2) Objections, if any, of third parties. 



V. T)atos on which the instalments of the loan should be received by the applicant. 



