RULES UNDER THE AGRICULTURISTS' LOANS ACT, 12 or 1884. 



1. The Collector may sanction loans of sums not exceeding 

 Power to sanction ^ s - 700 m eacn case - Sub-divisional Officers, and 



loans - any Deputy Collector who may be specially 



empowered in this behalf by the Collector with the approval of the 

 Commissioner may sanction loans not exceeding Us. 250. Loans 

 exceeding Rs. 700 shall require the sanction of the Commissioner, and 

 loans exceeding Rs. 5,000, the sanction of the Board. The district 

 allotment may not be exceeded without the sanction of the Com- 

 missioner. 



2. Applications for loans may be presented to the Collector or to 

 Application to whom any other Revenue Officer not below the rank 



to be made. o f a Kanungo authorised in this behalf by the 



Collector. 



3. (i) Applications may be made orally or in writing. 



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4. (i) A Revenue Officer receiving an application under rule 



2 shall either make a local enquiry himself or 



Local enquiry. 



cause one to be made by another Revenue Officer 



not below the rank of a Kanungo or by some reliable non-official 

 agency, if available, for the purpose of ascertaining the particulars 

 mentioned on the reverse of Form A.* 



* I. Field number, and area of land owned or occupied by applicant, and Mahal 



in which it is situated. 



II. Status of applicant, that is, whether proprietor or tenant. 

 III. Security 



(i) If an interest of the applicant in immovable property, the nature and 

 value of that interest, and the nature and extent of pre-existing 

 encumbrances thereon, if any. 

 (ii) Where sureties offer personal security, their number, names, residence, 



status and means, 

 (iii) If property other than the land itself, its nature and value, and nature 



and extent of encumbrances, if any. 

 IV. Kepayment 



(i) Suitable date for first instalment, with reference to the circumstances 



under which the loan is applied for. 

 (ii) Proposed instalments and period of repayment. 

 V. Date on which the loan or any instalment thereof should be received by the 

 applicant. 



