6. Water areas of one hectare & above will be leased by the RR & R Department while those below 1 hectare but above 1 acre may be leased by the RR & R Directorate.
7. Smaller water bodies, below one acre in aggregate, may be leased by the District RR officers not below the rank of a S.D.O.
8. District RR Officials will make every endeavor to form FCS where one does not exit but in case of small water bodies where formation of FCS is not a viable option, the water bodies may be leased to individual genuine refugee fisherman with no other source of income except that from fish catching and trading to be so certified by the authority who are eligible to issue refugee certificate in terms of existing G. O. of the Department. When more than one such person apply for lease for a particular tank, the lease may be offered to the highest bidder keeping the reserve rent at Rs. 300/- per acre. However, such lease will be initially for three years with provisions for renewal for another three years subject to an increase of rate payable by 5% after every two years.
9. In cases where the FCS continued to be in possession of the tank after their previous lease / allotment expired, their lease proposal will be considered only after they clear all previous dues for the period of their unauthorised possession at the present rate now fixed in terms of clause 1, above but they will not be asked to pay, any interest thereon.
10. The concerned district office will maintain a register of all water bodies within their jurisdiction and enter all relevant details regarding the lease and payment of lease rent at regular interval.
11. Any amount received as lease rent or any other related purpose will be paid directly to the Government Treasury under head “0235-Social Security and Welfare-01-Rehabilitation-200- Other Rehabilitation Schemes -011-Receipts from other items-27-Other receipts”
7. Smaller water bodies, below one acre in aggregate, may be leased by the District RR officers not below the rank of a S.D.O.
8. District RR Officials will make every endeavor to form FCS where one does not exit but in case of small water bodies where formation of FCS is not a viable option, the water bodies may be leased to individual genuine refugee fisherman with no other source of income except that from fish catching and trading to be so certified by the authority who are eligible to issue refugee certificate in terms of existing G. O. of the Department. When more than one such person apply for lease for a particular tank, the lease may be offered to the highest bidder keeping the reserve rent at Rs. 300/- per acre. However, such lease will be initially for three years with provisions for renewal for another three years subject to an increase of rate payable by 5% after every two years.
9. In cases where the FCS continued to be in possession of the tank after their previous lease / allotment expired, their lease proposal will be considered only after they clear all previous dues for the period of their unauthorised possession at the present rate now fixed in terms of clause 1, above but they will not be asked to pay, any interest thereon.
10. The concerned district office will maintain a register of all water bodies within their jurisdiction and enter all relevant details regarding the lease and payment of lease rent at regular interval.
11. Any amount received as lease rent or any other related purpose will be paid directly to the Government Treasury under head “0235-Social Security and Welfare-01-Rehabilitation-200- Other Rehabilitation Schemes -011-Receipts from other items-27-Other receipts”
Officer On Special Duty
& Ex-Officer Deputy Secretary.
& Ex-Officer Deputy Secretary.
