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Section 257-A: Application for Recovery of Moneys referred to in Sections 256 and 257

The Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956

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Text as published by India Code for the Government of Rajasthan (the "updated" English file), with amendments up to Rajasthan Act No. 9 of 2022.

A Rajasthan Land Revenue (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2025 (Bill No. 7 of 2025) inserts section 100-A (Government land placed at the disposal of RIICO for industrial areas) and clause (xvii-a) in section 261(2). Its Act number and assent could not be confirmed from an official source; these changes are not shown in this text.

This copy does not print the Chapter headings of the Act and contains many typing errors (for example "swim partition" and "audible estate" in section 186); the text is reproduced as printed.

1 [(1) Any officer or authority, to whom any sum of money referred to in Section 256 or Section 257 is due and payable, shall make to the Collector an application in writing in the prescribed form, containing the following particulars, namely :-

(a) the officer authority to whom the sum is due and payable,

(b) the sum due and the nature thereof,

(c) the sum due and the nature thereof,

(d) the period, if any, for which it is due and the date on which it first became payable,

(e) the process by which the sum may be recovered,

(f) where possible, the property against which the process may be executed, and,

(g) such other particulars as may be prescribed by the State Government :

Provided that no such application shall be necessary in cases in which according to the law under which such sum of money is due and payable a certificate or certifie dstatment of account or other document, specifying, as nearly as may be aforesaid particulars, is required to be sent and has been sent to the Collector.

(2) The application, certificate, statement of account or other document referred to in sub-section (1) shall for the purpose of recovery in accordance with the provisions of this chapter be conclusive evidence of the existence of the arrear payable to the officer or authority signing the same, of the amount of such arrear and of the person who is the defaulter.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Ins. by Sec. 2 (iii) of Raj. Act No. 42 of 1960, pub. in Raj. Gaz. Part IV-A, Ex-ord, dt. 2-12-1960. This Act No. 42 of 1960 came into force with effect from 1-1-1960 vide Finance Department Notification No. F. 14(3)/F/AA/54, dt. 22-12-1960, published in Rajasthan Gazette Ex-pord. Part IV-C, dated 29-12-1960.

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