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Rule33 Allotment by tender Subject to plans, such Nazul land as the Authority may with the approval of the Central Government, decide from time to time, shall be allotted by tender in the manner provided in this Chapter. Rule34 Procedure for inviting tender The Authority shall publish beforehand in newspapers of different languages having wide circulation, a public notice of not less than thirty days giving the following details of the plots to be allotted by tender:
(a) number of plots, (b) size of the plots, (c) area and zone of the plots, (d) time, date and place wherefrom the terms and conditions of the tender and other details including the terms and conditions required to be fulfilled and the fees payable for participation in the tender, by the intending tenders, (e) the time, date and place for receipt of tenders, including the last date for receipt thereof, (f) the time, date and place or opening a tender, and (g) such other details as the Authority may consider proper. Rule35 Acceptance of tenders The Vice-Chairman shall nominate an officer of the Authority for receiving tenders (hereinafter in these rules referred to as the Accepting Officer) and notify his name and designation. Rule36 Deposit of earnest money Each tenderer shall deposit as earnest money a sum equivalent to twenty-five per cent of the premium offered by him along with his tender. Rule37 Receipt of tenders (1) All tenders shall be sealed and addressed to the Authority and shall be received by the Accepting Officer who, on receipt of the tender, shall issue a receipt in token thereof to the person, submitting the tender and enter the name and address of tenderer in a register.
(2) All the tenders received within the time limit specified for acceptance of tenders in the notice under rule 34 shall be submitted by the Accepting Officer to the Authority. Rule38 Opening of tenders The Accepting Officer shall cause the tenders to be opened on the date, place and time specified in this behalf in the notice under rule 34 in the presence of tenderers or their authorised representatives who choose to be present at such place. Rule39 Acceptance of highest tenders The Accepting Officer shall, subject to confirmation by the Vice-Chairman, normally accept the highest tender subject to reserve price, if any, specified for any plot by the Authority;
Provided that the Accepting Officer may, for reasons to be recorded in writing and submitted to the Vice Chairman, reject any tender, including the highest tender. Rule40 Final acceptance The Vice-Chairman or an officer nominated by him shall, within fifteen days of opening of tenders, communicate to the tenderer whose tender has been accepted, calling upon him to remit balance amount within such time as the Vice-Chairman or the Accepting Officer may specify. Rule41 Communication to other tenders The Vice-Chairman, or the Accepting Officer shall, within fifteen days of the date of opening of the tenderers, communicate to all other tenderers, non-acceptance of their tenders and return the earnest money received from them.