66. Attachment and sale of immovable property.

(a) The application presented under sub-rule (2) of Rule 62 shall contain a description of the immovable property to be proceeded against, sufficient for its identification and in case such property can be identified by boundaries or numbers in a record of settlement or survey, the specification of such boundaries or numbers and the specification of the Judgement-debtor's share or interest in such property to the best of the belief of the decree-holder and so far as he has been able to ascertain it.
(b) The demand notice issued by the Recovery Officer under sub-rule (3) of Rule 62 shall contain the name of the Judgement-debtor, the amount due, including the expenses, if any, and the bhatta to be paid to the person who shall serve the demand notice the time allowed for payment and in case of non-payment, the particulars of the properties to be attached and sold or to be sold without attachment, as the case may be. After receiving the demand notice, the Sale Officer shall serve or cause to be served a copy of the demand notice upon the Judgement-debtor or upon some adult male member of his family at his usual place of residence, or upon his authorised agent, or, if such personal service is not possible, shall affix a copy thereof on some conspicuous part of the immovable property about to be attached and sold or sold without attachment, as the case may be:
(c) If the Judgement-debtor fails to pay the amount specified in the demand notice within the time allowed, the Sale Officer shall proceed to attach and sell, or sell without attachment, as the case may be, the immovable property specified in the demand notice for execution in the following manner.
(d) Where the attachment is required before sale, the Sale Officer shall, if possible, cause a notice of attachment to be served on the Judgement-debtor personally. Where personal service is not possible, the notice shall be affixed in some conspicuous part of the Judgement-debtor's last known residence, if any. The fact of attachment shall also be proclaimed by beat of drum or other customary mode of announcement at some place on or adjacent to such property and at such other place or places as the Recovery Officer may consider necessary to give due publicity to the sale. The attachment notice shall set forth that, unless the amount due with interest and expenses be paid within the date therein mentioned, the property will be brought to sale. A copy shall be sent to the decree-holder. Where the Sale Officer so directs the attachment shall also be notified by public proclamation in a local newspaper, if any.
(e) Proclamation of sale shall be published by affixing a notice in the office of the Recovery Officer, office of the Co operative Central Bank and in the Tahsil office at least thirty days before the date fixed for the sale. It shall also be published by beat of drum in the village. Such proclamation shall, where attachment is required before sale, be made after the attachment has been affected. Notice shall also be given to the decree-holder and the Judgement-debtor. The proclamation shall state the time and place of sale and specify as fairly and accurately as possible-
(i) the property to be sold;
(ii) any encumbrance to which the property is liable;
(iii) the amount for the recovery of which the sale is ordered; and
(iv) every other matter which the Sale Officer consider material for a purchaser to know in order to judge the nature and value of the property.
(f) (i) Where any immovable property is sold under these rules, the sale shall be subject to the prior encumbrances on the property, if any. The decree-holder shall where the amount for the realisation of which the sale is held exceeds [Rs. 5,000] furnish to the Sale Officer within such times as may be fixed by him or by the Recovery Officer, an encumbrance certificate from the Registration Department for the period of not less than seven years prior to the date of attachment of the property sought to be sold, or in cases falling under the proviso to the sub-rule (1) prior to the date of the application for execution. The time for production of the encumbrance certificate may be extended at the discretion of the Sale Officer or the Recovery Officer, as the case may be. The sale shall be by public auction to the highest bidder:
(ii) The sale shall be held after the expiry of not less than thirty days calculated from the date on which notice of the proclamation was affixed in the office of the Recovery Officer. The time and place of sale shall be fixed by the Recovery Officer and the place of sale shall be the village where the property to be sold is situated or such adjoining prominent place of public resort as may be fixed by the said Recovery Officer:
(g) A sum of money equal to 25 percent of the price for which the immovable property is purchased in auction shall be paid by the purchaser to the Sale Officer at the time of the purchase, and in default of such deposit, the property shall forthwith be resold:
(h) The remainder of the purchase money and the amount required for the general stamp for the sale certificate shall be paid within fifteen days from the date of sale:
(i) In default of payment of the purchase money within the period mentioned in clause (h), the deposit may, if the Recovery Officer thinks fit, after defraying the expenses of the sale, be forfeited to the State Government and the defaulting purchaser shall forfeit all claims to the property or to any part of the sum for which it may subsequently be sold.
(j) Every resale of immovable property in default of payment of the amount mentioned in clause (h) within the period allowed for such payment, shall be made after the issue of a fresh proclamation in the manner and for the period hereinbefore prescribed for the sale.
(k) Where a decree-holder purchases the property, the purchase money and the amount due on the decree shall be set off against one another, and the Sale Officer shall enter up satisfaction of the decree in whole or in part accordingly.
(a) for payment to the purchaser a sum equal to five percent of the purchase money; and
(b) for payment to the decree-holder, the amount of arrears specified in the proclamation of sale as that for the recovery of which the sale was ordered together with interest thereon and the expenses of attachment, if any, and sale and other costs due in respect of such amount, less amount which may, since the date of such proclamation, have been received by the decree-holder.
(ii) If such deposit and application are made within thirty days from the date of sale, the Recovery Officer shall pass an order setting aside the sale and shall repay to the purchaser, the purchase money so far as it has been deposited with the five percent deposited by the applicant:
(iii) If a person applies under sub-rule (5) to set aside the sale of immovable property, he shall not be entitled to make an application under this sub-rule.
(ii) If the application be allowed, the Recovery Officer shall set aside the sale and may direct a fresh one.
(ii) Whenever the sale of any immovable property is not so confirmed or is set aside, the deposit or the purchase money, as the case may be, shall be returned to the purchaser.
[(iii) After the confirmation of any such sale, the Recovery Officer shall-
(a) grant a certificate of sale bearing his seal and signature to the purchaser and such certificate shall state the property sold and the name of the purchaser and it shall be conclusive evidence of the fact of the purchase in all Courts and Tribunals, where it may be necessary to prove it and no proof of the seal or signature of the Recovery Officer shall be necessary unless the authority before whom it is produced shall have reason to doubt its genuineness;
(b) Serve notice on the person or persons in possession of the immovable property mentioned in the certificate of sale, to deliver possession thereof to the purchaser within 15 days from the date of receipt of notice by him;]
(iv) An order made under this sub-rule shall be final, and shall not be liable to be questioned in any suit or other legal proceedings.
[66A. Attachment and lease of immovable property.
(a) The application presented under sub-rule (2) of Rule 62 shall contain description of the immovable property to be proceeded against sufficient for its identification and in case such property can be identified by boundaries or numbers in a record of settlement of survey, the specification of such boundaries or numbers and the specifications of the judgement-debtor's share or interest is such property to the best of the belief of the decree-holder and so far as he has been able to ascertain it.
(b) The demand notice issued by the Recovery Officer under sub-rule (3) of Rule 62 shall contain the name of the Judgement-debtor, the amount due, including the expenses, if any, and the Bhatta to be paid to the person who shall serve the demand notice, the time allowed for payment and in case of non-payment, the particulars of the properties to be attached and transferred or to be transferred without attachment, as the case may be. After receiving the demand notice, the Sale Officer shall serve or cause to be served a copy of the demand notice upon the Judgement-debtor or upon some adult male member of his family at his usual place of residence, or upon his authorised agent, or, if such personal service is not possible shall affix a copy thereof on some conspicuous part of the immovable property about to be attached and transferred or transferred without attachment, as the case may be:
(c) If the Judgement-debtor fails to pay the amount specified in the demand notice within the time allowed, the Sale Officer shall proceed to attach and transfer or transfer without attachment, as the case may be, the immovable property specified in the demand notice for execution in the following manner.
(d) Where the attachment is required before transfer by lease, the Sale Officer shall, if possible, cause a notice of attachment to be served on the Judgement-debtor personally, where personal service is not possible, the notice shall be affixed in some conspicuous part of the Judgement-debtors last known residence, if any. The fact of attachment shall also be proclaimed by beat of drum or other customary mode of announcement at some place on or adjacent to such property and at such other place or places as the Recovery Officer may consider necessary to give due publicity to the transfer by lease. The attachment notice shall setforth that, unless the amount due with interest and expenses be paid within the date therein mentioned, the property will be brought to transfer by lease. A copy shall be sent to the decree-holder. Where the Sale Officer so directs the attachment shall also be notified by public proclamation in a local news-paper, if any.
(e) Proclamation of transfer by lease shall be published by affixing a notice in the office of the Recovery Officer, Office of the Co-operative Central Bank and in the Tahsil Office at least thirty days before the date fixed for the transfer by lease. It shall also be"published by beat of drum in the village. Such proclamation shall, where attachment is required before transfer, be made after the attachment has been affected. Notice shall also be given to the decree-holder and the Judgement-debtor. The proclamation shall state the time and place of transfer by lease and specify as fairly and accurately as possible-
(i) the property to be transferred by lease;
(ii) any encumbrance to which the property is liable;
(iii) the amount for the recovery of which the transfer is ordered; and
(iv) every other matter, e.g., the period of lease, the terms and conditions of lease, penalty of Rs. 10/- per day per acre to be paid by the lessee in case he detains the land beyond the period for which the lease is granted, etc., which the Sale Officer considers material for a lease-holder to know in order to judge the nature and value of the property.
(ii) At the end of the period specified in the proclamation, the land will revert to the Judgement-debtor for which the Recovery Officer will issue a certificate in prescribed form. The retention of the land beyond the period will result in penalty specified above.
(iii) The terms and conditions for the said lease may include that the lessee pays entire dues of the Judgement-debtor to the satisfaction of the decree-holder in one instalment, the exact period of lease, prohibition of any permanent improvement on the land involved in the lease, no right to any compensation or return on the investment made on improvement of land, etc. These terms may be decided by the Registrar under Section 84 of the Chhattisgarh Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act, 1970.
(iv) This explanation should form part of the proclamation.
(f) (i) Where any immovable property is transferred under these rules, the transfer shall be subject to the prior encumbrances on the property, if any. The decree-holder shall, where the amount for the realisation of which the transfer is held exceeds Rs. 5,000/- furnish to the Sale Officer within such time, as may be fixed by him or by the Recovery Officer, an encumbrance Certificate from the Registration Department for the period of not less than one year prior to the date of attachment of the property sought to be transferred or in cases falling under the proviso to sub-rule (1) prior to the date of the application for execution. The time for production of the encumbrance certificate may be extended at the discretion of the Sale Officer or the Recovery Officer, as the case may be. The transfer shall be by public auction to the highest bidder:
(ii) The auction for transfer by lease shall be held after the expiry of not less than thirty days calculated from the date on which notice of the proclamation was affixed in the office of the Recovery Officer. The time and place of auction for transfer by lease shall be fixed by the Recovery Officer and the place of auction shall be the village where the property to be transferred is situated or such adjoining prominent place of public resort as may be fixed by the said Recovery Officer:
(g) A sum of money equal to 33 per cent of the price for which the immovable property is leased out in auction shall be paid by the lessee to the Sale Officer at the time of the lease and in default of such deposit, the property shall forthwith be auctioned for leasing out against:
(h) The remainder of the lease money and the amount required for the general stamp for the certificate of lease shall be paid within forty five days from the date of lease:
(i) In default of payment of the tease money within the period mentioned in clause (h), the deposit may, if the Recovery Officer thinks fit after defraying the expenses of the lease be forfeited to the State Government and the defaulting lessee shall forfeit all claims to the property or to any part of the sum for which it may subsequently be leased out.
(j) Every release of immovable property in default, of payment of the amount mentioned in clause (h) within the period allowed for such payment shall be made after the issue of a fresh proclamation in the manner and for the period hereinbefore prescribed for the transfer by lease.
(k) Where a decree-holder is the lessee of the property the lease money and the amount due on the decree shall be set-off against one another and the Sale Officer shall enter up to satisfaction of the decree in whole or in part accordingly.
(a) for payment to the lessee a sum equal to five per cent of the lease money, and
(b) for payment to the decree-holder, the amount of arrears specified in the proclamation of lease as that for the recovery of which the transfer by lease was ordered together with interest thereon and the expenses of attachment, if any, and transfer and other cost due in respect of such amount, less amount which may since the date of such proclamation, have been received by the decree-holder.
(ii) If such deposit and application are made within thirty days from the date of auction for lease, the Recovery Officer, shall pass an order setting aside the transfer and shall repay to the lessee the lease money so far as it has been deposited with the five per cent deposited by the applicant:
(iii) If a person applies under sub-rule (5) to set aside the transfer of immovable property, he shall not be entitled to make an application under this sub-rule.
(ii) If the application be allowed, the Recovery Officer shall set aside the transfer and may direct a fresh one.
(ii) Whenever the transfer by lease of any immovable property is not so confirmed or is set aside, the deposit or the lease money, as the case may be, shall be returned to the lessee.
(iii) After the confirmation of any such transfer by lease, the Recovery Officer shall grant a certificate of lease bearing his seal and signature to the lessee, and the Judgement-debtor and such certificate shall state the property leased out. and the name of the lessee, the exact period of lease etc. It shall also state that on the expiry of this lease period, the property shall revert to the Judgement-debtor automatically. The certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the fact of the lease in all Courts and Tribunals where it may be necessary to prove and no proof of the seal or signature of the Recovery Officer shall be necessary unless the authority before whom it is produced shall have reason to doubt its genuineness.
(iv) An order made under this sub-rule shall be final, and shall not be liable to be questioned in any suit or other legal proceedings.