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The Control and Management of Ferries Rules, 1968
The Control and Management of Ferries Rules, 1968
Sections
15. Letting of ferries by public auction or by calling tenders.
Section 151. Jogighopa-Goalpara-Pancharatna.
Section 12. Gauhati-North Gauhati.
Section 23. Neamati-Kamlabari.
Section 34. Dibrugarh-Sonari-Burisuti.
Section 45. Sadiya-Saikhowa.
Section 56. Tezpur-(Bhomoraguri)-Panpur-Silghat.
Section 67. Dhubri-Fakirganj.
Section 78. Dibrugarh-Sissi-Machkhowa.
Section 89. Desangmukh-Matmora.
Section 910. Dibrugarh-Kacharighat-Oryamghat-Via Galighat-Murkong selek.
Section 1011. Laikajan-Morkong selek.
Section 11
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He must mention in the tender the specific class to which he belongs.\n(b) The bidder/tenderer shall sign a declaration in the following form :\n\"I agree that I will not withdraw the tender offered by me during the time that will be required for intimation of acceptance of the tender for the ferry being given to me nor will I withdraw it afterwards should my tender be accepted, If I withdraw the tender, then I am liable to pay the whole sum of the tender or such amount on account of deficiency as in the opinion of the authority may be considered necessary to make good the whole of the loss and damages that may be suffered by Government in consequence thereof and I shall pay the same and if I fail to pay it, them it will be recovered from me as an arrear of land revenue.\nSignature of the Tenderer/Bidder\"\n(c) Up-to-date Income Tax and Sales Tax clearance certificates to be submitted in the prescribed form. When an Income Tax clearance certificate has been submitted by the tenderer in connection with another sale, no fresh certificate will be necessary so long as the certificate submitted is valid but a certified copy of such certificate must be enclosed with the tender under consideration-\n(d) If the tender is submitted on behalf of a co-operative society or a Firm or a Joint Stock Company then in addition to the requirements of (a) and (b) above, the undermentioned documents should be enclosed :\n(i) the original or certified copy of the registration certificate of the society, the Firm or Company given by the concerned authorities such as the Registrar of Co-operative Societies, etc.\n(ii) the copy of the resolution authorising the person who signs the tender, to manage the business of such Society, Firm or Company on its behalf;\n(iii) certificate regarding authorised, subscribed and paid-up capital of the concern;\n(iv) the original or certified copy of the partnership deed in case of partnership firm.\n(e) If the tender is submitted by a person belonging to any of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or other Backward Classes, then in addition to the requirements of (a), (b) and (c) above, certificate in original or a certified copy thereon in support of his claim to belong to such community from the President of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes, Association or from the Deputy Commissioner or the Additional Deputy Commissioner of the District/Sadar Sub- divisional Officer or the Sub-divisional Officer of the sub-division within whose territorial jurisdiction the tenderer permanently resides should be enclosed.\n(f) In the case of a new tender, in addition to the above documents a certificate about the financial soundness of the tenderer from the Deputy Commissioner/Additional Deputy Commissioner/Sadar Sub-divisional Officer/Sub-divisional Officer of the District/Sub-division, as the case may be, or any nationalized Bank should be enclosed.\n(g) Certificate of experience of ferry business from the Deputy Commissioner/Additional Deputy Commissioner/Sadar Sub-divisional Officer of the District/Sub-divisional Officer of the Sub-division should be enclosed.\n(h) Certificate in support of periodic patta land of value not less than the bid/ tender money, in his own name within the District or the sub-division from the Deputy Commissioner/ Additional Deputy Commissioner/ Sadar Sub-divisional Officer of the District or Sub-divisional Officer of the Sub- division concerned should be enclosed.\n(i) Certificate that he can speak regional language from the Deputy Commissioner/ Additional Deputy Commissioner/ Sadar Sub-divisional Officer or Sub-divisional Officer concerned should be enclosed.\n(j) Certificate testifying to his good conduct from the Deputy Commissioner/ Additional Deputy Commissioner/ Sadar Sub- divisional Officer or Sub-divisional Officer of the Sub-division should be enclosed.\n(k) Certificate that the bidder/tenderer is indigenous of this State having permanent resident or outsider, from the Deputy Commissioner/Additional Deputy Commissioner/Sadar Sub- divisional Officer or Sub-divisional Officer concerned should be enclosed.\n(l) Land revenue clearance certificate from the concerned Mouzadar should be enclosed.\n(m) Current loan recovery certificate in respect of loan obtained from a Bank or any financial institution granted under any scheme approved or sponsored by the State or Central Government.\n(2) The bid list and the result of auction sale shall be submitted to the Director, I W.T., Assam in form in Appendix 'C'. A comparative statement about all the tenderers in the form in Appendix 'C' along with all tenders in original shall also be submitted to the Director by the Executive Engineer, I.W.T. Division with his endorsement. The Director shall submit all these documents in original with his comments and recommendations taking into account the factors mentioned in Rule 16 (i) and Rule 19, to Secretary to the Government of Assam in the Transport Department.\n17.\n17A.\n(i) the name of the ferry to be leased out and the routes to be followed;\n(ii) that steamer/motor driven ferry vessel/engined marboat/engined single boat/marboat/single boat are to be supplied to the lessee together with necessary anchor, lifebuoys, etc.\n(iii) the number and category of staff allotted to each of the ferry boats/vessels by the Government;\n(iv) that the term or period for which the lease will be given as fixed under Rule 14 subject to the provisions of Sections 10 and 11 of the Act;\n(v) the dates on which the instalments of the purchase money are due;\n(vi) the rates, if any, at which any person may compound for the tolls of the ferry as fixed by the State Government in the Transport Department under Section 18 of the Act;\n(vii) that the ferry will ply by day only, but Director retains the right to order plying the ferry at night if it should become necessary under any special circumstances, the number of such night journeys and timings to be fixed by the Director or any other officer deputed by him;\n(viii) that the lessee shall be bound to cross over at any time during the day and night beyond the schedule timings free of the charge, any Minister of the State of Assam, Indian Union, the Chief Minister and the Governor or Assam, both the senior most Commanding Officers of Regional Army Unit and Assam Rifles in Assam, the Prime Minister and the President of India wishing to cross with his conveyance, baggages and animals if and when ordered by the Director/Executive. Engineer/Sub-divisional Officer, as the case may be. The lessee shall be entitled to realise tools for crossing traffic by such special trips from all concerned inclusive of Government employees irrespective of whether they are exempted or not from payment of tolls under conditions 19 of the lease, but excluding those mentioned above, at the following rates :\n(ix) that preferential treatment to individual belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other backward classes and to the co-operative societies.\n18.\n19.\n(i) whether the bid/tender amount is sufficient to earn approximately the revenue which could be normally expected from the ferry;\n(ii) whether the bidder/tenderer is indigenous of the State or permanent resident of the State or outsider;\n(iii) whether the tenderer/bidder suffers from moral turpitude or has been convicted by Court/black listed or a defaulter of land revenue;\n(iv) whether the tenderer/bidder possesses periodic Patta land of value not less than the bid/tender money in his own name within the District. Sub-division;\n(v) whether the tenderer/bidder has sufficient experience to run the ferry efficiently.\n19A.\n19B.\n20.\n20A.\n21.\n22.\n23.\n(a)\nFor each steamer/steel ferry vessel/motor driven ferry vessel\n.....Rs. 7,500\n(b)\nFor each marboat with engine\n.....Rs. 5,000\n(c)\nFor each single boat with engine\n.....Rs. 3,000\n24.\n25.\n26.\n26A.\n27.\n28.\n29.\n30.\n31.\n32.\n33.\n34.\n35.\n36.\n37.\n38.\n39.\n40.\nAppendix A\nAppendix A",
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"content": "Appendix B\nAppendix B\n[Rule 8 (ii)]\n(1) Any Police Officer travelling in uniform;\n(2) Any Village Watchman carrying Chapras;\n(3) Any Government peon when serving processes;\n(4) The Government mails.\nN.B.\n(5) Any person, vehicle (whether full or empty) or stores employed for the execution of any work (such as roads, bridges, buildings, embankment or canals) which is being undertaken by or on behalf of the Government or any local fund; provided that such persons, vehicles or stores are employed solely in the execution of the work at the time of transit and provided that a pass is produced signed by one of the following :\n(a) an Executive Engineer, or a Sub-divisional Officer;\n(b) a Chairman or Vice-Chairman of Panchayat or Municipal Board or Town Committee;\n(c) an officer, not below the rank of Sub-Surveyor or Sub-Overseer in-charge of work;\n(d) an Executive Engineer or Sub-divisional Officer, Public Works Department.\n(6) Any person or vehicle (whether full or empty or containing stores) employed on departmental work of the Forest Department including-\n(a) construction or repairs of roads and bridges undertaken departmentally;\n(b) construction or repairs of buildings undertaken departmentally;\n(c) cultural work in the forests undertaken departmentally;\n(d) extraction work in the reserved/unreserved State Forests, undertaken departmentally :\n(7) Officers, vehicles, stores and labourers of the Railway, if furnished with a certificate by a Railway Officer, not below the rank of a Gazetted Officer to the effect that the Officers are employed or the vehicles and stores are transferred on public service and not for commercial purposes of the Railway.\n(8) Any Gaonbora Travelling on public duty, on production of his appointment Parwanas.\n(9) Volunteers of Auxiliary Forces travelling in uniform.\n(10) All Mauzadars or Sarpanches of panchayat's when travelling on duty and one Moharrir employed by each Mauzadar, while travelling on public duty, provided that he holds a certificate that he is so travelling signed by the Mauzadar and produces it when called upon to do so by the ferry man.\n(11) All collecting members of Panchayats when travelling on duty.\n(12) Employees of Panchayats and Municipal Boards or any Local Fund travelling on duty (this includes school employees of the aforesaid boards when travelling on duty).\n(13) Kalaazar patient, with an attendant when required, attending a hospital or centre for treatment on production of certificate signed by the medical officer who is treating him.\n(14) A member of a Panchayat with his conveyance and one attendant when proceeding to or returning from a meeting of the Panchayat; provided that he produces the notice summoning him to the meeting and performs the journey, within two days of the date thereof.\n(15) Private conveyances whether they are their personal property or not, of persons employed on the public service while on duty, but excluding a hired conveyance.\n(16) A leper with an attendant when required attending a hospital or centre for treatment on production of a certificate signed by the medical officer who is treating him.\n(17) Members of the Legislative Council, Members of the Legislative Assembly and Assam representative to both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha when travelling in a private conveyance whether their own property or not but excluding a hired conveyance subject to the register, where maintained, being signed on each occasion.\n(18) All stock-men employed by the Live-Stock Improvement Association, Assam on production of a copy of their appointment letter.\n(19) All supervisors of Central Co-operative Banks, Assam, on production of a copy of their appointment letter.\n(20) Any person engaged on Red Cross Work and required on such work to travel by road on production of a certificate issued for a quarter of a year or other period of less duration signed by the Honorary Secretary of the district concerned and bearing the seal of the District Branch of the Indian Red Cross Society.\n(21) Motor vehicles, cars and carriages belonging to Government and also any motor vehicles belonging to a Government Officer although empty on production of a certificate from the officer that the vehicle is travelling for his own use while on duty.\n(22) Members of Panchayat, while travelling on inspection duty, subject to the production, on each occasion of a definite letter of authority from the President, or the Vice-President concerned specifying the route and time within which the inspection is to be made.\n(23) All persons in receipt of gratuitous relief from Government on account of distress while going to or returning from relief centres to receive doles or to work at a test relief centre on production of a certificate from the Relief Officer.\n(24) A member of the Debt Conciliation Board while proceeding to or returning from a meeting of the Board; provided that he must produce the summons to the meetings and provided that the journey is performed within one day of the meeting.\n(25) The Curator of the Assam State Museum at Gauhati while performing journeys on duty.\n(26) (1) Motor vehicles belonging to the State Government and employed with the organisation known as the Assam Transport;\n(2) Persons employed by the State Government and travelling with the aforesaid vehicles on duty; and\n(3) Property borne on the aforesaid vehicle and at the disposal of the Central of State Government.\nN.B.\nAppendix C\nAppendix C\n[Rule 16]\nSerial No. of Ferry\nName of the Ferry\nAmount for which leased in the previous year\nDetails of bidding of every bidder\nPeriod for which proposed to lease the ferry\nFinancial position, conduct, previous records as\n\t\t\t\tlessee capacity and any other relevant data of each bidder\nWhether each bidder has periodic landed property\n\t\t\t\twithin the district or State of the value equal or more than the\n\t\t\t\tbid/tender money and can speak regional language\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\nName of the bidder with whom the ferry is\n\t\t\t\tproposed to be settled\nCaste/Creed of each bidder\nWhether indigenous, permanent resident of Assam\n\t\t\t\tor outsiders\nNo. & date of the treasury challan depositing\n\t\t\t\tthe 1st kist money by the bidder whose bid is provisionally\n\t\t\t\taccepted\nRemarks\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\nAppendix D\nAppendix D\n[Rule 21]\nForm of lease of power-driven major ferries\nForm of lease of power-driven major ferries\n1.\n2.\n3.\n4.\n5.\n(a) Steamer or motor driven ferry vessels.\n(b) Engine driven marboats.\n(c) Engine driven single boat.\n(d) Marboat.\n(e) Single boats.\n6.\n7.\n8.\n9.\n10.\n11.\n12.\n13.\n14.\n15.\n16.\n17.\n18.\n19.\n(1) Any police officer travelling in uniform.\n(2) Any village watchman carrying a chapras.\n(3) Any Government peon when serving processes.\n(4) The Government mails.\nN.B.\n(5) Any person, vehicle (whether they are full or empty) or stores employed for the execution of any work (such as roads, bridges, buildings embankments or canals) which is being undertaken by or on behalf of Government or any local fund; provided that such persons, vehicles or stores are employed solely in the execution of the work at the time of transit and provided that a pass is produced signed by one of the following :\n(a) Executive Engineer or Sub-divisional Officer;\n(b) A Chairman or Vice-Chairman of Panchayat or Municipal Board or Town Committee;\n(c) An officer not below the rank of Sub-Surveyor or Sub-Overseer in-charge of a work;\n(d) Executive Engineer or Sub-divisional Officer, Public Works Department.\n(6) Any person or vehicle (whether full or empty or containing stores) employed on departmental work of the Forest Department, including-\n(a) construction or repairs of roads and bridges undertaken departmentally;\n(b) construction or repairs of buildings undertaken departmentally;\n(c) cultural work in the forests undertaken departmentally;\n(d) extraction work in reserves or unclassed State forest undertaken departmentally:\n(7) Officers, vehicles, stores and labourers of the railway if furnished with a certificate by a railway officer to the effect the officers are employed or the vehicles and stores are transported on public service and not for commercial purposes of the railway.\n(8) Any Goanbora travelling on public duty on production of his appointment Parwana.\n(9) Volunteer of the Auxiliary Forces travelling in uniform.\n(10) All Mauzadars or Sarpanches of Panchayats when travelling on duty and one Moharrir employed by each Mauzadar while travelling on public duty; provided that he holds a certificate that he is so travelling signed by the Mauzadar and produces it when called upon to do so by the ferryman.\n(11) All collecting members of Panchayats when travelling on duty.\n(12) Employees of Panchayat and Municipal Board or any Local Fund travelling on duty (this includes school employees of the aforesaid boards when travelling on duty).\n(13) Kalaazar patient with an attendant when required attending a hospital or centre for treatment on production of a certificate signed by the Medical Officer who is treating him.\n(14) A member of Panchayat with his conveyance and one attendant when proceeding to, or returning from a meeting of the Panchayat; provided that he produces the notice summoning him to the meeting and performs the journey within two days of the date thereof.\n(15) Private conveyance, whether they are their personal property or not of persons employed on the public service while on duty but excluding a hired conveyance.\n(16) A leper with an attendant when required attending a hospital or centre of treatment on production of a certificate signed by the Medical Officer who is treating him.\n(17) Members of the Legislative Assembly and Assam Representatives to both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha when travelling in a private conveyance whether their own property or not, but excluding a hired conveyance, subject to the register, where maintained, being signed on each occasion.\n(18) All stock-men employed by the Live-Stock Improvement Association, Assam on production of a copy of their appointment letter.\n(19) All Supervisors of Central Co-operative Banks, Assam on production of a copy of their appointment letter.\n(20) Any person, engaged on Red Cross Work and required on such work to travel by road on production of a certificate issued for a quarter of a year or other period of less duration signed by the Honorary Secretary of the district concerned and bearing the seal of the District branch of the Indian Red Cross Society.\n(21) Motor vehicles, carts or carriages belonging to Government and also any motor vehicle belonging to a Government Officer although travelling empty, on production of a certificate from the officer that the vehicle is travelling for his own use while on duty.\n(22) Members of Panchayats while travelling on inspection duty subject to the production, on each occasion of a definite letter of authority from the President/Chairman or the Vice-President concerned specifying the route and time within the inspection is to be made.\n(23) All persons in receipt of gratuitous relief from Government on account of distress while going to or returning from relief centres to receive doles or to work at a rest relief centre, on production of a certificate from the Relief Officer.\n(24) Members of the Debt Conciliation Board, when proceeding to or returning from a meeting of the Board; provided that he must produce the summons to the meeting and provided that the journey is performed within one day of the meeting.\n(25) The Curator of the Assam State Museum at Gauhati while performing journeys on duty.\n(26) (1) Motor vehicle belonging to the State Government and employed with the organisation known as the Assam Transport,\n(2) Persons employed by the Government and travelling with the aforesaid vehicle on duty, and\n(3) Property borne on the aforesaid vehicle and at the disposal of the Central, or the State Government.\n(27) The lessee must cross-over dak runners carrying animals, members of the police force in uniform and doctors at any time during the night or day.\n20.\n21.\n22.\n23.\n(a) The for neglecting to affix or to keep in order his table of tolls or for wilfully altering or defacing the table or for refusal to produce it on demand, is a fine which may extend to Rs. 50.\n(b) The penalty for asking or taking more than the lawful toll or for delaying any person, animal, vehicle, or other thing without the due cause, is a fine which may extend to Rs. 100.\n(c) The penalty for breaking any rule made under the order of the Government in respect of the management or working of ferries, is imprisonment which may extend to six months or a fine which may extend to Rs. 200 or with both.\n(d) The penalty for default of payment of rent or for a second conviction of any one of the above named offences, is cancellation of the lease in addition to any other legal penalty for the offence committed.\n24.\n25.\n26.\n27.\n(ii) The Executive Engineer is the controlling authority for purposes of the lease and whenever the lease is liable to cancellation under the preceding clause the Secretary may in lieu of cancelling the lease, allow the lessee the option of retaining it subject to the payment to the Government of a sum not exceeding Rs. 200 for each breach or default as the Secretary may consider reasonable.\n(iii) Notwithstanding anything contained herein if the lessee fails to pay any instalment of the purchase money by due date under Clause 26, the Executive Engineer/Sub-divisional Officer, as the case may be, may take over the ferry immediately and run it departmentally until the instalments in default is paid. The lessee shall have no claim to tolls collected during any such period but shall be liable for any expenditure in excess of the toll receipt which may be incurred for which the certificate of the Executive Engineer/Sub-divisional Officer shall be final and conclusive and during this period vessels/boats, engines and other appliances, whether the property of the Government or of the lessee including the sheds and lights provided under Clauses 12 and 13 and the master, engine driver, crew, boatmen, etc., engaged by the lessee (if they agree to serve) shall be placed by him at the disposal of Government for the period for which the ferry is run departmentally.\n28.\n29.\n30.\n31.\n32.\n33.\nFor and on behalf of the Governor of Assam\nDirector of Inland Water Transport Assam, Ulubari, Gauhati\nAppendix E\nAppendix E\nShri..........\nYours faithfully.\nAuctioning Officer\nAddress.............\nAuctioning Officer\nAddress.............\nDirector of Inland Transport Ulubari, Gauhati.",
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