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·GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN
पत्यमेव जयते
REPORT
ON THE
ADMINISTRATION OF RAJASTHAN
6th April 1949 -31st March 1950
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF GOVERMBIENT
Golemmen: Pics Jaipur

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·ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR RAJASTHAN FOR THE YEAR 1949-50 CONTENTS CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTOBY Para: 2 37 8 0 14 Pages 1 12 1 Bounddrics 2 Physical Features 3 Climato 4 Formation of Rajasthan 23 CHAPTER II-GENERAL AND POLITICAL 611 1 Formation of Government 17 2 Integration 8 34 3 Political Department 35-38 CHAPTER III-ADMINISTRATION OF LAND 11 12 1 Bonrd of Res uo Admını tration of Land 3 Locust Breeding and Control 4 Blinor Irrigation Forhs 5 Land Acquisition 6 Land Records 7 Surroy and Settlement 15 620 21 22 23 24 25 31 30 38 13 13 15 15 IG 16 16 17 17 IS CHAPTER IV-PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION I Agriculturo Livestoch & Veterinary 5 15 3 lorcits 16 33 4 Coral Supplies 33 17 6 Co opcritic Sociclics 19 G2 CHAPTEP ITILADI AVD INDOSTITES 19 19 21 21 22 PG 20 27 OS 30 30 3. } 1 Industries 2 Vining & Geologo 3 Stati na 4 Imbour 5 Cur'oms L.xci 6 Tran not 33 33 36 13 32 33 337 1 ·11 CHAPTER VI PROTNOM 1 Legislation 2 Justice 3 Elections 4 Police 35 Anti Corruption 6 Jails 13 4 11 12 13 14 44 46 46 47 57 3u 35 36 36 36 41 41 CHAPTER VII Powia Works 43 43-44 1 Baldings & Roads 2 Irrigation 3 Gardens 4 Electrical & Mechanical 8 Water Works 6 Telephone 12 3 10 11 12 13 27 28 20 45-46 46 CHATTER VIII EDUCATION 47 48 48 1 Primary Education 2 Secondary Educat on 3 College & Univerøity Education 4 Training of Teachers & Professional & Technical Edacation e Labraries 7 National Cadet Corps 46 7 10 11 13 14 16 94 2.) 29 29 39 48-49 49 50 CHAPTFRIX MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH 1 Md cal 2 Public Health 3 Ayurvedic ,111 12 31 32 41 51 52 63 55 55 56 CHAPTER X-LOCAL SEL GOVERNMEYT 1 Municipalities * D strict Boards 3 Village Panchayats 4 Urban Improvement 10 10 112 26 31 67 58 68 69 59 60 CHAPTER XI-FRANCE I Finance 2 Accounts 19 10 11 61 62 82 ·iu CHAPTER XU - MISCELLANEOUS 1 Refugee Rehabilitat on 1 14 2 Printing & Stationery 15 18 3 Motor Cars 19 20 4 Aviation 27 24 5 Court of Words 25 30 0 Archacology and Musoums 31 37 7 Karkhanejat 8 Dharmarath 13.44 I Lifo Itsuranco 45 49 10 Census 50 11 Soldiers' Resettlement & Employment Exchange 51 59 63 64 64 65 65 65 65 66 86 66 67 67 87 68 68 ·IY LIST O APPENDICES 69 70 1 APPENDIX A-L st of Laws adapted during the year 1949 50 (page 36) 2 APPENDIX B-List of general laws adapted under the Rajasthan Adaptat on of Central Laps Ordinance 1950 (page 35) 75 74 3 APPENDIX C-Statement showing the details of Civil Casus instituted decided and pending in 1949 (page 36) 76 4 APPENDIX D-Stat ment showing the number and value of C vil Su ts instı tut d in Civil Courts in 1949 (page 36) 76 77 6 APPENDIX E-Statement showing the parti culars of appeals from decrees in Cvil Courts in 1949 (page 36) 6 APPENDIX F-Statem nt showing appeals ingtı tuted and pending before Civil Appellato Courts is 1019 (page 36) 7 APPENDIX G-Statement showing the number and description of Civil Su ts instituted in the Civil Courts (page 36) 77 in 1949 78 8 APPENDIX H Statement showing the resalt of trial of Cr minal Cases in Sessions Courts in 1949 (page 36) 78 79 9 APPENDIX I-Statement showing the number of cases dec ded in Sess ong Courts 10 1949 (page 36) 10 APPENDIX J-Statement showing the result of appeals and revisions in Sess 2008 Courts ia 1919 (page 36) 11 APPEVDLX K-Statement showing district W130 details of special crimes in 1919 (page 40) 79 80 ·GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN 1949 50 OOST KCII Vaj Ceneral Hu Highness Valia Maha Rajpramul rajadhiri Maharana Sliri Sir Bhupal Singliji Sahib Bolindur of Udaipur Lt Gen llis Highnes Vaharaj Najprimul li dhiraj Valınrijn Shri Sir Savini Van Singhji Sahib Bahnur of Inipur Brigadier His Migliness Vaharao Raja Up Rugpramulh Shri Bhumeinghji Sahib Bahadur LOSI of lotnl OCSI ID COUNCIL OF MINISTERS 1 Shri Hiralal Shastri (hors Minister of konanec 1/2011 stem 2 Shri Prem Narain Minthur llomJustin 3 Shri Suburaj Dhaddha Industry * , C olinerck 81 82er 4 Shri Bhurcı Lal B11 Transport of Public Il ords Vaneler Fi Shri Raghur Dayal Counl Food of Igriculture 119Irt 6 Shri Phoolchand Bifon Iocal Sri Gorronment Tonısler 7 Shri Val Pal link! lain Monster 8 Siiri Ron Hajn II inut Singh Il calth Vinster Shirilarsinkin hunchhain Inlour inter 10 Shri Sholeh Run hirnu Voni irr Shirts Tanintachor ICS Regional Commis? or ad idros y in the Rapras silh Shri B\MICA Hinr freiert Shri 1) P Pruhın 109 Gurih Radhahrishnan ($ Cior Serfary

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·ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR RAJASTHAN 1949-50 CHAPTER I-INTRODUCTORY Rajasthan is the largest Union of States in India with an arca of 1,30 356 square miles But as compared with its size the popul? tion is only 1,33,35,782 The average density of population is 103 persons per square mile, which is less than half of India as a whole and lows ihan 1/7th of that of Bengal It lies between 23° 3' and 30° 12 north latitude and 69° 30' and 78 17 east longitude Rajasthan is roughly rhombic in shape The east west diagonal is about 540 miles and the north south diagonal about 510 miles 2 Boundaries -- It is bounded on the west and north est by Pahistan its northern and south castern frontier marches with the Punjab and the United Provinces until it touches the river Chambal where it turns south eastward for about two hundred miles, dividing the Jaipur and holah divisions from Gwalior The southern boundary runs in an irregular zigzag line accoss the central region of Indii, duiding Rajasthan from Madhya Bharat Union and Gujrat 3 Physical reatures -Jaipur Division is situated in the north cist of Rajasthan lying between 25 31° and 28 34° north latitude und between 74 30° and 78 20° cast longitude It covers an arca of 25 427 square miles and its cxtreme length from north to south 15 196 miles and width 216 miles from cast to west Except for the Districts of Jhunjhunu and Sikar which abound in sand hills the rest of Jaipur Division is fertile and a portion of its surface is cou cred by the ringes of the Arat nlı Hills The main rivers are the Chambril, Banar Banganga Sabi Gambhir Kathi and Rooparul 1 Jodhpur Dission is mostly sterile and sandy in the north and est but improves gradually from almost a desert to comparatricly fertile and hospitable lands in the cast and south cast ard in the neighbourhood of the Arisali Hills The only important riser is Luni which has set cral tributaries the chief being Lilri Raipur Lilr Gunva Bindi Suhri and Jau ai on the left and Jojni on the right, but ncither the Luni nor its tributarios re perrrnil The soil in the north and north west is rich in salt It affords ample pas'ulic for gr izing and space for breeding cattle 5 The Bihaner Division 15 also ? descrt in the control and south west regions, the land beinr fertile in the custom pirts The desert in the northern part has been changed into a bloominirry of Rajzthan throush the untırın forts of that eminent firmining and sagacious ruler llis 171c Huhners Maharaja Shri Gan, 2 Singlesa Bahndur of Bilancer bi mcins of 1 cinal brought from the dir nit Suting in the Punjab to irrir ite 1 000 aq rila of the Gnir na 7 District The canal is one of the longest lined canal in thru ·2 6 The Udaipur Division consi ts of an uneven tract of land Intercepted by ringes of the Aravalı Hill The Chambal Mahu Banas Kharı Berach and Lothari rivers pas through this Division During the rains the Mahi 1 olates the Banswara District from th rest of the Division 7 hotah Division is also interspersed by Aravalı and Chambal but being on the fringe of the fertile Malwa region the land is very fertile and responsive to human cffort 8 Climat In an extensive state like Rajasthan varying climate is found in different places In Jaipur Jodhpur and Bu aner Dive on the climate is mostly hot and dry but healthy and extremes of both cold and hot weather are experienced In February 1930 a severe cold wave accompanied by heavy hail storm swept acro s the country the lowest temperature recorded being below the frec?ing point The maximum temperature recorded was 115 Fh in May 1949 in Bikaner 9 Formation of Rajasthan --The formation of Rajasthan took piace in 4 stages The first Union Matsya was formed in Rajasthan on the 17th March 1910 con Isting of the State of Alwar Bharatpur Dholpur and harauli 10 Another Union in Rijasthan was formed and inaugurated at Kotah on the 29th March 1948 by the Hon ble Shri N V Gadgil on bchalf of the States Minister the Hon ble Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel with H H he Maharao of hotah as the Rajpramukh Inis Union consisted of nine States and two Chiefships namely Kotah Tonk Bundi Jhalawar Pratapgarh Dungarpur Banswara hishengarh and Shahpura and Lawa and hushalgarh It Sub cquently the Udaipur State merged in the Unon with HH the Maharana of Udaipur as Rajpramukh and the Ruler of koth as Up Rajpramukh This Union was inaugurated by Hon ble Shri Jawahar Lal Nehru Prime Minister of India on the 18th April 1948 Later on the Rajasthan Union was reconstituted with the merger of the Former Rajasthan with the other prenier States of Rajputana- Jaipur Jodhpur and Bikaner as al o Jaisalmer This Union wa inaugura ed by the Hon ble Sardar y llabhbhai Patel on the 30th March 1919 It however came into existence on the 7th April 1949 when the new Government was formed with H H the Maharana of Udaipur as Maharajpramukh HH the Maharaja of Jaipur Raj pramukh and H H the Maharao of hotah as Up Rajpramukh Sub quently on the 15th May 1949 the Matsya Union also merged into Geater Pajasthan Lastly the State of Siroht which had been attached to Bombay was partitioned between Bombav and Ryjasthan on the 26th January 19,0 and a major part of Sirohi merged in Rajasthan while Abu remained in Bombay (hus Raja han Union compuses of 19 States and Chiefships 19 The formation of Rajasthan terminated the rule of the princes and the separate entity of the States which had existed for ·3 several centuries, and which were recognised as independent in their internal affairs but forming part of India in the international sphere The merger was achieved by means of a Covenant which was executed by the Rulers and guaranteed by the Government of India whereby the Rulers ceded all their rights, authority and jurisdiction to the new State 13 The Rajasthan State tnus formed was a heterogeneous conglomcration of independent political entities with varying levels of political, economic and cultural development and with different administiative systems pretalling in diferent places There were States like Jaipur Jodhpur Bikaner, Udaipur Kotah, where the administration was on modern lines laid down by the Government of India with graded onicers and machinery for hearing grievances of the people, with separate and independent judiciary and necessary assemblies while in other states the conditions were more or less of a fcudal nature 14 The infant State was faced with the triple important and uigent Tast, first of setting up an administrative inichinery in conformity with provincial administration in other States, secondly of maintrining law and order in the vast geographical area of the State and thudly of cnsuring that the machinery for supplying foodgrains in various parts of Rijasthan worked smoothly and without any hatch during the period of integration The following pages will recal that the new Government scl about with these tasks in 7 spirit of scriice and dedication AN ·CHAPTER II GENERAL AND POLITICAL ral Formation of Government 1 Ministry --The first Ministry was formed on the 7th April 1919 with the aduce of the States Mini try of the Government of India The Council of Minister consisted of the following Members 1 Shri Hira Lal Shastri Appointments Finance Gene Chief Minister Administration Political Separate Revenue Shri Prem Narain Home Education Publicity Mathur harkhanajat Anti corruption 3 Shri Siddhraj Dhadda Industnes and Commerce 4 Shri Bhure Lal Bava Transport Communication and Public Works 5 Shri Raghubar Dayal Food Agriculture and Foresta Goyal & Shri Phool Chandra Local Self Government Baina 7 Shri Ved Pal Tyagi Law and Justice Refugee Rehabilitation Shri Rao Raja Hanut Health Medical and Jails Singh 9 Shri Narsingh Yachha Labour Co operature and Rural waha Reconstruction 10 Shri Shobha Ram Revenue Settlement and Land Records The Ministry however received a set back after its forma t10since difference arose between the Ministry and the Congress Party soon after its formation culminating in the passing of a resolu tion of no-confidence against the Mini try by the Rajasthan Provincial Congress Committee on the lith June 1949 The relation between the two parties therefore remained unhappy during the period under report Efforts at reapproachment were also unsuccessful 3 Advisers in order to enable the Central Government eftectively to discharge the responsability assumed by it till the Consta tution framed by the Constituent Assembly came into operation the State Government on the advice of the Government of India appointed two Adı isers and attached them to the departments of Law and Order ·5 Integration, Revenue and Finance All papers connected with these departments passed through the Advisers The Advisers also had the right to call for papers or information having a bearing on the matter concerning these departments They also attended meetings of the Cabinet with a right to express their views but without the right to votc The Chief Minister was expected to solve the undissolved differences between the Ministers and the Advisers otherwise these were to be referred to Government of India 4 Shri B N Jha, ICS, (of Uttar Pradesh) was appointed Senior Adviser to the Government on 15th June, 1949, for the Department's of Integration Law and Order Shri D R Pradhan, ICS, (of Bombay) was appointed Adviser to Government on 30th March, 1949 He was incharge of Finance and Revenue Departments 5 Shri CS Venkatachar ICS Regional Commissioner for Rajputana, was also appointed as Adviser to the Rajpramukh, particularly in regard to matters or er which the exclusive authority vested in the Rajpramukh 6 According to the Government of India's instructions, appointments of certun posts had to be made in consultation with the Central Government The appointment of the Chairman and Members of the Public Service Commission, Chief Secretary, Finance Secretary and Inspector General of Police were made in this manner 7 Chief Secretary-Shri K Radhahrishnan ICS (of Madhya Pradesh) was appointed Chief Secretary to Government and took over charge on the 19th April 1949 Before his arnal Shrr DR Pradhan acted as Chief Secretary from the 30th March to 19th April, 1949 14 crc Integration 9 The Heads of the following departments Secretariat consisted of the Chief Secretary and 8 Secretarics Litcr on it was cnlarged to consist of the Chiei Secrctar, two Additional Secretaries and 9 other Secretaries 9 To start with, thc Heads of the following departmen.s were appointed soon after the formation of Rajasthan (1) Inspector General of Shri R N Banerji IP (Reid) Police (2) Accountant General Shri Rangbihinlal (Reid Ac countant General from UP) (3) Innpector General of Dr RM 75lık al Hospitals (1) Settlement Commis Shri Lal Sinch Saltanat sioner () Director of Cul Sup Shri Bihurin Sinta plic pi ·6 (6) Director of Rehabilita Shri N R Malkanı tion (7) Chief Engineer Shri hi horila! Mathur (B &R) (8) Chief Engineer (Irriga Shri M D Mithal ISE tion) (9) Director of Agriculture Dr B Vishwanathan (Retd) (10) Director of Mines and Shri M L Sethi Geology (11) Transport Commis Shri hishen Puri sioner IAS 10 Though the Capital of the new State was located at Jaipur it was decided that the headquarters of some heads of departments should be dispersed to place nther than Jaipur Thus the High Court and the Accountant Generals Office were sent to Jodhpur Customs and Excise Mines and Geology and Ayurvedic Departments td Udaipur Education Department to Bikaner Forest Department to Kotah Irrigation Department to Alwar and Agriculture Department to Bharatpur 11 Up to the 15th August 1949 the administration in the Units was carried on by tne Administrators appointed by the Rajas than Government although the Central Secretariat and certain departments had been o ganised The following Administrators were appointed - (1) Former Rajasthan Shi VI B Pillai ICS (2) Jodhpur and Jaisalmcı Shri P S Rao ICS (3) Bikaner Shri B C Sharma (Retd listed po t holder from UP) (4) Jaipur Rao Chandra Pal Singh (5) Matsya Shri N G Chandorkar (Retd listed post holder from CP) 12 The Administrators were assisted in their duties by the Unit Secretariats and heads of departinents The Administrators were given wide powers in th interests of the continuity of administratior. and placed incharge of all the departments of administration in the Units The Administrators ceased to exit on the 15th August 1949 when they were replaced by the Commissioners on that date the unit Secretariats also ceased to exist 13 In September 1949 the employee and the records from different unit secretariats were shifted to Jaipur

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·8 (2) Formation of proposals for re organisation and re orienta tion giving (a) the strength of the existing staff with their scales of pay under different categories (b) the strength of the staff proposed after integration (c) territorial distribution of work and (d) adjustment of exı ting staff including retrenchment and ear marking of surpluses and reporting of deficiencies (3) Propo als for scales of pay and extra cost 18 Accordingly Departmental Committees were originally appointed in respect of 53 departments Besides the Departmental Committees four Special Committee were also appointed by Gov ernment as follows -- (1) Committee for Unification of Laws Cıvıl Criminal Stamps Court Fecs etc This Commit ee worked under the Chairmanship of Shri S K Ghosh Chief Justice of the Jaipur High Court It sub mitted its report in September 1949 together with a draft Ordinance for adopting 102 Central Acts (?) Committee to enquire and report on Land Tenures and allied matters This Committee worked under the Chairmanship of Shrt PN Kaul It submitted a note giving the pre ent position in regard to land tenure in different parts of Rajasthan (3) Committee for unification of Revenue laws It workec under the Chairmanship of Shri A A Kherie It submitted ats te port in September 1949 and also the draft of Tenancy and Revenue Bills (4) Committee to formulate proposals regarding formation of different sections of the General Secretariat This was under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary Some preliminary data were callected and action thereon was subsequently taken by organi ing the different departments and sections 19 As the formation of cadres framing of Service Rules and fixing of the personnel inherited from the Covenanting States into different cadres required time and care it was decided in the prelimi nary stage of effecting physical integration to take such questions at a later stage and to make appointments on an ad hoc basis to the variou departments as and when the administrative set up for each Department was worked out and sanctioned 20 As cach Departmental Committee submitted its reports was first scrutinised in the Integration Departmen and in consultation with the Head of Department and other officers the pattern of the administrative set up was worked out by the Integration Department and after approval by the Integration Committee the Government Order sancioning the organisation and set up was is ued The integra cd set up of each Department laid down the pattern of the organisation for Rajasthan and the number of posts in different cate ·9 issue gories, such as Gazetted or State service, Subordinate Services, Ministerial Services and Class IV Services The Ministerial Services were, at a later stage, divided into 3 categories in accordance with the classification adopted in the Unified Pay Scales Rules ie (a) Superintendents, (b) Upper Division Clerks and (c) Lower Division Clerks The strength under each category for the Head Office and the Subordinate Offices of each Department was also fixed 21 After the of the Integration orders the Heads of Departments were asked to make interiin postings against the sanctioned posts from amongst the personnel available in the Departments of the units of Rajasthan In order that there may not be delay in giving effect to the new administrative set up, the Heads of Departments were asked to make all the appointments including those which might otherwise have been made by the Government But such postings were specified and the Heads of Departments were asked to submit their proposals to Government both in the Administration and Integration Departments The Heads of Departments were also requested to work out as a result of the new set up (1) Statements clowing surplus and deficiencies in staff, (2) Financial effect and (3) Schedule of duties to be fulfilled by the officers and other staff 22 Later on, in order to eliminate unnecessary delay and to speed up the process, it was decided that wherever possible the interim posting orders for higher appointments should be issued simultaneously with the integration order from the Integration Department 23 In respect of certain Departments mainly of a temporary character, such as Relief and Rehabilitation, Administration of Evacuee Property Census Elections, etc no Integration orders issued The Administrative Department issued the necessary orders but information in regard to their organisation was obtained by the Integration Department were in 24 Public Service Commission - On the 30th April, 1949, a Public Service Commission was constituted for the whole of Rajasthan replacing similar institutions the Covenanting States It consisted of a Chairman and two Members Shri Sarat Kumar Ghosh, Chief Justice of the Jaipur High Court was appointed as Chairman Pandit Devi Shankar Tiwari ex-Education Minister, Jaipur, was appointed as Member of the Commission Shri N R Chandorkar was appointed as the second Member on the 14th October, 1949 25 High Court -A Unified High Court in Rajasthan was inaugurated on the 29th August, 1949, by His Highness the Rajpramukh at Jodhpur Benches of the High Court were established at Jaipur, Udaipur, Bikaner and Kotah to dispose of the work pending in the High Courts of those units The work of the Udaipur and Kotah ·10 & Benches having been finished they were abolished At present there is a Bench of the High Court at Jaipur 26 Integration of Laws --Consequent on the formation of the new State it was necessary that all the Laws Civil Criminal, Stamps etc existing in the different States should be unified Committee was therefore appointed on 10th May 1949 consisting of the following members - 1 Hon ble Justice Shri Sh Ghosh Chief Justice High Court Jaipur Chairman 2 Hon ble Justice K L Bapna Puisne Judge High Court Jaipur Member 3 Hon ble Ju tice Ghisolal Dhanopia Judge High Court Udaipur Member 4 Hon ble Justice Shri Ranjitmal Judge High Court Jaipur Member 5 Hon ble Justice Shri Trilochandutt Acting Chief Justice Bikaner Member 6 Shri P D Loiwal Judicial Secretary Rajas than Secretary 7 Shri haluram Agrawal Secretary Legisla tive Department Jaipur Jt Secretary 22 As a result of the Committees recommendations the laws which existed in the vanous Covenanting States were unified by means of Ordinances A Central Laws Ordinance was also issued by which 86 Acts of the Central Legislatures were adopted to Rajas than With the extension of the Part A States Laws to Rajasthan along with other Part B States the unification of the legal system was complete Necessary steps were taken to give effect to Central enactments in Rajasthan 1 28 Financial Integration-With a view to uniforming the finan cial systems prevailing in the Covenanting Stater, the Rajasthan Government appointed a Committee on 10th May '1949 consisting of the following persons Shri D R Pradhan ICS Adyiser to the Rajasthan Government Chairman 2 Shri Rang Biharilal Accountant General Rajasthan Jaipur Member 3 Shri G S Purohit Integration Secretary Member 4 Shri Billam Chand Bhandari Finance Secretary Rajasthan Member 5 Accountant General Jaipur Secretary ·29 District treasures and sub-treasures on the pattern of other States were established 30 A Schedule of Powers providing for the delegation of powers to the Heads of Departments and subordinate officers was issued 31 All internal customs barrier between various parts of Rajasthan were abolished and a uniform system of tanff was evolved in substitution of the different tariffs in force in the Covenanting Units 32 In June, 1949, as the first step towards the disposal of staff inherited from the Covenanting Units who may be surplus to requirements in Rajasthan, it was decided that Government servants who had obtained 55 years of age or completed 30 years of qualifying service on May 1, 1949, be retired with the exception of (a) Judges of the High Courts of the Covenantıng States, and (b) officers employed on contract whose cases were to be dealt with on their merit and in accordance with the terms of their appointment The principles and terms on which such Government servants were to be retined were also laid down 33 Integration of Services –With a view to examine the varying scales of pay in different units and to evolve uniform scales as also to standardise the scales of pay of similar kinds di establishments in different departments, the Government appointed a committee on the 10th May, 1949, consisting of the following members S + 1 Chief Secretary Chairman 2 Accountant-General, Rajasthan Member 3 Secretary, Integration Department Member 4 Chief Auditor, Jodhpur Railway Member 5 Accountant-General Jaipur Secretary 6 Deputy Secretary, Services Branch, Udaipur Jt Secretary 34 A map of Rajasthan showing tne boundaries of Divisions, Districts, Sub-Divisions and Tehsils and incorporating the territories transferred to Rajasthan in connection with the exchange of enclaves was prepared and published through the Survey of India Political Department 35 The Political Department functioned under the direction and control of the Chief Secretary with Mr V R Adige as Additional Secretary ·12 36. During the period under report between August and October 1919 the private property settlements of the Rulers were finalised and intimated to this Government The Department was mainly concerned with the implementation of these decisions 7 The administration of the Indo Pakistan Permit System caused some anxiety after February 1950 in view of the migration of Muslims to Pakistan in large numbers It was however a matter of some satisfaction that such migration was not attended with any untoward happening and the authorities as well as the local population behared with exemplary consideration towards thi migrants 38 During the months preceding and following the formatio! of Rajasthan a considerable number of Passport cases had accumulatec All arrear cases were practically completely disposed of before th end of the year ·- CHAPTER III -ADMINISTRATION OF LAND Board of Revenue 1 Boards of Revenue had existed the States of Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Matsya and Former Rajasthan 2 On 12th August 1949, His Highness the Rajpramukh promulgated an Ordinance, No XXII of 1949, to provide for the establishment of the Board of Revenue for Rajasthan The Board was constituted on 1st November, 1949, with Shri Brijchandra Sharma as Chairman and Shri Lalsingh Saktawat and Shn Altaf Ahmed Kherie as members 3 The general superintendence and control over the revenue courts and officers was vested in the Board 4. 948 cases were instituted in the Board and 366 disposed of by the end of March, 1950 The cases were heard at Jaipur and Yther Divisional headquarters, 5 The Chairman of the Board has also been entrusted with general supervision over the Land Records Department Administration of Land General --Rajasthan was divided into 5 divisions-Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Udaipur and Kotah--and 25 districts The following are the districts in each division Jaipur Division 7 Distncto Alwar Bharatpur Jaipur Sawai Madhopur Sikar Jhunjhunu and Tonk Jodhpur Division Barmer Jaisalmer Jstore Jodhpur Nagaur Pali god Sirohi Bikaner D111810n Bikaner Churu and Ganganagar Udaipur Division Banswara Bhilwara Chittorgarh Dongar pur and Udaipur Kotah Division Bondi Jhalatrar and Kotah 7 Each Division was placed in charge of a Commissioner and a district in charge of a Collector The following were the Commis sioners in charge of various divisions in 1949 50 Shri PN Kaul Commisioner, Jaipur Sh Dewat Singh Commissio er Jodhpur Shri Bhagwat Singh Jehta Commigsiorer Bikaner Shri Kishen Puri Commissioner Udaipur Shri Kesri Singh Ranawat Commisioner, Kotah 8 Rainfall — The average rainfall differed from district to district It was about 20" in Jaipur Division, while in Jodhpur Division it was scanty and unevenly distributed, averaging from 7" to 24" The year under report was a famine year, rains having failed in most parts of the State In Udaipur Division there was failure of rains practically during the last three years except Banswara and Chittorgarh Districts As a result the tanks dried up and water level in the wells also went down During the year under report, rains set in at the usual time but failed after the sowing was finished in a large part of the division During the months of January and February, 1950, also the rains were irregular and insufficient and the cold wave also considerably damaged the crops In Kotah Division although 7 8 3 2 3 5 13 ·the rainfall was below the average but timely showers helped the cultivation to a great extent In Bikaner Division the average rain fall was 10 81 during the year 9 Population --The density of population differs from district to district The population according to 1941 Census was as follows D Ihip J BK Udaip hth PPI I on 51 01 000 84 439 1 9 938 27 35 734 13 63 671 TO AL 1 33 35 78 10 Area Villages etc --The total area number of villages occupied and unoccupied area of each integrating unit are tabulated below Mme mo Kh led se mi ( 0 pd (n 1 3 4 8 6 6 371 4036 3 363 15 601 54 156 3 317 19 36 149 17 74 080 3 06 650 11 10 080 14 70 720 116 878 30 46 9 3 44 800 63 4 8 Jodhpu B kan Fm R, thn 9 654 14 409 4 66 Mty 47 09 771 37 3138 768 61 36 329 8 5 40 1 09 35 100 45 48 378 T TA 33 410 1 30 386 1 54 38 688 1 16 58 247 2 70 06 935 11 Transfer of Enclaves The existence of numerous small en claves of States in Provincial territories and vice versa and of one State in the other led to serious administrative difficulties specially in regard to the maintenance of law and order and the administra tion of vanous control measures in force in the Provinces and States concerned In the interest of administrative efficiency at was con sidered essential that these small enclaves should be immediately merged in the Provinces/States in which they were situated and it was decided to effect the necessary territorial readjustments under the provisions of sections 290 290A and 290B of the Government of India Act 1935 In accordance with this decision 113 villages were included in and 58 villages excluded from Rajasthan. 12 Resumption --Dunng the year under review Non Khalsa villages with an area of about 12 685 acres and an income of Rs 45 330/12/6 were resumed by Government in Jaipur Division 13 Crops -Out of the total Khalsa area under cultivation in Jaipur Division only 5 17,249 acres were irrigated The Rabi crop was much below the average on account of heavy damage to it by frost and hail storm As a result of the spectal appeal made for ·15 "Grow More Food Campaign" an additional area of 42,781 acres of land was brought under cultivation 14 In Jodhpur Division the crops suffered heavily on account of failure of rains and were further damaged by cold wave and hail storm Thus there was only 4 to 8 annas crop in a rupee and famine conditions prevailed In order to help the famine striken people, the Government undertook several relief measures 15 In Bikaner Division the Kharif crop was generally poor in Bikaner and Churu districts and barani tehsils of Ganganagar district The condition of Rabı crop was good Due to the steps taken to encourage temporary cultivation in connection with "Grow More Food Campaign" a large area was brought under cultivation but the cold wave during the second week of February, 1950, damaged the crops The damage was general The yield was therefore below normal In Bikaner and Churu Districts very little area is cultivated for Rabı crops 16 In Udaipur Division there was failure of rain in 12 Tehsiis of the Udaipur District covering an area of 4,437 miles and 9 Tehsils of Bhilwara District covering an area of 2,900 Sq miles Government sanctioned relief works amounting to Rs 15,50 683/- 17 In Kotah Divisidn the total cultivated area was 2,64,865 acres, out of which 1,24,348 acres were irrigated and the rest unirrigated 18 Demand & Collection --Total land revenue demand and collections during the year under report were as follows - Namc of Division Demand Collectrons Percentage of en 1949 50 Jaipur 1 07 01 102/1 82 2 Jodhpur Bikaner 73 6.993/ 54 25 2011 740 Udaipur 00 84 514) 68 11 6601 70 5 Kotah 60 96 813/5/3 59 99 356/3/ 19 Taccavi Loans --In Jaipur Division taccavi loans of Rs 1 20 910/- were advanced to cultivators for minor irrigation works and purchase of cattle etc while in Jodhpur Division a sum of Rs 2 lacs was sanctioned for advancing taccavi loans, but as it was arranged at the close of the year so no loans could be given En Kotah Division Rs 2,37,393/- were distributed as taccavi loans to cultivators 20 Disposal of Cases -In Jaipur Division the number of revenue cases instituted and disposed of were 3355 and 3014 respectively while in Bikaner Division out of 6 225 revenue cases 4,417 were disposed of, in Udaipur Division out of 89,822 revenue cases 45,616 were disposed of and out of 209 appeals 92 were disposed of during the year under review Locust Breeding and Control 21 Locust breeding Bikaner Division occurred during the year at three different intervals due to realisation 08 5 in +1 ·16 Control invasion by three different sets or waves of locust swarms operations were organised immediately in the infested areas Minor irrigation Worhs 22 The following work was done in each division during the Vear- Nm of D IT IL coltucta TY II R pa red TX P d CONSł udd 78 07 J pu I di pu Bik V pu 1099 6 4 D21 111 were Land Acquisttron 23 The Sub Divisional Officer Incharge Jaipur Sub Division also worked as the Land Acquisition Officer 24 Twenty one cases of land acquisition were submitted to the Government for sanction in which compensation to be paid amoun ed to Rs 199 335/ after necessary legal action Plots were recommended for allotment to those who had to be shifted from their original houses or buildings in connection with acquisition proceedings Besides this a sum of Rs 93 280/10/ was spent and paid to the owners of houses wells lands etc os compensation sanctioned by the Government Land Records 25 Formerly there different systems of heep ing the land records in various units In Former Rajasthan the land record work was carried out by the Patwaries Tafedars Amins hanugos and Inspectors while in Jaipur Bikaner and Matsya the work was done by the Patwaries Gidawars Sadar Kanugos office hanugos and Assistant Sadar Kanugos In Jodhpur and Jaisalmer the preparation of land records was entrusted to Hawaldars under the direct supervision of the Revenue In prectors 26 Soon after the formation of Rajasthan Shri Lal Singh Sal tawat was appointed as Settlement Commissioner Director of Land Records Inspector General of Registration and Superintendent of Stamps Rajasthan in April 1949 A Committee of Settlement and Land Record Officers of the Covenanting Units was constituted under his Chairmanship for the integration and re organisation of the D partment 27 On the 3rd September 1949 Shri Hari Ram Mishra took over charge of the Department from Shri Lal Singh Saktawat on the Iafters appointment as Member of the Board of Revenue 28 In March 1950 the Land Records Registration and Stamps Departments were separated from the Settlement Department and Shri Chhail Biharlal Shrivastava was appointed as Director of Land Records and Inspector General of Registration and Stamps Depart ·17 ment To assist him in the Land Records work, three Assistant Directors of Land Records were appointed 29 Officers of the status of sub divisional officer and designated as District Land Records Officer were appointed in every district and attached to the Collector for Land Records work The posts of Sadar Kanugos, Assistant Sadar Kanugos, Office Kanugos and Inspectors were cieated all over Rajasthan A separate staff was appointed at the same time for inter-statal boundary work 30 A special officer was appointed for drafting the Manual of Land Records for Rajasthan which was then sent to the Commissioners and Collectors for their suggestions regarding the duties of Patwaries Forms were also prepared to be escribed for use in Rajasthan keeping in view the different kinds of forms in use in the Integrating States 31 There was increased demand for Patwaries for Non Khalsa areas to meet which 9 Patwarı Schools were opened in the Jaipur Unit for their training During the year under report 160 candidates came out successful One more school was started in District Bhilwara, where 60 candidates received training Survey and Settlement 32 On the formation of Rajasthan survey and settlement operations were being conducted in all the integrating States except Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli, Bundi Tonk and Jaisalmer 33 Shri Lal Singh Saktawat was appointed Settlement Commissioner for Rajasthan in April 1949 Subsequently on Shri Lal Singh s appointment Member of the Board of Revenue, Shri H R Mishra was appoinced in his place and he took over on 3rd September, 1949 34 Before the formation of Rajasthan different systems of working prevailed in various units The department was therefore reorganised A district was taken as a unit with a Settlement Offcer and 5 to 6 Assistant Settlement Officers cum-Assistant Record Officers under him, according to the volume of worh 35 The Survey and Settlement Staff had to face active opposition of Bhomias in Jaipur Unrt and the indifference of Jagirdars in general in other units Survey work in the Bikaner District particularly on the Pakistan border was done in face of great risk and difficulties as labour was not available in sufficient quantity for doing the work 36 The following survey and settlement work in different stiges was completed during the year under report - Former Jodhpur Jaipur Bilaner Total I ork Rajasthan Sq miles Sq miles Eq miles So milca So miles as Tras erso Survoy Attestation Soil Classification Assessment Announcement Fairing of Rocords 144 1095 981 19 273 1090 1561 2023 2819 26.0 369 2842 2499 2071 518 156 1293 1493 2878 1304 513 7443 0207 7780 701 3887 2784 2638 ·18 37 Abadı Survey and Record Operations-In the Jaipur City traverse of 2 sq miles was done In house to house survey 7227 numbers were completed As regards attestation and records of nights in Jaipur City 13 792 cases were disposed of during the year while attestation and record of rights in other towns were also completed 38 In Jaipur and Dholpur Districts Abadı survey and record operations were closed as they did not give any return in exchange of the huge sums spent on the operations ·CHAPTER IV-PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION Agriculture 1 Dr B Vishwanathan who was the Director of Agriculture in Former Rajasthan was appointed *o be the Director of Agriculture for Rajasthan till Dr T S Sabnis (retired from UP service) took over charge from him on the 29th November, 1949 2 The integration of the Department was completed in January, 1950 and the new department was inaugurated with Headquarters at Bharatpur on the 5th January, 1950 In this department the Animal Husbandary and Veterinary sections were also amalgamated. 3 In the new set-up 4 posts of Deputy Directors, viz Deputy Director (Crop Husbandry) Deputy Director (Livestock and Veterinary), Deputy Director (Research) and Depuły Director (Cotton) were sanctioned Aº the Headquarters the Director was to be assisted by 3 Assistant Directors, viz, Technical Administration and Veterinary The District Staff consisted of 25 District Agricultural Officers and a member of Farm Superintendents Fieldman etc. The research staff consisting of Economic Botanist Agricultural Engineer, Hydrologist and Plant Assistants was also sanctioned Most of the posts of Research Assistants were kept vacant, and only some temporary staff was appointed 4 After integration, this department concentrated its activities during the year to distribution of improved seed weighing about 20,000 maunds In addition the routine experiments and seed multiplication of new crops were carried out independently in each unit on old lines but the result could not be assessed due to the subsequent transfers of the officers in the department Livestock and Veterinary 5 Introductory Before the formation of Rajasthan the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Departments were functioning in Former Rajasthan Matsva Jodhpur Jaipur and Bihaner States There were separate Heads of Department in these units except Matsya and Jaipur 6 In Rajasthan the section was placed under the Director of Agriculture with one Deputy Director to assist him at the headquarters at Bharatpur Livestock and Veterinary Section divided into three with headquarters at Udaipur (for Udaipur and Kotah Divisions) Jodhpur (for Jodhpur and Bikaner Divisions) and Jaipur (for Jaipur Division) The following officers were also attached to the Livestock and Veterinary Section 1 Regional Veterinary Officer, 2 Divisional Veterinary Di cers 1 Animal Husbandry Officer, 1 Livestock Development Officer, 1 Dairy Development Officer, 1 Gaushala Development Officer and 2 Fisheries Supervisors. was zones 19 ·sant 7 Veterinary Hospitals - The number of Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries in different Covenanting States was as follows Most of the dispensaries were run by trained compounders -- nary H pel In ry DP (1) J ru i J di pur (3) Bk (4) Fm Rjasth n 5 9 11 3 0 0 4 51 81 13 One 8 Gaushalas and Dairy Farm --There are two Gaushalas-a! Kotah and Jaipur and two Dairy Farms-at Jodhpur and Alwarm which supplied milk to Government Departments and the public 9 Poultry Farms - There are two Poultry Farms-at Udaipur and Jaipur To encourage public to start poultry farming the birds of pure breed were given in exchange for Deshi Hens or cocks Eggs were also sold at concession rates for hatching purposes 10 Pathological Laboratory - There are two laboratories-at Udaipur and Jodhpur-where routine examination of Pathological specimen is carried out and GTV for field use is prepared Station Wagon was fitted for treating animals in villages and inocula tions against rinderpest The laboratory at Udaipur was shifted to Jaipur 11 Breeding Farms There are four Cattle Breeding Farm of different breeds at Alwar Bassi (Jaipur) hotah and Nagaur The Mewat breed is developed at Alwar Hariana at Bassi and Nagaur at Nagaur Only the best animals are retained at the Farms while the rest are auctioned These farms are supervised by technically qualified persons and are kept under the direct control of the Anima Husbandry Officer whose headquarters are at Alwar 12 Fishery -A survey of fisheries of Rajasthan was under taken for its des elopment in Rajasthan 13 Training - Thirteen students were under training during the year in Veterinary Science in different Veterinary Colleges and two of them were in Final Year 14 Livestock Development -Survey of sheep and goats ir Rajasthan was undertaken by the Livestock Development Officer and Pathologist regarding their breed and their diseases 15 Diseases — The following number of cases were treated in various veterinary hospitals and dispensaries in Rajasthan during the year under report - (1) I d () Otd 47 819 {") Tt II) lytt 1 13 185 (1) Cast ta () by pat 86% (6) by Burd 1 708 n ·21 (6) Major oporations 69 (6) Minor operations 7512 (7) Animals treated 51 217 (8) Contagious cases 14 790 (9) Inoculations 10 618 Kio) Modicines simplied 18 770 (11) Medico Legal Cases examined 157 (12) Post mortem performed 51 Forests 16 General - The Forest Departments of the various Covenant ing States were integrated and placed under the control of Shri Suganchand Kotharı (Jodhpur Unit) as the Chief Conservator of Forest, with headquarters at Kotah 17 For this Department Rajasthan has been divided into two circles-Eastern (with headquarters at Kotah) and Western (with headquarters at Udaipur) The Eastern Circle consists of 8 divisions and 2 sub divisions while the Western Circle consists of 4 divisions and 1 sub division Each division is in the charge of a Divisional Forest Officer, while the sub-divisions are under the Sub Divisional Forest Ofngers 18 The main forests lie on the Aravalı ranges and adjoining hillochs, the type varying from dry deciduous mixed forests of teak in Banswara, Kherwara, Baran and Jhalawar to thorny scrub jungles of Jodhpur and Bikaner 19 Area and Classification -The total area of forests in Rajas than is about 12 564 sq miles In most of the Covenantıng States, survey, demarcation and settlement of forests had not been undertaken It has now been taken in hand The exact area and classes of forests will be known after forest settlement operations have been completed 20 In Jaipur Unit, Forest Settlement Operations in 20 Tehsus were carried out and provisional maps and tracings of 368 villages were prepared The area demarcated by the Forest Settlement Officer in Former Rajasthan for this period is about 68 332 acres 21 Jagır Forests --There are vast forest areas under Jagırdars It was found that these forests had been over exploited in an unscientific way and hence deserve rest and protection for some time to come 22 Laws in force and Offences --The Acts, Ordinances and Rules of various Covenanting States remained in force in different integrating units during the year A Committee was constituted to submit recommendations with regard to forest concessions The number of forest offences pending on the 1st October, 1949, was 7710 and of new offences was 5,371, making a total of 0,141 In majority of cases offences were compounded departmentally and only a few challaned in courts 13 Grazing-Grazing of cattle in forest areas is allowed on paymėnt of scheduled rates prevailing in different Units This being a famine year, cattle from outside Rajasthan were not allowed to graze in our forests ·22 24 Fires - There were 118 cases of forest fires affecting 6 10 161 acres of forest area Products and Developments -The main forest products of Rajasthan are Catechu teak wood in fairly moderate suzes petty timber of all kinds firewood charcoal grass khas bamboos tempu leaves fibres and flosses dru s hides and skins honey and was, gums and medicinal herbs flowers and fruits and tanning bark. 6 Forest Industries --The following cottage industries thrile upon the forest produce - (1) Tanning industry in which Anwal bark (Cassia aurculata) is mostly used (2) Catechue manufacture from Kher wood (3) Bobbins and toys from petty timber (4) Match industry in hotah and Udaipur Divisions in which Salar (Boswallia Serrata) wood is used (5) Biri manufacture from Tendu leaves (6) Khas oil extraction and Khas tattus preparation using Khas grass of Bharatpur District and (7) Palm Gur preparation by tapping juice of date palm tree 7 Except Catechu preparation other industries are carried on a very small scale and are confined to particular localities only 8 Exploitation --Annual coupes are laid out for supply of fire wood and charcdal The coupes are worked on coppice with standard system the standards being left to seed bearers The coupes are closed to grazing so that the coppice shoots and the regeneration might not be trampled ddwn or browsed for about 4 5 years TrainingDue to paucity of trained personnel a Forest School was established at hotah to train students for Subordinate Forest Service 25 students passed the final examination during the year Three candidates were receiving training at Dehradun for Supenor Forest Service at an expense of about Rs 32 000/ 30 Preservation of Wild Animals -The Shikarkhana Depart ment has been styled as the Wild Life Preservation Department One Game Warden at Kotah and two Assistant Game Wardens at Udaipur and Jaipur have been appointed 31 200-Zoos are maintained at 5 places in Rajasthan viz at Jaipur Jodhpur Bikaner Udaipur and Kotah 32 Receipts and Expenditure --The total revenue of the Forest Department during the year amounted to Rs 23 08 863 9 5 and the expenditure amounted to Rs 10 88 370 1 3 Civil Supplres 33 General-Shri Bahuran Sinha (Jaipur Unit) was appointed Commissioner of Civil Supplies with headquarters at Jaipur was assisted by three Deputy Commissioners and seven Assistant Commissioners There is a Deputy Commissioner in every division and each district has a District Supply Officer For procurement He ·23 work every tehsil headquarter is provided with a Naib Tehsildar together with he necessary staff The department levies administration charges on the import of cloth yarn and sugar The e penses on food ratıc ning procureinent storage, transport and accounts establishment are Jebited to the Procurement Scheme The remaining expenditure is met out of general revenue budget 34 Food-Owing to the failure or rains famine conditions prevailed in the entire Jodhpur Division and the major part of Udaipur Division consisting of the Districts of Dungarpur, Bhilwara Bhomat, etc The feeding of over two million people living in these extensive areas during the year was a major achievement of the department A lequa e arrangements were made for the transport of food grains irom surplus to famine areas 35 The total requirement of food during the year was 500 000 tons partiy it was procured from internal sources and partly from the allocations made by the Central Government One half of the entire population vas uncer some form of rationing during the year The scale of ration was 12 oz per day per head In spite of scarcity conditions it was found possible to declare 17 530 tons of gram as surplus under the Basic Plan and offered for movement to deficit areas outside Rajasthan The export of Moong ard Arhar outside Rajasthan was permitted during the year under certain restrictions from Matsya area 36 Procurement —Before formation of Rajasthan some States had their own system of procurement of food-grains while others had none The States of Bihaner and Matsya had no procurement, while the remaining had different systems of procurement After merger procurement was started in Matsva and Bikaner. 12 96 650 maunds wheat 7,04 900 maunds barley 2 46 200 maunds gram 87,700 maunds gojra 57500 maunds Bejhar 27 490 maunds Gochanı and 23 190 maunds other mixed grains total 24,42,630 maunds of Rabi food-grains were procured in Rajasthan 37 One uniform system of compulsory and direct levy was introduced in the State from Kharif of 1949 50 On account of failure of crops and prevailing famine conditions in some parts and poor produce in other parts on account of failure of winter rains the target was fixed at 12 00 000 maunds Out of this, maize 88 375 maunds Bajra 1 45 113 maunds Jowar 2,18,192 maunds total 4 51 680 maunds were procured 38 Cement and Iron and Steel --The quotas of inon and steel and cement (non agricultural) and sugar were distributed among various divisions on the basis of population 39 The non-agricultural quarterly quotas of iron and steel cement and pipe were distributed as follows in various divisions Dulision Iron & Steel Cement Jaipur 232 tons 2 340 tons 38 127 ft. Jodhpur I 200 tons 16 6,3 ft Bilancr 600 tons. lu 770 ft Udaipur ) 260 tons 10 OSO ft Kotah 600 tons 01? ft P pe 119 tons. 59 5 tons 12. tons 59 u tons TOTAL 595 ton. 6 000 tons 87 G48 1) ·2 22 24 Fires --There were 118 cases of forest fires affecting 6 10 761 acres of forest area Products and Developments—The main forest products of Rajasthan are Catechu teak wood in fairly moderate sizes petty timber of all kinds firewood charcoal grass khas bamboos temru leases fibres and flosses drugs hides and skins honey and wax, gums and medicinal herbs flowers and fruits and tanning bark Forest Industries --The following cottage industries thrive upon the forest produce (1) Tanning industry in which Anwal bark (Cassia auriculata is mostly used (2) Catechue manufacture from Kher wood (3) Bobbins and toys from petty timber (4) Match industry in Kotah and Udaipur Divisions in whic Salar (Boswallia Serrata) wood is used (5) Biri manufacture from Tendu leaves (6) Khas oul extraction and Khas tattıs preparation using kha grass of Bharatpur District and (7) Palm Gur preparation by tapping juice of date palm tree Except Catechu preparation other industries are carried o a very small scale and are confined to particular localities only 8. Exploitation -Annual coupes are laid out for supply of firë wood and charcdal The coupes are worked on coppice-with standar system the standards being left to seed bearers The coupes ar closed to grazing so that the coppice shoots and the regeneratio: might not be trampled down or browsed for about 4 5 years Training - Due to paucity of trained personnel a Fores School was established at hotah to train students for Subordinat Forest Service 25 students passed the final examination during th year Three candidates were receiving training at Dehradun fo Superior Forest Service at an expense of about Rs 32 000/ 30 Preservation of Wild Animals - The Shikarkhana Depart ment has been styled as the Wild Life Preservation Department One Game Warden at Kotah and two Assistant Game Wardens a Udaipur and Jaipur have been appointed 31 ZooZoos are maintained at 5 places in Rajasthan viza Jaipur Jodhpur Bikaner Udaipur and Kotah 3 Receipts and Expenditure -The total revenue of the Fores Department dunng the year amounted to Rs 23 08 863 9 5 and th expenditure amounted to Rs 10 88 370 1 3 Civil Supplies 33 General-Shri Bahuran Sinha (Jaipur Unit) was appointed Commissioner of Civil Supplies with headquarters at Jaipur He was assisted by three Deputy Commissioners and seven Assistant Commissioners There is a Deputy Commissioner in every division and each district has a District Supply Officer For procurement ·25 The following quotas were received from the Textile Commissioner Bombay Month Oloth quota (in bales) July 1949 9 535 bales August 1949 6 785 September 1949 8 979 October 1949 7 370 Novembec 1949 4 847 December 1949 5 018 January 1950 6 123 March 1950 4 586 TOTAL 62,242 bales 46 There were different systems in vogue in the units for import and distribution of cloth Steps were taken to bring all units on a uniform footing, A system has been evolved under which for every district there would be a separate whole-sale importer who will import and make whole-sale distribution of goods to the authorised retailers as per instructions of the Deputy Commissioners of Civil Supplies concerned 47 There was no uniformity in the rates of the commission etc, for the sale of cloth or yarn in Rajasthan The following rates were therefore, enforced - (a) On cloth manufactured before 1st November, 1949– (1) Importers 44% (inclusive of all expenses in importing the goods down to the stage where they actually distribute goods to the next link) (11) Wholesalers 3% (inclusive of all expenses incurred after taking delivery of the goods from the importers till they distribute goods to retailers) (111) Retailers 8% These rates, however, will not affect the special rates that may have been or may be laud down from time to time with respect to certain parties for sale of goods at reduced rates (b) On cloth manufactured after 1st November, 1949– (1) for cloth imported by States nominees- Importer cum-wholesalers 5% Retailers 7% Super Administration Charges 2% 14% (11) For cloth imported by private parties- Super Administration Charges Over-all margin of commission 5% 9% 14% ·26 (111) Margit of commission for sale of cloth to consumers by the retail shops of the Mills situated in Rajasthan 10% Super Administration Charges 27 12% Co operative Societves 48 General - The Department was integrated on 24th February 1950 and Shri R P Bhargava (Jaipur Unit) was appointed Registrar of Co-operative Societies He was also appointed ex officio Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Partnership Firms as well as the Registrar of Village Panchayats and Commissioner of Small Savings Scheme 40 The integrated set up consists of two Deputy Registrars at the Head Office (one for administration and the other for expansion) and seven Assistant Registrars each at Jaipur Jodhpur Bikaner Udaipur Kotah Alwar and Bharatpur and one at the Head Office An Assistant Registrar was also appointed for registration of Joint Stock Companies and Partnership Firms An Education Officer and Publicity Oficer was also appointed The Field Staff consisted of 47 Inspectors 130 As istant Inspectors and 42 Auditors 05 Societies –There were 2 677 Co-operative Societies in various units before merger There was no Co-operative movement in Tonk Banswara Shahpura Dungarpur and Jaisalmer During the year 173 Tiew co operative societies were organised bringing the total to 2 850 as shown below Central Credit 7 Central Non Credit 9 Pomary Societies 2 834 The total membership was 3 100 while the working capital amounted to Rs 76 lakhs 51 Financing -The practice of financing co operative societies varied from place to place but the facilities were inadequate to meet the demands In Jaipur the Bank of Jaipur Ltd advanced loans to the Co-operative Societies on the guarantee of the Government In Former Rajasthan there was a Central Co-operative Bank at Kotah with 13 branches In Jodhpur there was no co operative bank but Government directly adı anced loans to co operative ocieties subject to a maximum of Rs 1501 to an individual member In Bikaner there was a Central Co operatite Bank but with limited funds and at catered to the needs of the societies in Ganganagar District The Central Co-operative Bank at Alwar was supported by Government as its condition became precarious after the evacuation of Meos In Bharatpur the Krishna Bank also formed a co-operative society 5" The total number of central cooperative Banks and Unions in Rajasthan was 7 with a membership of 3 148 53 The Bank of Rajasthan and tic Bank of Bikaner carned a profit of Rs 22 500) while the Alwar Bank showed a loss of Rs 4 400/ owing to the evacuation of Meos ·27 54 Central Non-Credit Societies --There were 9 Central Non Credit Societies functioning in Rajasthan during the year The Industrial and Marheting Federation at Jaipur enjoyed credit facılıties to the extent of Rs 15 lakhs at 4% interest against Government guarantee from the Bank of Jaipur Ltd 55 Agricultural Credit Societies -The total number of Agricultural Credit Societies was 1,718 consisting of 184 with limited liability, 1,521 with unlimited liability and 13 Grain Banks with a membership of 31,522 and a worhing capital of Rs 27 6 lakhs The loans advanced during the year to individuals amounted to Rs 16 1 lakhs and the repayments to 14 6 lakhs of rupees The total amount outstanding is Rs 23 lakhs The dividend paid on shares ranged from 41 to 10% while the rate of interest on borrowings varied from 41 to 7% and that of lending from 7% to 9% 56 Agricultural Non Credit Societies -There were 262 societies consisting of Purchase and Sale 96, Productive 30, Social Service 134, and others 2 The total membership was 3,244 There were 26 Co operative Farming Societies including one Land Colonization Society Out of these, 7 were in Jaipur and 18 in Alwar directly managed by the Rehabilitation Department 57 Non-Agricultural Credit Societies --The number of such societies was 213 with a membership of 7,916 Loans advanced during the year amounted to Rs 378 lakhs and loans recovered were Rs 311 lakhs The dividend varied from 4 to 10% 58 Housing Societies —These numbered 500 with membership of 1,331 Loans taken during the year amounted to Rs 95,000/- and loans repaid to Rs 40 000/- and goods worth Rs 60 lakhs were sold, on which a profit of Rs 1,18,0007- was earned The Housing Sdcieties did not make much progress due to want of land and funds 50 Since November 1948 77 Societies of displaced persons were organised with a working capital of about Rs 35 lakhs These included. 8 housing, 22 industrial 15 credit and 2 multipurpose societies 60 Audit and Inspection - The audit arrangements were far from satisfactory owing to the shortage of staff 144 societies were brought under liquidation during the year Training-One Inspector was sent for training to the Cooperative Training College Poona and eight to East Punjab А Training Class was held at Jaipur for employees of the Consumers Stores 62 Publicity --The Co-operator's Day observed in November, 1949, at several places A drama on "Grow Mone Food Campaign and "Co operative Farming" was staged by the staff of Co operative Department at Bharatpur on the occasion of Shri Jaswant Cattle Fair and Exhibition which attracted a very large number of agriculturists A Monthly Hindi Magazine on Cooperation and Rural Reconstruction was published from Kotah GI was ·CHAPTER V TRADE AND INDUSTRIES Industries General-Dr N N Godbole (Matsya Unut) took over charge as Director of Industries & Commerce for Rajasthan on the 10th De cember 1949 The set up sanctioned for this Department consisted of two Deputy Directors nine Superintendents of Industnes (in cluding 3 for Cottage Industries-at Jaipur Jodhpur and Bikaner) one Sheep & Wool Improvement Officer three Marketing Officers one Wool Laboratory Officer one Salt Officer one Engineer and one Chief Inspector of Factories & Boilers 2 Sheep, and Wool-Shri V L Narayan was appointed as Sheep & Wool Improvement Officer for Rajasthan The develop ment of heep and wool is of great importance to Rajasthian as sheep farming is one of the chief means of livelihood in the rural areas employing more than a lakh of families Another v0000 people are engaged in spinning and weaving of wool The total sheep in Rajasthan numbering about 75 lakhs re about one-fifth of Indias total while wool production is estimated to be 184 lakh lbs 1e nearly one-third of India s total About 75% of this wool is expor ed overseas and the rest is utilised in Rajasthan and other parts of India About 14 lakhs of sheep are raised for slaughter and consumption annually 3 The methods of sheep farming wool collection market ing and utilisation are still old and result in economic loss to those engaged in the different aspects of this industry With the promi sion of better facilities and employment of more scientific methods It is possible to improve the quantity and quality of wool produc tion as well as the get up of the wool exported and the quality of the woollen goods turned out 4 There is a Wool Analysis Laboratory for testing and grad ing wool samples and determination of the quality of different type: of wool in the market Shrimatı Sunanda Narayan remained in charge of the laboratory 5 There is a Sheep Breeding and Research Station at Jaipui for conducting research work to raise the standard of sheep 6 During the year under report 10 600 lbs of wool of 10 000 sheep belonging to 205 farmers were collected and marketed depart mentally The price realised was 25% higher than that for mer chant collections Tour Shoep Breeders Associations and one Sheep Farmers Co-operative Society as well as one Wool Spinners and Weavers Co-operative Society were formed during the year under report 8 Cottage Inaustres The Cottage Industries Institutes at Jaipur Jodhpur and Bikaner continued their activities in different handicrafts as for example in cotton weaving dyeing and callco 28 ·29 in printing, blacksmithy, carpentry, hosiery, lacquer work. Three organisations for sale of articles produced by local craftsmen, artisans and weavers were located at Jaipur, Jodhpur and Bikaner 9 Two exhibitions were organised during the year under report at Udaipur and Jaipur for providing marketing facilities to cottage industries products A number of cottage industries have been taken up by the displaced persons and much progress has been achieved by them in brush making tile making, type foundries, buchet manufacture toy-making and dry cleaning 10 Palm Gur-It is supervised by the Palm Gur Organiser During the year under report survey of the selected areas of Rajasthan was done, which showed that there wene about ten lakhs date palm trees Rajasthan About 100 maunds of gur was prepared in four months and -Was sold at 2 seer for a rupee 11 Government sanctioned Rs 70,000/- for the first time for this section Ten training centres at Khora Bısal, Sawai Madhopur, Tala Maid, Pratapgarh, Jamwaramgarh, Titadı Jagpura, Raipura and Baran were started during the year at which 100 trainees were trained in this work 12 Salt --A Salt Officer was appointed to revive the old salt industry at Bharatpur Licences were issued to eler en persons for manufacturing salt and about 800 maunds of salt were manufactured Four persons started construction of salt beds on a new model 13 Rajasthan Government sanctioned a sum of Rs 20,000/- for carrying out experiments Accordingly salt model beds at 3 units were constructed One wind mill was installed at Bharatpur and a suitable reservoir constructed Four Engine pumps were purchased and fitted to pump out the brine from the wells The salt beds were completed in the month of March, 1950 14 The Government of India sent a Geophysical party to sur. vey the salt tracts, and it tested 676 wells in Bharatpur area 15 Khas --Rajasthan Government sanctioned of Rs 15,000/- for khas experiments a plant for extraction of khas by salvent method costing Rs 7,618/- was purchased for starting experimental work Preliminary experiments by using ethyl alchohol and benzol as solvents have been tried at Dholpur and at the Delhi Polytechnic with promising results 16 Government owned Factories-There are six cotton ginning and pressing factories in Rajasthan belonging to Government and one hand loom factory at Tonk The quantity of kapas ginned and pressed in these factories 5,25 000 maunds and 51,000 bales, respectively The net profit was Rs 5 lakhs Similar figures for private factories during the year was about 4,75,000 maunds ginned and 10 000 bales pressed 17 Sodium Sulphate Works ---The sodium sulphate works are at Didwana, which supply sodium sulphate to all parts of India. a sum were ·The A 30 During the year under report 2 825 tons of sodium sulphate was sold for Rs 2,11 875/ 18 Large and Small Scale Industries -The National Ball Bear ing Factory at Jaipur which is the only one of its kind in Asia was about to start work at the end of the year There are three bone mills in Rajasthan--at Jaipur Marwar Pall and Gosunda (Udaipur) One more factory is under construction at Palana (Bikaryer) total crushing capacity of the existing mills 1970 tons per day Biscuit Factory has been put up by Shrik Gunomal at Jaipur It will start working from the next financial year 19 The Lakheri Cement Factory is one of the biggest factories in India employing 3 600 workers A factory for the manufacture of intermediate die stuffs has started functioning at Erinpura Road (Jodhpur) Small glass factories exist at Jaipur Dholpur Bharatpur Jodhpur and Udaipur but did not make much progress Among Engineering Works the Industrial Corporation at Jaipur and Jalpur Metal Industries worked satisfactorily The Mechanised Farms and Industries Ltd Udaipur have also put up a factory for manufacture of brass articles and small tools There are three Match Factories but only one at Kotah worked during the year under review 20 Oil Sugar and Textile Mills --Several oil milis in Rajas than stopped functioning during the year under review due to the high rate of customs duty on the export of oul seeds oil and oil cakes There are two Sugar Factories one at Bhupalsagar and the other at Ganganagar Due to inadequate quantities of sugarcane they could work only for 45 days and 20 days respectively during There is one Spinning and Wearing Mills at Jaipur Among sır Textile Mills in Rajasthan two-at Bhilwara and Kotahrenained closed during the year The remaining four mills--at Pali hishangarh, Bhilwara and Jaspur continued to work 21 Two students were sent to Wardha for training in hand made paper and crushing of oils Two students were also sent to Bhiwani and Fatchpur for cotton textiles and leather tanning respectively 22 Joint Stock Companies -The Indian Companies Act Indian Partnership Act and Indian Societies Registration Act were made applicable to the whole of Rajasthan on the 24th January 1950 During the year under review 699 Joint Stock Companies 459 Partner ship Forms and about 500 Societies were registered under various Acts Mining and Geology 23 General - This Department was established in June 1949 with Shn M L Sethi (Jaipur Unit) as Director and 19 other officers 24 The Mineral Concession Rules 1949 of the Government of India, framed under the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Develop ment) Act 1948 were made applicable to Rajasthan. 20 The policy of the Government in the matter of granting leases for mines and quarries was laid down to oxtend the periods the year ·31 sufficiently to attract increased capital investment in mines and secondly to encourage industrial utilisation of minerals of Rajasthan 26 Mineral and Stone Production There are 28 chief minerals and building stones in Rajasthan which were worked during the year in about 1500 quarries and mines Certificates of Approval to 30 parties and prospecting mining leases to 70 parties were also granted 27 The approximate figures of output and sale value during the period under review are given below Name of Stoneral Sale Valu (Rupees) 8 82 000 Lignito Coal Lead 7inc Silver Ore Despatches (in tons) 62 000 1 460 (dressed concentrates) 3 000 4200 000 Alica Beryl Soapstono Gypsor Fuller & Earth Glaßg band Emerald Limestone Sandatone 200 000 12 DO 68 900 4 700 6 800 198 40 000 400 000 b ft 2 14 600 2 52 130 21 00 000 28 Labour --About 1,50,000 persons are employed as labour in mines and quarries in various divisions The averagle wages earned py an adult male worker ranged from ten annas to 1/14/- per day and oy a female worker from annas six to Re 1/- per day The working hours per week stood at 48 hours in most cases 29 Departmental Mines -The following mines were operated departmentally (1) Palana Colliery It was in a critical stage, as the known reserves of coal were limited (2) Degana Wolfram Mine --New equipment and machinery for starting operations was ordered (3) Narla Limestone quarry --A bonng machine started investi- 379 gation of the deposits About 5,000 maunds of limestone Er were quarried (4) Bhanktı Slab Quarty-This was taken up by the Department in February, 1950 30 Minerals and Mining activities in which Government of Endra was interested --The Government of India were interested in the production of gypsum and Beryl in Rajasthan With the formation of Pakistan Rajasthan remained the only economic source for the supply of gypsum to Sindri Fertilizer Factory in Bihar It was agreed that the Jodhpur Gypsum deposits will not be leased out at this stage py the Rajasthan Government Gypsum is supplied by Messrs Bikaner Gypsums Limited from Jamsar (Bikaner) to Sindn Fertilizer Factory at the rate of 500 tons per day The Government of India sent their officers to Rajasthan to assist in increasing beryl production.

·32 31 The Geological Survey of India sent officers to conduct the following uvestigations in Rajasthan (1) Mapping limestone near Kotah and Ramganj Mandi (2) Study of Palena Collsery (3) Study of Bundi and Satyai Madhopur Glass sand deposit (4) Zawar lead zinc silver mines survey (5) Beryi and mica miner (6) Salt resources at Bharatpur 32 Income and expendture --Receipts from rajalties on mineral and stones amounted to Rs 42 50 000/ showing an increase of abol a lakh of rupees over the previous years figures The expenditur on the administration of the Department was Rs 7 60 000/ Statistics 33 Shri J S Gulerı was appointed as Special Statistical Office in December 1949 and the Statistical Officers of the integrating uns were placed under him There were trained Statisticians in Con merce and Industries and Labour Departments 34 The Tehsil prices in the old Jaipur State and vital statisti from the Public Health Department were also compiled Furth intensive statistical work in other departments was taken up 3. Follov ing three bulletins were published (1) Mineral Resources of Rajasthan (2) Sheep and Woal Industry of Rajasthan (3) Industries of Rajasthan Labour 36 Organisation - The Labour Department for the period und TCUCW remained incharge of Shri S N Shukla Labour Commission (Jaipur Unit) in addition to lus own duties as Director of Industri and Commerce Jaipur State He had eight Assistants under h for this work 37 Inspection Almost all the factories and mine are visit by the Inspectorate of the Department in Former Rajasthan and pra: cutions were launched against the proprietors of Factories and mir for violating the provisions of the Factones Act Necessary compe sation was paid to labourers after due investigation by the Inspecte of Factories 38 Conciliation -218 complaints were received during the ye of which 197 were decided in favour of the labourers The Kot Textile Mills Ltd and the Mahadeo Cotton Textile Mills Ltd Bhulwa closed on 15* May 1919 and 10 March 1949 respectively due to the c machinery The Maharaja hishengarh Mills Ltd also clored frc time to time due to the accumulation of stochs or shortage of cotto The Power House workers of Jaipur went on hunger strike in conn tion with their demand, which was called off as a result of t appointment of a committee to consider their demands ·39 The dispute between employers and the employees of Kotah Transport Company, was also decided by this Department Conciliation Boards were appointed to settle the dispute between the employers and the employees of the Jhalawar and Bundi Transport Companies, while the strikes of Mozmabad and Shahpura Power House were averted by timely intervention of this Department 40 In order to ensure the implementation of the orders regarding wages, dearness allowances and bonus to workers of Mica Mining and Manufacturing Industries, a security of Rs 765 lakhs was taken from Mica Mine Owners at Bhilwara 41 18 Trade Unions were registered during the year 42 Agriculture Labour Enquiry-The work has been taken up under the directions of the Government of India, Ministry of Labour with a view to formulate a Minimum Wages Act for the agricultural labour to ameliorate the working conditions of agriculture labour in India 43 Labour Board -A sum of one lakh rupees was placed by the Government at the disposal of the Labour Board for improving the conditions of labourers in Rajasthan Customs and Excise 44 General --Thakur Devi Singh (Jaipur Unit) was appointed as Commissioner of Customs and Excise for Rajasthan with a Deputy Commissioner at the Headquarters For some time the Commissioners of Customs and Excise of various units continued to work as such Later on with the formation of revenue divisions, the officers in charge of the divisions were designated as Deputy Commissioners Twenty-eight Assistant Commissioners were appointed, of whom one was posted in each district, and three Assistants were posted in Dholpur, Kishangarh and the extended area of Jaipur One Inspector was appointed in each revenue tehsil 45 Soon after merger the Customs barriers between various Covenanting Units were abolished This reduced the number of customs Nakas from 1820 to 1600 and made the movement of goods within Rajasthan free 46 Customs Tariff-A unified Customs Tariff came into force from the 15th August, 1949 superseding the different Tariffs in vogue in the Covenanting States 47 While fixing the new rates due consideration was also given to the fact that undue burden should not fall on either the consumer or the producer Thus regular and essential necessities of life were protected and export of commodities like foodgrains, sugar cloth fuel, milk, etc, was prohibited Due care was also taken to lightly tax agricultural produce except commercial crops 48 Excise rates Similarly the selling rates of exciseable articles such as liqour opium and hempdrugs were also made uniform In fixing these rates, consideration was given not merely to increase ·34 the revenues of the State but also to discourage the habit of over indulgence in the use of intoxicants which affect the health and morals of the public at large as well as the purchasing capacity o the people 49 Interim Procedure - Till the final policy could be decide by the Government with regard to vanous problems of th department the following procedure was adopted (1) The status quo waw allowed to be maintained in respect of customs and excise exemption concessions and privileges granted to Jagirdars and other individuals and institutions by the Governments of the Covenanting States (2) The free zones and mandies which were treated as foreign territories from the cu toms point of view were continued as such 50 A departmental committee examined the question an brought about the unification of forms registere etc used in the Department 51 Some important fairs were controlled and organised by this Department and the income on account of the levy of fair tax and customs duty formed part of departmental revenue Transport 5? With a ver to provide the travelling public a cheap and emcient means of travelling and to utilize the profit accruing there from for the benefit of the people at large it was considered de irable to nationalse the road transport in Rajasthay A separate Department of Transport was accordingly created in June 1940 and Shri kisher Purl (Jodhpur Unit) was appointed Transport Commissioner He joined his duties on 9th June 1949 He left the Department 10 August 1949 53 The department tarted functioning in August 1949 with the appointment of Shri Zorawar Singh Jhala as Oficer on Special Duty and Shri Nav Ratan Verma as his As ista Plan for taking over certain routes with a total milcage of 500 were prepared and submitted to Government ·CHAPTER VI PROTECTION a 1 Legzslation 1 According to Article X of the Covenant the legislative authonity of the State of Rajasthan vested in H H the Rajpramukh who was given the power to make and promulgate ordinances for the peace and good government of the State or any part thereof, and the ordinances so made were to have the like force of law as an Act passed by the legislature of the State 2 With the integration of Rajasthan, His Highness the Razpramukh promulgated the Rajasthan Administration Ordinance, 1949 (No 1 of 1949), which provided for the continuance of the existing laws in force in the various Covenanting States 3 In May, 1949, the Government appointed a Committee under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Sir Sarat Kumar Ghose, Chief Jusice of Jaipur High Court and a retired Judge of Calcutta High Court, lifor the unification of laws in Rajasthan The Committee submitted its report in September, 1949, together with a draft Ordinance adapting 102 Central Acts During the year under report 66 laws were promulgated by the Rajpramukh including the Adaptation of Central Laws Ordinance, 1950 (NO IV of 1950), adapting 86 Central Laws for Rajasthan. A complete list of the laws will be found in Appendices A and B Justice 4 High Court-At the time of integration, there were High Courts in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Former Rajasthan and Matsya, while in Jaisalmer the Dewan exercised the powers of a High Court 5 The High Court of Rajasthan was established at Jodhpur Inder the Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949 It was inaugurated by H H the Rajpramukh on the 29th August, 1949 6 In view of the vastness of the new State and lack of communications, a Bench was set up at Jaipur to dispose of cases arising rom Jaipur and Kotah Divisions Temporary Benches were also 'ormed at Bikaner, Udaipur and Kotah for the disposal of choses pending before its formation Shri Kamlakant Verma, Chief Justice of the Former Rajasthan High Court (and retired Chief Justice of Allahbad High Court) was appointed as the Chief Justice of the new High Court Eleven Puisne Judges were also appointed Shri Kamlakant Verma was succeeded on the 25th January, 1950, by Shri Nawal Kishore the seniormost Puisne Judge, who was appointed is Offg Chief Justice ?. With the coming into force of the Constitution of India on he 26th January, 1950 the High Court was reconstituted Three were appointed permanently while one was appointed for wo years and the remaining six for one year only 1 Judges ·36 8 The Hon ble the Chief Justice of India (Shri Harilal Kansa) visited the High Court at Jodhpur and the Benches at Jaspur and Udaipur in January 1950 9 Subordinate Civil Courts. The scheme for the reallocation of the territorial and other jurisdiction of the civil and sessions courts was finalised The number of cases decided in the Capsi Courts during 1949 was as follows Ong App ut E Regular 30 ML Appl pt Judg Curt 494 352 1 Te Judget Cout 6215 61 8 863 Alan ST O art 8 846 A guta t 1905 32 2 5 5985 418 78% 10 Statements showing the details of Cıvıl cases instituted decided and pending at the end of the year are given in Appendices C to G The Magistracy The Integration of the magistracy in Rajasthan was completed during the year The Collectors of die tricts and Assistant Collectors ancharge of sub divisions were appointed ex omcio District Magistrates and Sub Divisional Magistrates respectively Some of the Tehsildars were also given 2nd and 3rd Class Magisteral powers Statements showing the number of criminal cases instituted decided and pending at the end of the year are given in Appendices H to J Electi 1725 12 The Election Department was established in November 1949 and the works of preparation of electoral rolls on the basis of adult franchise taken in hand With a view to secure effective control and administrative facilities Rajasthan was divided into two divisions and 4 sub-divisions Deputy Election Officers were appointed in each division and Assistant Election Officers in each sub division as wetla in the Central Omice 13 Adequate arrangements were also made for printing the electoral rolls A sum of Rs 369 379/ was provided in the budget for 1949 50 while the Government of India also sanctioned three lakhs of rupees to meet 50 per cent of the total expenditure Police 14 General.Shri Raghubendra Banerjee I p Bar at Law Inspector General of Police in Former Rajasthan was appointed to be Inspector General of Police for Rajasthan with his headquarters at Jaipur 15 To start with the Inspector General of the integrations States continued at their posts with the designation of Additional ·Inspector-General of Police in their respective units After the formation of revenue divisions, the police administration was also organised according to the provincial set up, with Deputy Inspectors General for Ranges, Superintendents of Police for districts, Deputy Superintendents of Police for sub-divisions 16 The State was divided into 95 police circles with 457 police stations and 690 police out-posts The strength of the Force was fixed at 22,174 with 186 Gazetted Officers consisting of 1 IGP, 6 DIGs, 48 Superintendents of Police, 131 Dy S Ps 17 Shri Thakur Singh Negi, IP, and Shri BS Bindra, LP, whose services were obtained from Uttar Pradesh and Punjab Governments respectively, were appointed to be Deputy IG Ps for Jaipur and Udaipur Ranges Jodhpur was placed in charge of Shri C L Kapoor, IP (Retd), and Bikaner in charge of Shri UC Malhotra (on deputation from Dellu Police) Kotah remained in charge of Shri Abdul Rashid Khan, IP, till he was relieved on 1st December, 1949, by Shri Umed Singh Shri KC Mukherjee, IP, who was Deputy Inspector-General, CID, and IB was relieved on the 30th January, 1950, after which the post was kept in abeyance He was 18 The services of Shri Naresh Chandra Misra, IP, were obtained on loan from the Uttar Pradesh Government appointed Additional Inspector General of Police to organise the Rajasthan Police on sound and systematic lines He was appointed Inspector-General of Police on the retirement of Shr Raghubendr Banerjee on 1st December, 1949 19 Consequent upon the fast political changes taking place in Rajasthan the Police as the authority dealing with law and order, had to face hard times and to bear the greatest burden However, it is to the credit of the Police that no major wave of crime was allowed to sweep in the State except a few sporadıc agrarian and refugee troubles here and there and the depradations of the dacoits, who had been active in some of the Integrating States 20 Economic conditions were also unfavourable while the agricultural situation was not normal In the communal field, the situation did not deteriorate No doubt the relations remained strained in the Alwar and Bharatpur districts on account of the resettlement of Meos but nothing worth mentioning took place 21 Firing ---There were two cases in which Police had to open fire for the maintenance of law and order In one case Government had decided to close the Refugee Camps and to settle the refugees at various centres but the refugees of the Durgapura camp at Jaipur refused to move from the camps and went to the extent of blockading the railway line for over twelve hours on the 15th June, 1949 When persuasions failed and they were being removed from the railway track by being bodily lifted they adopted a defiant attitude and attacked the Police Party and the Magistrate with brich-bats and paid no heed to the warnings given to them The Police was forded to in self defence, resulting in two deaths and injuries to eight ·22 In the second case on 26th June 1949 the cultivators of village Sawana in Bhilwara District refused to pay the levy of grain to the Government They looted the Government stores adopted a defiant attitude and attacked the Police Party injuring seriously the Deputy Inspector Ceneral of Pdice and a few other members of the Force Consequently the police had to open fire in self defence resulting in twenty one deaths and injury to three of the rioters 23 in Palı town where Sindhi and Sikh refugees had armed in large number the tension betwden the two communities continued and on occasions there were sporadic cases of rioting the most impor, tant being the Piao case in which some Sikhs entered a mosque and converted into a Gurdwara The Police immediately took control of the situation removed the Sikhs from the Piao and restored the mosque to the Muslims in spite of great tension nothing un toward happened throughout the vear and the situation remained well under control 24 On 29th November 1949 in Dungarpur town all classes of per ons protested against the decision to raise the rate of maize from R 81 to Rs 111 per maund A mob of 300 persons attacked the Collectorate and destroyed some furniture and record The local Police could not cope with the situation which was brought under control on the arrival of the Military Force from Kheru ara 65 Armed Constabulary --As the police force was ill equipped Ill organised and under staffed at the time of integration 5 companies of the Provincial Armed Constabulary were taken on loan from the Uttar Pradesh Government for helping the State Police in mainte nance of law and order in Rajasthan 26 Crime - The comparative crime statistics of Rajasthan are given below An all round decrease was registered under almost all heads of crime Talli P od 0 (m) Robb vd O 01 в 2 lary Ord No 21 la ou Total 338 8 508 988 3 618 873 1 16 1 708 34 833 1919 J Unry 1950 393 8017 86 $ 98 038 10 155 8 878 The ganes 27 During the period under review the Police distinguished them elves in various encounters with ndtorious outlaws of Surajbhan Banwan Shetaningh Chandgr Jat and others who had created a terror not only in Rajasthan but in PEPSU Ajmer Merwara and the Punjab were liquidated These dacoits fully took advantage of the Aravalis the heavy sand dunes of Barnt r and Jaisalmer al tricts and the Tavines of the Chambal in hotah and Dholpur A Special Dacoity Force was raised to liquidate the remaining gangs seekang shelter in the Aravalis with the close cp operation of the Almer Merwara Police and those seeking shelter in the Chambal ravins with the assistance of the Madhya Bharat and Uttar Pradesh ·Police Intelligence and mobility are the sine qua non of efficient administration Rajasthan, however, has the lowest road mileage in India Most of States have got lengths of 20 to 40 miles per 100 sa miles, whereas, the road mileage in Rajasthan works out at 2 51 miles per 100 sq miles for metallic roads Considering the mileage on the basis of population, the figure is again very low and Rajasthan could be grouped with the lowest of the 3 or 4 States The figure here works out at 0 56 per 1,000 population Bikaner is not directly connected by road with Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan Similar is the case with Udaipur 28 Out of property worth Rs 76 lakhs stolen or robbed, pro perty worth Rs 241 lakhs were recovered This will give an idea of the measure of success achieved by the Police in this respect in spite of many handicaps 29 As regards surveillance, there were 3466 History Sheets in 1949, out of which 120 were closed during the year Formerly this had been a neglected part of the duties of the Police, the reason being that in some integrating States, much attention was not paid to this means of prevention of crimes Detailed instructions were issued to the District Staff in this connection with a view to keep a strict eye on bad characters and effectively to check crime 30 The preventive sections (sections 109 and 110 of the Criminal Procedure Code) were, not frequently invoked in the past Pdlide Officers were urged to realise the importance of these sections also for the prevention of crimes 31 Under the Criminal Tribes Act, wherever it was in force action was taken against the absentee members of Criminal Tribes The Habitual Offenders Act has now replaced the various Acts and Rules in force in some of the integrating States for the control of Criminal Tribes The total strength of settlements and colonies was 4243, while the population of the criminal tribes was 10,54,350 32 Motor Vehicles Act-In the former States, the Motor Vehicles Act and the Rules thereunder wherever they existed, were Very deiective and the vehicular traffic was much neglected After the formation of Rajasthan Government have adopted the Indian Motor Vehicles Act and its proper enforcement will in due cource improve matters and minimise traffic offences 33 Wireless Telegraphy-In view of the necessity to connect the important Centres by wireless, it was decided to instal 19 wireless stations throughout Rajasthan For want of staff and equipment not more than eight stations could actually be installed during the year. On 26th December, 1949 Shri Shantı Bhushan of Uttar Pradesh Police was appointed on deputation as Superintendent of Police Wireless 34 Central Intelligence --The investigation Branch håndled 11 cases out of which 7 cases were successfully worked out Nearly 5 000 applications received from the public were attended to by this Branch, besides lot of correspondence dealing with the rest of military deserters extradition of accused persons, border raids ·35 Special reports were issued in the following serious cases and these were dealt with in the Investigation Branch Necessary directives and instructions were issued from time to time for the guidance of the district investigating officers - BE d D Rt 506 38 116 7 6 89 8 3818 Rbb ry 1 Burg! Ctti th ft A statement showing the details per district will be found in Appendix K 36 Recruitment --Twenty one candidates were selected by open competition for training as SubInspectors of Police in the Police Training School at Chittor 37 Training-In view of the pressure on the cadre and the reservation of 3000 vacancies for the ex Army personnel of Rajas than only short term courses lastıng 6 to 12 weeks could be organised for Inspectors Sub Inspectors and Assistant Sub Inspectors Head Constables and Constables Classes for Head Constables and Cons tables were run at the Range Training Centres at Bikaner Jaipur Jodhpur Kotah and Udaipur A Police Training School was started in 1949 for the training of cadet sub inspectors A scheme for giving 4 months training to untrained Gazetted Officers (Deputy Superinten d nts of Police) has also been introduced 38 Drve Against Illiteracy With a view to encourage hteracy an allowance of Rs 37 pm is given to constables and Head Cons tables who pass a special test in Hindi 39 Border Raids - Rajasthan has nearly 700 miles of common border with Pakistan The border districts of Rajasthan are Bikaner anganagar Jaisalmer Barmer and Jalore Since partition border ards by raiders from Pakistan has become a regular nuisance In inany cases the raiders have killed innocent villagers on the Indian side of the border and looted large properties There were 163 border raids and the value of property looted during the year amounted ncarly Rs 6 lakhs 40 The south western area of the Indo-Pakistan border in Rajas than is a vast desert where even drinking water is not available for miles and it is sparsely populated The northern border runs along the irrigated district of Ganganagar The Military and contingents of Central Resen e Police and the Rajasthan Police guarded the border during the year These Units will in due course be replaced by the Rajasthan Armed Constabulary 41 At the instance of the Government of India border meetings were arranged bc ween Police Officials df Rajasthan and their counter parts in Pakistan, and it is hoped by mutual consultation and cooperation the danger of the border raids will be minimised 42 Miscellaneous --A Central Intelligence Staff for collecting and collating Information and intelligence both political and relating ·41 to crime, was set up Since the Officers and men have had no training, special classes were run for them 43 In order to bring into line the various systems and police procedures in force, necessary hand-books and manuals were prepared 44 Relations with the bordering States of Madhya Bharat, Uttar Pradesh, Bombay and Saurashtra were on the whole cordial Anti Corruption 45 Before merger the Anti Corruption Department functioned in the Covenanting States of Jaipur and Jodhpur Soon after the formation of Rajasthan the department functioning in Jodhpur was closed The Jaipur office consisting of one Anti Corruption Officer, one Inspector, two Sub Inspectors and two head constables was entrusted with the task of investigating into cases all over Rajasthan 46 About 200 cases were enquired into by the Department during the year, out of which- (1) Corruption cases against six gazetted officers, including Heads of Departments, were investigated and reports submitted to Government (2) Three officials were caught red-handed out of whom one was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and a fine of Rs 100/- and the other two were undergoing trial in courts (3) Sıx officials were found guilty and dismissed (4) Two Government employees were challaned and convicted (5) Warnings were administered to five officers and five others were degraded, one was retired and three transferred (6) Prima-facie cases were proved against twenty seven officials which were referred to the Heads of the Departments concerned for departmental action (7) Approximately one hundred and fifty complaints were found to be frivolous or baseless and filed under orders of the Government 1 Jarls 47 General-Dr M S Katre was appointed as Inspector-General of Prisons on the 10th October 1949 Before the formation of the Rajasthan there were three Central Jails one district Jail and 19 subjails and 16 jails in the Covenanting States After the formation of Rajasthan 9 sub-jails of Jaipur Unit 10 sub jails of Bihaner Unit and 4 jails of Karauli Kishengarh Bundi and Shahpura were converted into judicial lock-ups 48 The Department now deals with the following Central Jails District Juuls Cings I District Jails Class II District Jouts Class III Judicial lock ups 3 3 6 SJ 10.

·42 40 Admission of Prisoners -During the year under report the number of pm onors admitted in all the fails was 13 741 (convicts 5725 and under trials 8 016) against 13 919 (convicts 5 577 and under trials 8 342) during the prer sous year The convicts included 33 civil prisioners 166 life convicts 464 habituals and 5 201 casuals There were 5 542 males and 183 females among the convicts 50 One hundred and seventy two detenues were admitted in various Jails against 2421 in the previous year 51 Literate convicts during the year were 441 against 638 last year 52 According td age group the convicts were classifind as under 1049 60 1918 49 Unt 18 y ir m 18 t 107 AD 4 g 4379 887 40 y 4 304 8 9 T 1 5 725 5577 53 Health During the year under report there were four Jeprosy cases 14 T B cases and 11 lunatics among the prisoners The number of prisoners admitted in the jail dispensarics for other disea es were 1 278 out of which 1 204 were discharged as cured 54 Jarl Manual ---Before integration various Jail Manuals were in force in various Covenanting States A new Rajasthan Jarl Manual was therefore takert up fo compilation 55 Amnesty In honour of the Indian Republic Day on 26th January 1950 under the orders of the Government of India general amnesty was granted to all the prisoners in Rajasthan 56 Receipts and Expenditure --Total expenditure on jails in 19 9 30 was Rs 1,04 863/ and income from all source was Rs 69039/ 57 Daily average expenditure per prisoner on diet clothing and bedding came to Rs 17/3 ·1 CHAPTER VII -PUUBLIC WORKS Buildings and Roads General - Shri Kishore Lal Mathur (Jodhpur Unit) was appoined Chief Engineer, Buildirgs and Roads in Rajasthan In some units Buildings and Roads and Irrigation branches had been combined along w h several minor departmenis, while in some units those derartiments had separace entities Aft r the formation of Rajasthan the strength of the Bundings and Roads Department was sanctioned *o consist of a Chier Engineer four Superintending Engineers including one for Public Health, eleven Executive Engineers, forty Assistant Engineers and one hundred and twenty Overseers 2 The integration of various departmenrs and movement of officers from place to place created the problem of finding house accommodation for them, which was seriously tachled and overcome Irmgation 3 General-Formerly separate deparıment for irrigation did not exist in most of the units, as irıigation works were few and far beween in those uni's On the formation of Rajasthan a separate Irrigation Departr sent was organised under Shi M D i Ithal, ISE, MIE as Chief Engineer Irrigation, Rajasthan whose services were dotained on loan from the Central Waterways, Irrigation and Navigation Commission of the Government of India and was Chief Engineer Iirigaion, in Bihaner Slace at the time of merger 4 Almost the entire Public Works Department staff had gone over to the separated Buildings and Roads Branch, with the result that the remaining staff which was inadequate was left to cope with Irrigation works all over Rajasthan Ano her dificulty was that during the first six months records were on the move and little progress could be made 5 In actual pracuice however, the progress on works started prior to Integration was much greater and a large number of fresh irrigation works was taken up Lach of funds was another hurdle During the lauer six months provision of Rs 54 48 lakhs was made to keep some of the works in progress As a result, the Department contributed towards bringing additional 88 383 acres of land under irrigation and in helping to grow extra 11,420 tons of foodgrains during the year 6 The main activities of the Department may be summarised as follows Canal Some of the channels (1) Gang functionthat irrigation ing very badly I ere put in order, so increased by about 50 000 acres or 10 (2) Running repairs were carried out on about half the 2,000 odd rescroirs and inundation channels in Rajasthan (3) Through Famine Relief Works, restoration of breached bunds and completion of certain new works, the annual ·irrigation potential was increased by over 50 000 acres with extra production of 18 200 tons of foodgrains (4) Jawai Dam --By proper study and design the cost of the irrigation plan of this project was reduced by over Rs 70 lakhs The hydro electric plant estimated to cost Rs 55 lakhs was also given up as it proved to be unremunerative (5) Bhalra Dam-The survey work on the Bhakra Dam with a potential of 7 lakh acres irrigation annually was com pleted and estimates and plans were under preparation for the canal system. 7 Chambat Valley Development - The Chambal Valley profect was under Shri V Ā Aiyer Chief Development Engineer In January 1948 the Mewar Government had sanctioned the Bhupal Power Project for constructing a dam and power station at Rawat bhata at a cost of Rs 570 crores and further sanctioned Rs 5 lakhs for expenditure up to October 1948 on roads and other preliminary works After the formation of Former Rajasthan, a reference was made to the Government of India regarding various alternative schemes of this project and a conference was held at Udaipur on the 28th June 1948 presided dier by the Hon ble Minister for Works Mines and Power to the Government of India In this Conference It was decided to adopt the threc dam scheme je one dam in each of the thrGe States of Indore Mewar and hotah The Government of India constituted a Technical Board consisting of a nominee of theirs and one nominee each of Rajasthan and Madhya Bharat Govcrnment 8 The total expenditure up to the end of March 1950 was Rs 9 lakhs Two bridges and one Rest House at Rawatbhata were also completed Schemes and estimates for other works were pre pared and submitted for sanction 9 At the abor e Conference it was also decided to build a power dam and station 9 miles above Kotah City and also a barrage and canals 6 miles belo , Kotah City Approach roads and steps have been formed 10 The hotah Bundi Barrage and Irrigation Canals will arri rate about 200 000 acres in Bundi and hotah States The survey and levels are in progress Gardens 11 The gardens in Rajasthan were classified as those which were(a) of purely ornamental character and should remain under the con rol of the Public Works Department and (b) Fruit and other gardens which should be kept with the Agricultural Department 12 There were 936 gardens of the fir t category consisting of 34 sublic gardens and parts 191 gardens attached to officers residences ind 11 roa 1 side plantatins The second category consisted of 8" (-ut gardens s ath means of irrgation and 52 plantations but with out any means of irrigation The integration of these gardens wus under consider tion of the Government ·45 In many Electrical and Mechanical 13 General --With the formation of Rajasthan the Department consisting of power houses, telephones and water works in various Units was integrated and placed under the Chicf Electrical and Mechanical Engineer, Rajasthan Shri C Padmanabham (Jaipur Unit) was appointed to the post 14 Most of the plants in various power houses were obsolete and in bad condition New plants were ordered, but not received during the year under report 15 Jaipur Power House --The power supply at Jaipur suffered acutely because of an epidemic of cylinder head cracks and shortage of spare parts These difficulties were overcome by developing a workshop in the Power House, where the manufacture of cylinder heads and other spare parts was undertaken A strhe among the workers was also faced for about a fortnight During the year, the engines had to be shut down once or twice at a time, and extensive repairs and replacements of parts carried out Another difficulty that was experienced during the year was poor voltage parts of the City the distribution had received no addition since 1933 or so and was too small to take up the continual increase of load Nine riew sub stations were added during the year and the problem was partly solved 16 Jodhpur Power House --The Jodhpur Power House was one of the three big stations of Rajasthan but was badly placed at the beginning of the year due to the failure of one of the Turbo Sets Two oil engine generators were installed and the shortage partially made good Installation work of another 1,000 Kw Set was in progress 17 Bikaner Power House --Due to the installation of oil engines, the essential supplies were kept going in the Bıl aner Power House also As soon as a new boiler is installed, the power supply will be able to meet all demands The electric supply to Nokha, Deshnoke etc was put into operation 18 Kotah Power House -Some of the pumps etc in the Kotah Some Power House were 22 years old, and completely worn out Another feed pumps were replaced with considerable difficulty two hundred Kw steam engine was secured and its installation mostly completed A boiler for the Power House was also secured and was being transported to site 19 N wai--Arrangements toere made to supply electricity Over a from Newai to its neighbourhood including Banasthalı hundred domestic connections were given and applications were recen ed for power connections from cultivators also 20 Alwar A new 150 Kw Set was added to the Altar Power House and new connections given The original DC supply is being gradually replaced by AC and the station brought to modern standards The source of cooling water was changed to minimize ·the carcks in cylinder heads which caused much trouble in previous year 21 Bharatpur Two new units of 250 Kw each were installed at Bharatpur but unfortunately these were DC generators and found defective Their replacement with AC units was receiving attention 22 Dholpur --Two new units were being installed in the Dholpur Power House also 23 Aishengark-The Kishengarh Power House originally under private enterprise was taken over by the Department due to the total failure of the contractor to run the station properly Repairs to burnt out generators etc were carried out and a new plant was being arranged The original DC unat was also being changed to AC 24 Jhalrapatan Arrangements have been made at Shairapatan to instal new units and carry on the supply These are modern AC units 25 Shahpura --The installation at Shahpura was taken over from private enterprise Arrangements were on hand to change over the supply to AC 26 Dungarpur A pipe line was installed at Dungarpur and water supply restored to normal 27 Shn Ganganagar --The installation of an additional bouler at Ganganagar was nearly completed and foundation for the new turbine was als started so that it may take the load of the Sadul Textiles when ready Water Works 28 The water supply situation in Jarpur was improved by installation of a diesel engine at Ramgarh and pumps in a few wells in the City The supply was generally satisfactory in other places also although slight shortage of water was experienced as usual in the hot weather Telephone 29 Due to Jaipur becoming the Capital of Rajasthan heavy demand was made on the telephone system in the Cuy Over 400 new connections were given The telephone system all over Rajasthan was handed over to the Posts and Telegraphs Department with effect from the 1st April 1950 ·} کي 7 1 CHAPTER VIII -EDUCATION, Gcncral-Shri Madan Mohan MA, was appointed Director of Education and he took over charge on the 16th December 1949 The integration scheme of the department came into effect in the first week of February, 1950 2 The educational development in the various integrated units differed widely and the standard of educational institutions in all essentials formed a heterogenous pattern While some of the units could compare favourably with the former British Indian Provinces, cthers were very backward 3 The total number of educational institutions in the State was 4 873 with 3,24,499 Scudents on the rolls Primary Education 4 There are below- 4 036 primary schools in Rajasthan as shown 2074 331 North East Rango Bil aner Division Jodhpur Division Udaipur Division Lotan Division 680 488 5 Primary Schools are looked after by the Deputy Inspectors asssisted by Sub Deputy Inspectors. The curriculum in force in these schools continued to be the same as it was in various units 6 Most of the institutions belong to Government, while a number of others were run by private agencies but under the supervi sion of the Education Department 1ne medium of instruction in primary schools is Hindi, except in schools run by the Relief and Rehaoiltation Department for the children of the refugees who are taught Sindhi in Devnagri characters. Secondary Education 7 There are 570 Middle Schools and 125 High Schools in Rajasthan as shown below- Aliddle Schools, High Schools 1 15 North Cast Rango 30% 63 Bihanur Division 3 Jodi pur Division 89 Udaipur Division 03 Kotah Division 8 The High Schdols are controlled and supervised by the Deputy Directors of Education and Middle Schools by the Inspectors of Schools The curriculum for the High School classos is prescribed ·48 by the University of Rajputana But in middle schools the curriculum prescribed by the Covenanting States remained in force 9 Scholarships stipends and freeships continued as they were in force in Couenanting States Rates of fees differed from unit to unit but on the whole they were low as compared with other States Private schools generally charged higher fees than Government schools 10 Most of the primary schools are housed in buildings donated by the public or in temples or Dharamshalas or in rented accommoda tion Very few schools had their own buildings The majority of the institutions were all equipped both in respect of furniture and teaching appliances College and University Education 11 There arc 13 Intermediate Colleges 5 Degree Colinges-at Alwar Bharatpur Palanı Nawalgarh and Maharani s College Jaipur- and 5 post graduate colleges at Jaipur Jodhpur Bikaner Udaipur and Kotah in Rajasthan Out of these 5 Inter mediate Colleges and 2 Degree Colleges are run by private donors 12 The Degrce and post graduate colleges are directly under the control of the Government and are affiliated to the University of Rajputana 13 The Degree and post graduate Colleges are generally housed in suitable buildings But in view of the increasing rush for admis sion er ery year the accommodation in most cases is proving inadequate Training of Teachers 14 There are 12 training schools and 2 training colleges at Bikaner and Udaipur in Rajasthan with a total intake of about 500 teachers The College at Bikaner is run by Government and trains teachers for CT Diploma of Rajputana University while at Udaipur- CR Seksana Terchers Training Colleges run by the Vidya Bhas an Society and prepares candidates for B Ed Degree of Rajpu tana Unn ersity Professional and Technical Education 15 There are four institutions of this category namely (:) Vocational High School at hotah It offers study in manual training (11) Sawai Man Singh Medical College at Jaipur-It is under the control of Medical Department (113) Agncultural College at Jobner of Jobner in Jaipur Division It is run by the Jagirdar (iv) Enginering College at Pilani run by the Birla Education Trust It offers courses for B Sc Degree in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering of Rajputana University ·49 1 16 Basic Educatzon—It has been introduced in parts of Former Matsya, Former Rajasthan and Jodhpur Division There are in | all about one dozen schools, mostly of primary standard 17 Adult Educdtion - In three Covenantıng-Státes, namely- Jaipur, Jodhpur and Bikaner—there were Adult Centres and Classes During the yeai under report 404 centres and classes worked with an enrolment of over 9 000 students 18 Pre-Primary Education - Arrangements for this sort of education eust at Alwar, Jaipur, 'Jodhpur, Bikaner, Udripur and Pilanı The annual intake of these institutions is about 250 4 1 as 3 19 Acsthetic Education --The School of Arts at Jaipur is an institution of this type Training in Household Crafts such tailoring, knitting and embroidary is imparted in Girls Schools all of er{the Province 20 'Iducation of the Handicapped One school at Jaipur known as Seth Anandılal Poddar School for the deaf, dumb and blind is run at Jaipur The number of students during the year under report was bout 20 21 Female Education -At the primary stage most of the schools am co educational There are Government Girls' Schools at important centres in addition to three Inermediate Colleges for women at Kotah, Bikaner and Jodhpur in addition to a degree college for women at Jaipur 22 Students Abroad --During the year under report one student from Jodhpur and three from Bikaner were receiving education in foreign countries as Government scholars 23 Physical training Games and Sports –There was a Special Officer to look after physical training games and sports All High Schools and Colleges are provided with physical education equipment, apparatus, etc 24 Expenditure — The expenditure on Education during the year under report was estimated at Rs 1,99 75,200/- Libraries 25 There are important public libraries at Jaipur Bihaner Udaipur, Jodhpur, Kotah, Bharatpur Dholpur Dungarpur and Tonk The total expenditure on these libraries amounted to Rs 75,577/- from Ist October, 1949, to 31st March 1950 26 The King George V Silver Jubilee Library of Bul aner has It also maintains 20 boses for got a branch library in the City books as Circulating Libraries 27 The Sumer Public Library of Jodhpur has two branches at Jodhpur 28 The library at Jaipur runs 12 public reading rooms in the City and 123 village libraries ·50 National Cadet Corps 29 There were three Battalions of National Cadet Corps in Rajasthan at Jaipur Jodhpur and Udaipur Ine total strength of the cadets is 984 There are 4 regular Army Commissioned Officers 7JCOs and 17 NCOs to train them excluding the Civilian and the National Cadet Corps staff These battalions have students from the Maharaja s College Jaipur Birla College, Pilani Poddar College Nawalgarh Maharana Bhupal College Udaipur Herbert College Kotah Jæs want College Jodhpur and Shri Maharaj Kumar Inter College Jodhpur 31 The total Budget grant for the three battahons is Rs 377 992/ per year 82 The permission of the Government of India as well as the budget sanc Eave been secured to start 9 Junior Division Troops which are expected to be started shortly ·1 CHAPTER IX-MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH Medical 1 General -Dr R M Kasliwal, MD, MRCP, DTM, & H, (Jaipur Unit) was appointed to be Director of Medical and Health Services for Rajasthan on the 30th April, 1949 2. The Department was integrated at the Headquarter level while at the periphary the officers-in charge of various hospitals and dispensaries continued to function as Medical and Health Officers in their respective areas The Department was divided into five divisions on the basis of revenue divisions Each division was placed in charge of an Assistant Director of Medical and Health Services who is responsible for departmental activities in the division, while each district is in charge of a District Medical and Health Officer 3 The following are the bigger hospitals in Rajasthan together with number of beds and daily average of patients - Place No of beds Daily cocrage of patients Indoor Outdoor 614 100 383 100 12 169 20 166 233 21 1849 401 60 300 382 80 145 197 10 20 608 189 12 JAIPUR Sawar Mansingh group of hospials I Sartrar Mansingh Hospital 2 Montal Hospital 3 Police Hospital 4 State Zenana Hospital 5 T B Sanatorium JODHPUR Mahatma Gandhs Group of Hospitals I Mahatma Gandhi Hospital 2 Meatal Hospital 3 Umard Hospital for Women & Children UDAIPUR Associated Group of Hospitals i General Hospital 2 Maternity Hospital 3 T B Hospital at Bari BIKANUR Associated Groop of Hospitals 1 General Hospital : Zanona Hospital 3 TB Hospitals KOTAH 4880ctated Group of Hospitals 1 General Hospital 2 Maternity Hospital ALTAR I General Hospital 2 Zanana Hospital BITARATTUR Associated Group of Hospitals 1 Tietona Hospital ? Female Hospital DUOLPUR Assoctated Group of Hospitals I Sardar Hospital 2 S K J Hospital 300 216 92 298 150 99 482 220 0 83° 20 30 100 106 125 333 100 179 35 120 19 404 69 388 90 48 79 23 TOTAL 2030 2367 6381 51 ·52 4 Divisional Hospitals were well equipped and had facilities for X Ray examination and treatment pathological examination dental and eye treator ent There are facilities for Radium treatment at Bikaner Hospital 5 Besides the 22 bigger hospitals mentioned above there were 387 medical institutions in Rajasthan with 5258 beds These as also the number of patients treated in cach Division during the year are shown below Dr Ho Nmd cal N Inut tut s bed no P: Le tre id (Indoo) 1 J 2 dlr 128 38 47 154 014 1 140 1 049 1 085 34 880 19 031 13 600 15 641 1 74 127 14 64 608 943 630 14 99 86 3 La 4 Ud P 5 hot To 387 69 831 0 82 149 rnm t (I 118J8 dar as th the been t kn by G 6 During the year under report 15 new dispensaries were started while 23 Jagır dispensaries and one private dispensary were talen under the control of Medical Department Two Palace dis pen aries in Jodhpur Unit were closed 7 A blind relief camp was organised at Bharatpur by H H the Maharaja Sahaib of Bharatpur where all medical facilities and surgical help were provided by the Department and 184 cataract operations were performed An eye camp was organised at harauli by a local Vaid Shri Ram Naruin where an Eye specialist together vith necessary materials was sent by the Department and about 500 patients examined advised and distributed necessary medicines 147 operations were also performed A surgical camp was held at Sikar under the auspices of the Bajaj Memorial Trust and Dr BN Sharma: of Udaipur conducted operations 8 Medical Education --Medical College education directly under the charge of the Director of Medicul and Health Services The Sawai Man Singh Medical College at Jaipur is run by Government Dr RM hasliwal was also the Principal of the College 78 students appeared for examination in April and October 1949 out of whom 51 passed from the First Year Class 1s . 9 The ground floor of the boys Hostel consisting of 45 double seated room was completed during the year arranged for students for want of play grounds No games could be 10 Training Nurses Training to nurses is imparted in txo institutions in Rajasthan The train ing thc State Zenana Hospital Jaipur is for female nurses At the Mahatma Gandhi Hospital Jodhpur male and ·53 female nurses are trained Both are affiliated with the East Punjab Nurses Registration Council 11 Post-graduate Training --All the doctors sent for post-graduate studies, returned from their courses One woman doctor was sent to the United Kingdom for studying for the degree of MRCP Publc Health 12 Organisation -The charge of the Public Health Department in various units was held as under - Jaipur-Dr S N Consul, DPH, RIPH (Lond) Jodhpur-Dr Satya Deo Arya, DPH (Eng) Bikaner-Dr S K Menon, FRCS, Principal Medical Officer of the unit held ex officio charge of the Department Dr S S Bhatnagar, DPH, vas Deputy Director of Public Health Former Rajasthan-Br BN Sharma, ZLO, ZS, was Director of Public Health, till 10th November, 1949 when he went on leave and handed over charge to Dr Jaideoi Prasad Matsya-Dr H L Chopra 13 Vital Statistics - There is no Vital Statistics Bureau in any place in Rajasthan, nor were the figures available at all places The birth and death rate in the cities of Jaipur, Jodhpur and Bikaner were as follows - - Name of City Birth rate Death rate in 1 Jaipur 304 2 Jodhpur 154 166 3 Bil unei 21 09 6 05 14 Epidemics --Rajasthan was free from plague, except for Alvar District where rat mortality was reported in acute form Two cases were received from village Hingwahera The village was visited by Public Health Staft and prompt measures taken to check the disease 15 Cholera broke out in epidemic form some village in all the Divisions of Rajasthan, but completely died down after stingent measures were taken to combat the disease Statistics of cases during the year under report are as follows Villages Se: ures Death Inoculations affected 609 251 54 08 Jaipur Ding910n S 20 831 Jodhpur D2 1910n Bikaner Division 29 BuuO Farmer Rajasthan 13 391 16 Small-pos occurred in almost all the districts of Rajasthan except those of Udaipur Division Vigorous measures were adopted to nontrol the disease and Yaccination undertaken with propaganda 36 ·against the disease In Jaipur Division 88 village were affected The total number of seizures and deaths from small pox here 1374 and 293 respectuely 17 The number of vaccinations and revaccination performed is given below - 11 10 R uce nato 90 7 Ju Mety Jdty 1 03 53 44 630 8311 1 499 18 Ant Malarial Activities In Jaipur Division the work as Intensively confined to the parts of Hindaun Sawai Madhopur and Gangapur About 357 000 mepacrine tablets were distributed free besides 12 750 tablets sold for Rs 235/5/ In Matsya 22 villages were viited by the Public Health Staff and 415 spots were treated by spraying etc In Jodhpur Dit ision--Anti malarial operations were carrind out as usual in Jodhpur City and at Sardarsamand Pali Merta City and the Jawar River Project in Udaipur Division the survey of Bhimarea Kherwara Dungarpur Banswara Pratapgarh Municipalities was made and Anti Malana drugs were distributed free during the malaria season 19 Antr-Guinea worm - This is a common disease in Udaipur Division and part of Tonk Sawai Madhopur and Jhunjhunu Districts of Jaipur Davi ion During the year under report 29 cases were treated in Jaipur Division and over 1 200 cases in Udaipur Division 30 Antı Rabic --Measures were carried out by destroying stray dog in various places of Rajathan Antı Rabic treatment is also available in the big hospitals of Rajathan 21 Scabies This disease was very common in Udaipur Divi, sion specially in Bhir Jharol Sarara Sagwana areas as also in place in Jaipur Disision Medicines chiefly sulphur Bonzoate Emulsion were supplied to the sufferers 22 Infectious Diseases Hospitals - In Lazareth and Isolation Fo pital at Jaipur 071 in door patients and 6242 out door patients were treated and 449 cases of different type were treated during the Icar 23 Leprosy--th Lep Asylum continued functioning, at Purana Ghat in Jaipur Ci 3 Jan door patients and 2281 ou -door patients were trcated Juring th year 24 Rural Medical Aid and Travelling Dispensaries in Jaipur Division travelling dispensares funt comed in the districts of Jaipur Jhunjhunu Sawat ? ladhopur and Tonk where 19 936 patients in 433 villages were treated In Bikaner Division various health activities in the rural areas wet ontinued and 6 Sanitary Inspectors worked in the rural areas ir former Rajasth in a well equipped traveling dispensary van was son for Public Health propaganda and anti cholera measures ·55 25 Training of the Health Staff-One Assistant Health Officer was deputed from Jaipur Unit for Ď P.H and Hygiene training at the All-India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health at Calcutta The Public Analyst was also deputed for training in special course of nutrition in the above institution A class of 22 candidates of Sanı. tary Inspectors' Course was started at Jaipur where a short course of training was given to Sub-Sanitary Inspectors and Vaccinators 26 Public Health Laboratory --At Jaipur 2,345 samples of water, milk, ghee, edible oil, etc, were examined In addition 2,627 Ibs injections solution of saline and other medicines were prepared and supplied One Laboratory started functioning at Gangapur where 119 tests were carried out 27 At the Analytical Laboratory and Clinical Pathological Laboratory at Alwar, 232 tests were carried out In Jodhpur 14,542 samples of food articles were analysed in the Public Health Laboratory 28 Control of Food and Mill The District Health Staff sent 102 samples of food and milk for analysis Strict measures were taken to maintain the purity and genuineness of articles of food in various units on the basis of the enactments in force in each unit 29 Maternity and Child Welfare Centres -In Jaipur the Baby Welfare Committee continued to work under the Municipal President Government sanctioned a sum of Rs 8000/- for starting two centres in the districts, out of which one was started at Gangapur and the other at Neem-ka Thana In Matsya there was one Child Welfare and Maternity Centre at Bharatpur but the work was in primitive stage In Jodhpur there were ten centres which worked satisfactorily and 6 additional centres were sanctioned to be opened during the year Total number of labour cases conducted at centres in districts were 1019 In Bikaner there is a fully equipped Maternity and Child Welfare Centre in the City There were about 80 indigenous Dais working in Bikaner Cits and for their benefit Dais Training Classes were held regularly at the Centre once a weeh 30 Schdol Health Services -The work of the school health service was carried out by the medical officers-in charge of dispensaries in some districts In others the Public Health Department arranged inspection of the health of school children 31 Public Health Propaganda --Repeated inspections of the factories in several units were made for securing sanitary conditions, arranging adequate sanitary convenience and safety measures, etc. The department made use of important fairs and festivals by arranging stalls for the education of masser in public health matters Ayurvedic Department 32 The interration of this Department was ctfected 18th February, 1950 After interntion Kaviraj Pratap Singh Former Rajasthan), wall appointed Director of Auri edic Department with headquarters al Udaipur 33 The Boragin hala" were placed under the control of the Director of Phim.ch aliri 11 L Dale (Jodhpur Unit) with head on the ·J6 quarterslat Jodhpur The Ayurvedic education was placed under the supervision of Shri Nand Kishore Sharma (Jaipur Unit) as Superintendent of Ayurvedic Studies with headquarters at Jaipur 34 For purposes of the Ayurt edic Department Rajasthan was divided into three regions each region being placed under one Inspector at Udaipur (for Udaipur and Kotah Divisions) Jaipur and Jodhpur (for Jodhpur and Bikaner Divisions) The Department con trols 344 Aushadhalayas and Dawakhanas (in Rajasthan Two new Aushadhalayas were opened at Jaipur during the year 35 On the occasion of the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in January 1950 an agricultural exhibition was organised at Udaipur where this department also organised an Ayurvedic exhibi tion at a cost of Rs 1073/4/6 which was a great success 36 The total number of patients treated in the Central Ausha dhalaya at Udaipur during the year was 151 473 In door patients were also admitted there 7 One Nature Cure Centre was also run at Udaipur by the Department at which 1 901 patients were treated during the year 38 A sum of Rs 32 618/ was sanctionmd as grant in and to private Ayurvedic and Unani dispensaries Most of the Aushadhalayas in rural areas are located in private houses which were quite unsuit able for the purpose 39 Fre students were receiving training at Government expense an Ayurvedic System of treatment at Benaras and Bombay 40 Ayurvedic Education --There are two Ayurvedic colleges at Jarpur and Udaipur On an average between 150 to 200 out door patients were treated daily at the Ayurvedic College Jaipur during the year und r report There is provision for 50 beds for in dobr patients The college prepares for the highest degree of Ayurved Bhishagacharya There were 3 professors and 5 lecturers in addition to the principal The other staff consisted of 3 clerks 8 compounders cum nurses and 30 class IV ser ants The total number of students during the year was 75 The Hostel provided accommodation for 15 boarders In the Maharana Ayurvedic College at Udaipur an addı tion to the Principal there were 3 teachers 1 clerk 6 Class IV ser vants and one part time doctor The total number of students was 18 during the year t12 ·CHAPTER X LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT Municipalities After Integration, Municipalities and District Boards in Rajasthan were placed under the Chief Inspector of Local Bodies He has got one Deputy and a regular office at Jaipur Sr Tej Singh Kothari (Former Rajasthan) was appointed Chief Inspector There were 3 Inspectors under him The City Municipalities corresponded directly with the Government except in matters pertaining to the Budget The Chief Inspector also heard appeals against certain orders of the Municipalities where such appeals are permissible under the law 2 During the year under report there were sia City Municipalities including the City Corporation of Udaipur and their population, income and expenditure are shown below Population Expendilure Income 1 Jaipur 2 Jodhpur 3 Bikaner 4 Udaipur 5 Kotah 6 Alwar 2 91 183 1 74 061 I 17 431 89 065 63 537 59 121 4 04 128 4 17 883 4 86 271 2 03 070 I 09 881 I 37 079 7 30 130 4612 5 37 1GO - 04 601 I 13 194 2 30 22 The figures of Bikaner and Alwar are for the whole year while those of the rest are for 6 months The deficit in each case was made good by subsidies paid by Government 3 There were 131 District Municipalities in various Divisions with varying income and expenditure Each Board had an elected President 4 The Laws of each unit were in force in their Municipalities The question of a uniform law for all the District Municipalitics was referred to a Committee appointed for the purposes Loans -A loan of Rs 2 30 000,- was granted to Jaipur City Municipality by Government during the year under review thus bringing the total loan granted to it so far to Rs 6 lahus 6 Activities --The Rajasthan Municipal Reorganisation Conference was held at Jodhpur which was attended by the delegatics of nearly all the major Municipalities of Rajasthan 7 Education - There is compulsory Primary Education in Bikaner Municipality, which is running 16 compulsory primary schools at a cost of Rs 81 435/ Two thirds of the total expenditure was subsidised by Government 8 Vital Statistics --The cities were free from cpidemic diseases excepting cases of small-pox The work of vaccination, antifly and anti rat campaign made good progress The number of births in all the municipalities was higer than the number of deaths * ·excepting Jaipur where the number of births recorded was 1 849 in comparison to 3035 deaths 9 Cases of Fire In Jaipur City 66 cases of fire were reported which were promptly attended to Fire extinguishers and fire brı gades were lacking in all City Municipalities District Boards 10 There were 7 District Boards in Rajasthan mainly in Bitaner and Former Rajasthan Each had its own separate income and expenditure In Bikaner the Boards were running primary Schools for boys and girls Ayurvedic dispensaries and veterinary hospitals Each had an elected President but the Boards were under the supervision of the Government Village Panchayats 11 The Panchayat System in India has a very old and deep rooted origin In most cases it survived the impact of the Muslim conquerors Fortunately this system preserved its traditional features with extraordinary pertinacity right down to the British period 12 As soon as the administration of certain units of Rajasthan passed into the hands of the popular ministers the system of the Village Panchayat began to receive serious consideration The former Rajasthan Government gave a lead in this direction by creating a separate Village Panchayat Department under a whole time Registrar 13 Before integration the position of the Village Panchayats in different units was as follows Ilag V? NI P nchay to N th • Vla 8 ud PA hay ! Form Raja thn 14 469 451 790 J pu 6 371 319 S19 Jodhp 4936 61 307 Bf tsy + 86 337 61 Bik T 3 388 300 33 410 1 62 9448 14 The system of administration differed in Various units There were separate organisations in some units while in others it was entrusted to other officers or departments as part-time job 15 The set up of the Village Panchayat Department after integration was fixed at 3 officers 6 field staff 66 ministerial staff and 40 non ministerial ·$ 59 16 The number of village Panchayats increased during the year under review and the position on 31st March, 1950, was as under No of village No of villages Panchayats under Paychayais Unis Jaipur Jodhpur Bikaner Former Rajasthan Matsy& (Bharatpur) 331 267 290 772 337 331 324 429 13424 612 1 997 15 020 17 In all the Panchayats of Rajasthan, there are about 15,800 Panchas, 2,007 Sarpanchas and 772 Up Sarpanchas 18 In former Rajasthan, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Bharatpur and Sirohi the Panchayats had civil, criminal and executive powers, while in Jaipur it had only powers for dealing Civil Suits upto Rs 25/- 19 Out of 32,660 Cıvıl, 19,120 Criminal and 6,800 executive cases 20,110, 13 080 and 4,320 respectively were decided during the year, leaving a total of 21,070 cases undecided Out of 1,914 revision petitions, 1,201 were decided during the year 20 The total income of the Panchayats was Rs 3,26,000/- against an expenditure of Rs 2,95,000/- 21 The total reserve in hand with different Panchayats in Rajasthan on the 31st March 1950, was Rs 2,19,000/- 22 There were 35 Central and 235 Branch libraries run by the Panchayats and an amount of Rs 48,200/- was spent on them 23 Rs 40,000/- and Rs 100,000 were received as grant-in aid from Sirohi and former Rajasthan Governments respectively for the use of Panchayats 24 Conference -A conference of the Panchas and Sarpanchas was arranged under the presidentship of the Hon'ble Minister for Local Self Government (Shri Phulchand Bapna) on the 26th October, 1949, at Kapasın (Udaipur Division) This was attended by 255 Panchas and 32 Panchayats 25 There were different enactments in force in various units relating to Panchayats A unified Village Panchayat Act for the whole of Rajasthan was under preparation Urban Improvement 26 Jaipur City-The old City Improvement Committee con. sisting almost of officials was replaced by an Urban Improvement Board with the Hon'ble Minister for Industries and Commerce as Chair man and three officials, President of Juipur Municipality and two ·60 other non officials as members A Senior Officer was appointed as sts whole time Secretary 27 A Sub Committee was appointed to make preliminary sur vey and recommend principles and zones for future development of Jaipur City as well as the schemes that should be put into effect zarnediately 28 The construction of over 150 Government quarters in Gandhinagar area was taken in hand A large number of houses in E and ( Schemes were also competed or were under construction. 29 A sum of Rs 25 755/7/6 was received as Nazarana in and E Schemes and Rs 13 953/22/as Urban Assessment 30 Razaz Park and Fateh Tiba Schemes A lay out of 1800 quarters for rehabilitation of relugees from Western Pakistan was prepared an Raja Park Colony she foundation stone of wich was laid by Shri Rajgopalchart the Governor General of India and seren hundred house were taken up for construction there 652 plots were laid in Fateh Tiba Scheme for construction of houses by Co-operative Societies of displaced persons and allotment made to the Societies 31 Other Cities. There is statutpry Improvement Trust at hotah Ad hoc Improvement Committees were appointed for three cities of Jodhpur Bikaner and Udaipur to suggest development of these cities ·V C --- 1 CHAPTER XI FINANCE General –Hon'ble Shri Hira Lal Shastri, Chief Minister, held the Finance portfolio 2 Shri Rang Biharı Lal, Accountant-General in Former Rajasthan, was appointed as Accountant General for Rajasthan 3 Soon after the formation of Rajasthan it was found that the Covenantıng States were following different financial years It was, therefore, decided that the financial year for Rajasthan should be from 1st April, to 31st March, according to the financial year of other provinces 4 As the Heads of Accounts for compilation of accounts as well as budgets in the various Covenanting States were not uniform, it was decided that the consolidated accounts of Rajasthan should be compiled on the lines followed by various provinces and the new heads of accounts should correspond to provincial heads Therefore, a new classification of heads for accounts and budget purposes was introduced on the Government of India and Provincial lines Investments The investments taben over by the Rajasthan Government from the Covenanting Units amounted to Rs 19 15 20,157/15/9 and € 1,69 762] 14 and were detailed as follows General Reserve including Earmarhod i und Trust Fund Total! [1 CP Notes - Rs R. Rs 27 41 3001 25 00 200/1 (1) Jaipur (11) Jodnpur (111) Bikaner (iv) Former Radsthani (v) Matsya vi) Sirohi (v11) Jaisalmor Total 3 84 89 2001/ 3-0 68 700/1 + £ 1 69 76°/0/4 441 37 80011 1 61 55 000/1 80 84 3001 20 09 00 ! 27 00011 14 89 71 900/1 + £ 1 69 762,014 12 37 6001 11 12 100/ 23 45 000/ 4 12 30 500/1 395 38 80011 +£. I 60 762/0/4 4 53 75 3001-11 1 92 68 000/? 1 142J 30011 20 09 00011 97 000/1 15 89 08 000/ 1 +£ 1 60 702 (0/4 99 36 100/1 Fixod Doposits (1) Jaipur (1) Jodhpur (111) Bikaner (iv) Formor Rajasthan (1) Matay a Union (vi) Jaisalmer 1000 0001). 1 80 000/ 3 50 41/4/0 9 12 54810/0 17 70 3151 0 03 000) / on 164/14/3 700 000!! I 61 000/- 13,31 225/11/3 6 6411-13 :: O 1607) 17 00 000/ / 341 000) 1. 16.00 -677 018 469 111/0 *09682 93 00041 2453 027H4/6 Total 18 70 7821202 ·Gen IR nl di E m d Fud Trust Fund Tot I Ptit Crtuft te 38 110/1 1 00011 JP U J dhp (F rm Rash n 1) Xty h Im 600 00011 500 000/! 17 67 03 /B/ 94 050 8 000! 5 0007/ 500 000/ 5 38 110) / 17 58 03 18/ 9 45 050) 8 000/ 5 0001 (v) 8 TI! 37 89 08 /8/ 39 110/-/ 38 29 19 181 In tm nt V u In G and Tt1 15 378 737/6/31 +£. 1 69 762/0/41 11 13 183/8 1 4 30 37/418 19 15 20 367/1519 + £ 1 69 76 70/4 6 Cash Balances - The Cash Balances stood as follows On 74 1949 R 07 8 00 plu £31 36 On 31 3 1050 57 66 874 7 Budget Estrates --According to the budgets of the Cove nanting States which were in operation at the time of formation of Rajasthan the total receipts wene estimated at Rs 1700 23 000) and total expenditure at Rs 18 66 75 000/ reveal ing a deficit of Rs 166 52 000/ THE Jodhpur unit alone was responsible for a deficit of Rs 1 17 59 000/ 8 As it was not possible to frame a new budget soon after the formation of Rajasthan it was decided to carry on according to the old budget of the Covenanting Units upto 30th September 1950 Therefore a new budget was prepared for six months (ie from 1st October 1949 to 31st March 1950) The estimated income for the half year was Rs 8 83 50 000/ and expenditure Rs 8 23 50 000/ or a surplus of Rs 60 lacs 9 The accounts have not yet been finally closed The position of actual receipts and the expenditure for the six months as revealed so far is as follows – Rec pt 6 5 3 000 E podt 7 94 41 800 Accounts 10 In order to consolidate the cash balances and accounts new treasuries at district headquarters were started with effect from 1st October 1949 One Gazetted Officer was retained in each unit for disposal of the arrears of work in each place The work of initial organisation of treasures including drafting of rules procedure de signing of forms training of the staff posting of treasury Oficers etc Vas also done ·Vu 11 Owing to the non availability of sufficient residential and Office accommodation at Jaipur, the Accounts Department was bifurcated one part located at Jaipur and the other at Jodhpur The Jaipur Office dealt with pensions, payment to Officers and staff at Jaipur, audit of Public Works and Forest Departments, Debts and Deposits, Leave, postings of Treasury Officers and staff, compilation of accounts, Privy Purse payments, Budget and the control of establishment The Jodhpur Office dealt with the payments to officers and staff stationed at places other than Jaipur, Provident Fund account and audit of Gadetted establishment and treasuries ·CHAPTER XI MISCELLANEOUS 3 Refugee Rehabilitation This department was inaugurated in the beginiiing of June 1919 and Shri N R Malkanı was appointed as the Director of Relief and Rehabilitation for Hajasthan The forener Matsya Unit was out side hi jurisdiction as it was placed under a Deputy Director who dealt directly with the Secretariat The Director was assisted by a Deputy Director an Assistant Director a Technical Adviser a Financial Adviser an Educational Adviser a Chief Organiser Womens Section and a Chief Loans Officer at the headquarters 2 There was one Deputy Director at each of the Divisionai Headquarters vız Jaipur Jodhpur Bikaner Udaipur and Kotah 3 The total number of retugees in Rajasthan was over 3 lakhs during the year under report out of whom 83 622 were living in camps The camps population was gradually dispersed to both urban as well as rural reas of Rajasthan for rehabilitation They were originally receiving zatians in kind From 1st July 1949 food ration was converted into a progressively reduced cash ration of Rs 13! in August Rs 9/ in September and Rs 7/8/ only in October 1949 From 1st November 1949 all free rations were stopped except for the old infirm and destacute men women and chidren 6 5 By the 1st of Apra} 1950 the number of refugees living in camps and shelters had been reduced to 31 327 Camps were thence forward converted into shelters for those remaining there uniti alternative accommodation was found for them by Government Tuo main difficulties were experienced in the way of rehabi litation of refugees First most of them came and congregated in big citiem which they were loath to leave and secondly most of them specially those from Sind were petty shop beepers and insisted on continuing as such Howet er after great difficulty a good deal of dispersal was effected 7 Loans-urban and rural Rules for grant of loans were framed scales of loans for different trades prescribed and a special field organisation consisting of 21 Loan Inspectors with Chief Loatis Omcer at its head set up It was not found possible to form groups among loanccs on any appreciable scale Loans to joint families and partnerships were hower er encouraged and this found a fair res ponse Co-operatre working among petty shop-kecpers used to unrelenting competition would have required years of preparatory training and education Mast loans were sanctioned for individuals but prcrautions were taken to have suretses As a measure of further salcguard payments were made in instalments and photos of loanec were secured ·65 7 } ) 8 Urban loans amounting to Rs 49,60,330/- were sanctioned to displaced families during the year under report and Rs 1,67,23,302/- to rural displaced persons Rural loans were mostly utilised in the Ganganagar, Alwar and Bharatpur Districts 9 Well irrigation facilities were provided in Matsya Unit and Rs 250/- per family was sanctioned for this purpose Cattle fairs were organised by the department, so that displaced persons could select bullocks of their own choice for irrigation and cultivation purposes 10 Houses and Shops --Construction of 700 one room tenements at Fateh Tiba Jaipur, had been sanctioned and construction started At the same time 447 shops and stalls were constructed in various Divisions At Alwar a new market consisting of 83 shops, known as Tilak Market, was constructed and allotted to displaced persons 60 stalls on tonga stand were also constructed for them 11 Technical and Vocational Training -By the end of the year under review, 81 boys were receiving technical training in various vocations for a period varying from 6 to 18 months During the period of training, they received a stipend of Rs 25/- pm and the cost of tools, materials, etc 12 Education --Educational loans amounting to Rs 52,501 were sanctioned to deserving candidates At the end of the year during review, 53 primary schools for 6,107 boys and girls were run by the department 13 Narshalas-There were 4 Narishala run by the Department where 471 destitute widows were engaged in work A consolidated grant of Rs 1,25,000/- was provided to all the Narishalas Besides, 213 refugee widows and their children were provided free lodging boarding clothing etc in the Narishala at Amber This was originally run by Government, but was transferred to the Trust for Sindhi Women and Children from the 1st January, 1950 14 Hame for Disabled Persons --A Home for Disabled Men Women and children was established at Udaipur, which had 333 inmates They were paid Rs 18/- pm Pmnting and Stationery independent 15 In April, 1949, when Rajasthan was formed and well equipped Presses were working at Jaipur, Jodhpur,Bil aner These and Udaipur besides small presses at Sirohi and Jaisalmer presses continued to worl with their original strength and machinery under the direct administrative control of the Administrators till 15th August, 1949, and of the Commissioners afterwards 16 The Government Press at Bihaner executed the printing work of various Government departments including Bikaner State Railway The machinery is run by electric power Printing of private work was also undertaken on usual payment of charges 17 Pt Shreeram Sharma wis Superintendent of Government Press and Controller of Stationery at Bikaner during the scar under report 3 ·66 18 Material worth Rs 18 982/12/ including a new Art Falcon Printing Machine for Rs 17 050 was purchased during the year Thus the total cost of plants and machinery comes to Rs 117 457/14/10 after deducting depreciation cost thereon The total expenditure in curred during the year was Rs 173351/14/2 against an income of Rs 209 005/77 thus affecting a net profit of Rs 35 653/8/10 Motor Cars 19 Capt D N Handa MA BSc MSM (Jaipur Unit) was ancharge of this Department and was designated as Superintendent Motor Department The number of vehicles in the Garage was 62 20 The total expenditure incurred on the Department was Rs 397,22/13/6 The earnings of the Department on account of repairs to private cars and sale of petrol ete" were Rs 4 263/3/ Aviation 21 In April 1949 the Aviation Department for Rajasthan was formed Shri G B Mehta was appointed Chief Pilot The Depart ment got from the covenanting units a fleet of 4 twin engined and 1€ single engined aircrafts 22. During the year under review new appointments of one Ground Engineer and one Radio Operator were made for the mainte nance and safety of big types of aircraft 23 This was a popular means of transport owing to long dis tances between various places in Rajasthan The departmensupplied air transport for HH the Rajpramukh Honourable Ministers and other Government Officers It also managed a flying training school 24 During the period under review 200 visiting aircrafts landet at the Sanganer airport Three persons were trained as pilots by the Kotah Flying Club and secured licences During the year under report there were 20 members of the club who were under training for their A licences Court of Wards 25 Capt Rawal Kurersingh of Dhula was appointed Superin tendent Court of Wards He was assisted by one Deputy and Assistant Superintendents 26 At the commencement of the year 136 estates were under the management of the Court of Wards out of which 7 were released Five morc estates were taken under superintendence during the year Thus there were 134 estates under management at the end of the year 27 There me e 69 students of Thikanas studying at different Institutions in Rajasthan and Ajmer 28 One hundred and eighteen wells and 8 tanks were newly con tructed and 197 wells sere repaired in various estates ·67 29 The total income of the estates was Rs 12,31,547/12/- while the expenditure was Rs 10,15,569/3/8 30 The Department could pay only Rs 20,482/13/6 against the liabilities of various estates under its management More money could not be paid due to the failure of monsoon and stortage of recoveries Archaeology and Museums 31 Before integration there were Museums in eight States, namely, Bikaner, Alwar, Bharatpur and Jhalawar, and in the States of Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur and Kotah where there were museums as well as Departments of Archaeology In ten units, ie, Jaisalmer, Bundi, Tonk, Karaulı, Dholpur, Dungarpur, Banswara, Kishengarh, Pratapgarh and Shahpura there were neither a Museum nor Archaeological Department 32 Total expenditure on this department during the year 1949 50 was Rs 1,94,600/- 33 The Archaeological Museum at Jaipur formerly situated at Purana Ghat was shifted to Dala Ram Bagh, Amber Archaeological finds from the excavated sites at Bairath, Naliasar, Sambhar, Rairh and Nagar which are shown in show cases there 34 The Superintendent of Museums and Archaeology, Udaipur, during the year under review undertook exploratory tours of Bateri, Siva Temple, Rampura Jain Temple, Parasram Mahadeo Temple, Kumbhalgarh Fort, Chaturbhuja Temple in Udaipur Division The museum of Udaipur is small one but has archaeological importance A complete descriptive Catalogue of museum exhibits was prepared 35 The Director General of Archaeology of India visited the famous historic Fort of Chittorgarh as well as the Archaeological finds in Jaipur Division 36 The Archaeological Department at Jodhpur looked after the Sardar Museum 1 543 exhibits including 1 501 paintings were added to the Museum during the year It was visited by 3,25,465 persons during the year 37 The Gang: Golden Jubilee Museum at Bikaner was visited by 25,623 persons during the year Five silver coins and 69 photo prints were added to the collection Karkhanezat 38 This Department dealt with the following minor departments in the Covenanting States of Rajasthan Farrashkhana Guest House, Stables, Baggikhana, Zenani Deorhi, City Palace (Mardan Dearhi), Feelkhana, Shutarkhana Shkarkhana Gunijanhhana, Silehkhana, Nao (Boat) Department Palhikhana, and Naqqarkhana, etc 39 These Karkhanas were mostly under the direct control of the Rulers of the State, but were also meant for ceremonial purposes ·08 of the Ruler as well as the general public The harkhanas which were brept purely for the dignity of Ruler were liquidated after the formation of Rajasthan 40 Shri Devi Singh was appointed on the 3rd May 1919 as Special Officer for liquidating and effecting retrenchment in Karkhanas with Shri B N Temanı as his Assistant He was succeeded on the 29th December 1919 by Shri Durga Dass (Jaipur Unit) who was appointed is Oficer on Special Duty for this work 41 The following harkhanas which were not considered necessary were abolished in Jaipur Jodhpur Bikaner and Jaisalmer Units - Naqqarkhana State Hotel Palkıkhana Shikarkhana Shutar khana Feelkhana Rathkhana and Stables Further proposals for liquidation and retrenchment of Kar khanas were under Governments consideration 42 The total expenditure on harkhanas in 1949 50 wa Rs 21 75 322/ COD Dharmarth 43 This Department remained under the control of the Superinten dent Dharmarath Department Shri Ram Gopal Purohit BALL B a retired Sub Judge (Jaipur Unit) was appointed to this post on the 26th December 1949 He was assisted by four Assistant Superintendents one for Udaipur and Kotah Divisions one for Jodhpur and Bikaner Divisions one for Jaipur Division and one at the Head Office An Endowment Act and Rules were being framed for lay ing down a uniform policy for distribution of chanty in Rajasthan Life Insurance 45 The Compulsory Insurance Scheme has been in force in Jaipur State since 1913 Shri S Vishwanathan BA ACI tinued to be the Director of Insurance at Jaipur 46 During the year under review 995 policies and 3,265 assurances were issued for Rs 11 28 1977 bringing the total assurances so far issued to 18 136 persons for the assured sum of Rs 55 78 123/ / 47 Thirty nine claims death for sum Rs received y car thus bringing the total claims to 96 for Rs 41 761/ Claims were still outstanding on account of non-compliance by the Thirty seven Departments concerned of the requirements of the Insurance Law 48 One hundred and twenty three claims by maturty for the aggregate amount of Rs 20 172/ arose during the year Out of these 34 cases for a sum of Rs 6 903/ were finally settled 49 The life fund stood at Rs 626 788/13/6 on the 31st Aug 1949 a 16 475/ by this were ·69 ) To review t Census 50 In November, 1949, Shri Yamuna Lal Dashore, BA, LL B, Superintendent of Census Operations, Former Rajasthan, with headquarters at Udaipur, was directed to receive training in the International Training School for Census and Statistics opened at Delhi and Calcutta He attended the course from November, 1949, to February, 1950 In April, 1950, Census Department was taken over by the Central Government and he was appointed Superintendent of Census Operations in Rajasthan and Ajmer Under him, there were three Deputy Census Superintendents each at Jaipur (for Jaipur Division and Ajmer State), Jodhpur (for Jodhpur and Bikaner Divisions) and Udaipur (for Udaipur and Kotah Divisions) Soldiers Resettlement and Employment Exchange 51 Employment Assistanae -During the year under 543 ex servicemen sought assistance of the Employment Exchange for employment and the percentage of placing was 292 52 Three ex-servicemen were receiving training in professional studies 53 A scheme for granting scholarships to the children of exservicemen at Jaipur was prepared for which Rs two lakhs were received from the Government of India Out of this Rs 30,000/- were kept apart for the construction of a Hostel at Jhunjhunu In Bikaner, 112 boys were given scholarships ranging between Rs 5/- to Rs 20/- pm In Alwar and Bharatpur Districts 192 scholarships were granted to the sons and dependents of soldiers 54 An expenditure of Rs 40 000/- was incurred for the construction of a Boarding House and Rest House at Bharatpur 55 Medical Ward for soldiers and their families and a Maternity Ward are about to be completed shortly 56 Eight Adult Civilian persons were selected for admission at the Central Government Technical Training Centres Jaipur 57 Award to War Decorées-Seven War Decorees granted land awards, and 28 cash rewards 58 Colonisation of Mansarowar Bund at Jaipur-Plans were The ex serviceprepared to resettle 112 ex servicemen at this place men formed a society with Rs 6,762 • as subscribed capítal and secured Government contribution of Rs 1,12,596/- 159 Allotment of Baranı Lands-One hundred and eleven és soldiers were settled on Baranı lands in Bharaʻpur Districť and 23 n Jaipur were SA ·APPENDIX A 1 List of Ord nances promuljated during the year 1949 50 The Pajasthan Administration Ordinance 1949 (No I of 1949) An Ordınınce to provide for the existing laws in the United State of Rajas than and for certain other matters concerned with the alministration of the said State (No II of The Rajasthan Gazette (Raj Patra) Onlinance 1919 1949)-An Ordinance to pros de for the off cial Gazette (Raj Patra) of Rajas than 3 The Rajasthan Police (Integration) Ordinance 1949 (Na III of 1949)--An Ordinance to provide for the integration of the Police of Rajas than 4 The Jaipur Requis tioning of Land (Continuance of Powers) Act (Amondment) Ordinance 1949 (No IV of 1919)-An Ordinance to amend te Jaipur Requ sitioning of Land (Continuance of Powers) Act 1949 6 The Rajasthan Adm nistration (Amendment) Ordinance 1949 (Mo 1 of 1919) -An Ordinance to amend the Rajasthan Administration Or linance Mo I of 1949 6 The Fore gn Exchange Regulation Act (Adaptation) Ordinance 1919 (Vo V[of 1919) An Ordinance to provide for the regulation of certain payments dealın, in forei n erchange and securities and the import and export of currency and bull on 7. The Cty of Jaipur Junicipal Council (Extending) Ordinance 1049 (No VII of 1019) --- An Ordinance to provide for the extension of the term of the present SIunicipal Council of the City of Jaipur 8 The Rajasthan Removal of Trees (Rogulation) Ordinance 1949 (Ao VIII of 1919)-An Ordinance to regulate the removal of trees standing on occupici and unoccupied lands 9 The Rajasthan (Protection of Tenanta) Ordinance 1949 (No IX of 1919)- In Ordinance to provide for the protection of tenants from ejectment from their holdings 10 The Rajasthan (Discontrance of Extradition) Ordinance 1010 flo X of 1940)-An Ordinance to discontinue the taking of extradition proceedings in certain cats 11 Tho Pajasthan Premies (Requisition and Eviction) Ordinance 1049 no XI of 1049)-An Ordinance to confer certain powers in respect of premises in Rajasthan The Raja than (Protection of Tenants) Amendment Ordinance 1919 o VII of 1019)-An Ord nanco to amend the Rajasthan (Protection of Tenants) Ordinance No IX of 1919 1 70 ·13 The Rajasthan (Essential Supplies Temporary Powers) Ordinance 1919 (No XII of 1949)-An Ordinance to provide for the continuance of powers to control the production, supply and distribution of and trade and commerce in certain commodities 14 The Rajasthan (Administration of Evacuea Property) Ordinance 1949 (No XIV of 1949)-An Ordinance to provide for the administration of evacuee property in Rajasthan and for certain matters incidental thereto 15 The Rajasthan High Court Ordinance 1949 (XV of 1949)-A1 Ordinance to provide for the establishment of a High Conrt of Judicature for Rajasthan 16 The Rajasthan Regulation of Customs Duties Ordinance 1919 (No XVI of 1919)-An Ordinance to regulate the levy of duties of customs on goods 17 The Rajasthan International Monetary Fund and Bank Ordinance 1949 (No XVII of 1949)-An Ordinance to apply the provisions of the International Alonetary Fund and Bank Ordinano (No XVII of 1949), to Rajasthan 18 Tho Gandhi National Vemorial Fund Donation (Companies) Ordinance 1949 (No XVIII of 1949)--An Ordinance to enablo Companies to make donations to the Gandhi National Memorial rund 10 The Rajasthan Administration (Second Arendment) Ordinance 1949 (No XIX of 1049)--An Ordinance further to amend tho Rajastban Administration Ordinance 1949 20 The Rajasthan Territorial Divisions Ordinance 1949 (No XXO 1949)--An Ordinanco to provide for the creation of various day 1310ns districts sub divisions and tehsils for purposes of rerenue and general adm nistration of the State and appointment of officers therein 21 The Udaipur City Municipal (Amendment) Ordinance 1949 (No XXI of 1949)--An Ordinance to amend the Udaipur City Munucipal Act 1945 22 The Rajasthan Board of Rotenue Ordinance 1940 (No WII of 1949)-An Ordinance to provide for the establishment of a Board of Rovýcnue for Rajasthan 23 The Rajasthan Public Service Commission Ordinance 1949 (No XXIII of 1949)-An Ordinance for tho cstablishment of a Public Seri ico Commission for Rajasthan 24 The Rajasthan (Indian Income tax Investigation Commisalon) Supplementary Powers Ordinance 1040 (No LXIV of 1310)-An Ordinanco to provide for the orercise of certain porrers by the Indian Income tax Investigation Commission in tho United Stato of Rajasthan 25 The Rajasthan Exoise Dutres Ordinance 1949 (LIV of 1940)--An Ordinanco to consolidato and amend the lo relating to doties of Arcise ·72 26 The Rajasthan Public Security Ordinance 1949 (No XXVI of 1919)–An Ordinance to provide for special measures to ensure the public safety ma ntenance of public order and other matters 27 The Rajasthan Rehabilitation Finance Administration (Exten diny) Ordinance 1949 (No XLVII of 1949)-An Ordinance to provide fo the giving of financial as istance to displaced p roons by the Rehabilitation Finance Administration of India 8 The Rajasthan Di placed Persons (Institution of Suits) Ordinance 1919 (No XXVIII of 1949)—An Ordinance to make certain special provi sions for the institution of buits by displaced persons (99 The Rajathan Dramatic Performances & Entertainments Ordı narice 1019 (NO XXIX of 1949)-An Ordinance to provide for the control of dramatic performances and entertainments in public places 30 The Raja than Petroleum Ordinance 1949 (No XX 1919)— An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relat ng to the import transport storage production refinin and blending of petroleum and other inflammablo substances 31 Tho Rajasthan Drugs (Control) Ordinance 1019 and Notification (o \IXI of 1019) --An Ordinance to provide for the control of the sale suppls and distribution of drug 3 Tho Rajastl an (Grant of Powers to Delhi Special Police Establish mont) Ordinanco 1919 ( YUVII of 1919)-An Ordinance to give certain powers to the Special Poli o Estabh hment constituted by the Government of India under the Delhi Special Police Catablishment Act 1949 (Act XV of 1916) for taking action against employees of tho Government of India department stationed in tho United State of Rajasthan and to make certain offences punishable in the United State of Rajasthan 33 The Pajasthan Res ttlement of Displaced Persons (Land Acquisi tion) Ordinance 1919 / WIII of 1949)-An Ordinance to provide for the speeds acqui ition of land for the resettlement of displaced persons 34 The Pajasthan (Protection of Tenants) ( Second Amendment) Ord nance 1949 (XXXI of 1919)-An Ordinance further to amend the Rajasthan (Protection of Tenant ) Ordinanc 1949 The Udaipur Cty Munic pal Act (Second Amendment) Ordinance 1919 M. IX of 1913-An Ordinance further to amend the Udaipur cits Junicipal Act 191 36 Tho Rajasth an Revenue Courts (Designation) Ordinance 1949 (o WXYVI of 1019An Ordinance to effect a change in the designation of certain Pescnue Courts 37 The Ja pur Stato Municipal Boards (Extending) Ordinance 10:49 no XITUTI of 1913)--An Ordnance to provids for the extension of the term of Yunicipal Boards constatatel under the Jaipur State Town Mani spalıtı s Art 101 ·APPENDIX I Statoment showing the number of cases decided in the Sessions Courts in 1949 Number of Casos decided CRIMINAL Appellate M18cellaneous Original Regular Mtscellaneous 4 Regular 3 2 Х 4 066 х 430 80 APPENDI J Statement showing the result of appeals and revisions in Sessions Courts in 1949 Died escaped or transferred to another Province Total Das posal Pending Irsal Aumber of appe Ilonta and appli Appeals or ap cants for Rers plıcalions re rion before the jected Courts Sentence altered Sentence or or der confirmed Otherwise d18posed of Sentenco reversed 6221 1416 831 4 901 900 2002 1683 7637 ·PPPNDIKO Statemeat toslar Asd tals of Cir! cases aptitated decided and pending ia 1849 mo 1 on OU 1 pod ! the Pool idu 6 By dng ty ty I thout in # Jog Jdg ? 11 ms nis pl Inds h! CJ Ige tout Vunaufr Lo t 439 3941 881 677 83 7 382 510 1009 1826 101 6 1835 12 457 1003 6173 160 1174 7063 168 209 0437 104 1035 5 67 30 309 972 1 33 3 081 $ 989 То 32 1404 5 1495 1614 G 7301 8385 7691 63637 102 9 87 11704 6406 1311 1136 31,38 3334 APPENDIX D Statemeat showing iba number and lue of Civil Smtp aut tatei in the Ciru Coutts in 1949 Tumbe ! Crt d 100% R ilid VI R SOOIB 1 000 R 300 500 2000$ R 5000 8 RS DOO Numa ie T!l mar X2 au to Inal Id an mo y DJ ! Cart CIJOS Cart N221{ Court 6 038 88 3 6 1095 917 396 741 149 1236 668 38 78 157 238 1066 677 63 7 T 10 865 10 93 2 582 3 148 103 - 727 469 8385 ·73 1 ! 1 3 1 1 3 38 The Rajasthan Penal Code (Adaptation) Ordinance, '1949 (NO XXXVIII of 1949)–An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to crimes in Raja than 39 The Rajasthan Code of Criminal Procedure (Adaptation) Ordinance. 1949 (No XXXIY of 1949)-An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the lat relating to Criminal Procedure 40 The Rajasthan Appeals and Petitions (Discontinuance) Ordinance 1919.-An Ordinance to discontinue the presentation and provide for the disposal of certain appvals and petitions ! 41 The Rajasthan Adm nistration (Third Amendment) Ordinance 1949 (No XLI of 1949)--An Ordinance further to amend the Rajasthan Administration' Ordinance, 1949 42 The Rajasthaa' Railway Stores (Unlawful possession) Ordnance, 1919 ( No XLII of 1919 ) -An Ordinance to make special provisions i Rajasthan for the punishment of the offence of unlawful possession orailway stores 43 The Jodhpur Municipal Act (Amendment) Ordinance 1949 (No XLIII of 1949)-An Ordinance to amend the Jodhpur Munio pal Act, 1948 44 The Rajasthan Spec al Court o dinance 1919 (No XLIV of 1949)- An Ordinance to por de for the constitution of Spec al Criminnl Courts in Rajasthan 45 The Rajrsthan Press and Registration of Books Ordinance 1949 (No XLV of 1949)-An Ordinance for the regu ation of printing pr sses and new papers for the pe ervation of copies of books printed in Rajas than, and for the registration of such boobs 46 The Rajasthan Press Control Ordınınce 1949 (No XLVI of 1949), An Ordinance to provide for the better control of the press in Rajasthan 47 Tho Rzjasthan Cinematograph Ordinance 1919 (No XLVII OE 1949)-An Ordinance to make provision for regulating exhibitions by means of C nematographs 48 Tho Rajasthan Public Cambling o dinance 1919 (XLIIII E 1949) An Ordnance to provide for the punishment of public gambling keeping of common gaming houses in Rajasthan 49 The Rajasthan Essential Supplics (Temporary Powers) (Amend ment) Ordinance 1919 (No XLIX of 1919) ---An Ordinance to amend tho Rajasthan Essential Supplics (Tompomry Powers) Ordinance 1919 60 The Rajasthan Opium Ordinance, 1950-An Ordinance to consoli dato and amend the law relating to opium Tho Rajastlinn Dangeroue Drogy Ordinance 19-0--:In Ordinanco to provide for the United Stato of Raja than & Oniform Int relating to dangerous drugs ·74 69 The Rajasthan (Avoidance of Wagers) Ordinance 1900mAn Ordı Dance to provide for the avoidance of Fagern 6. "The Rajasthan Adaptation of Central Laws Ordinance 1950 An Or linance to secure uniformity of laws in Rajasthan 51 The Rajasthan Code of Civil Procedure (Adaptation) Ordinance 10 -An Ordinance to consol date and amend the law relating to the pro ceduro of the Courts of Civil Judicature 75 The Rajasthan Limitation Act (Adaptation) Ordinance 1950 An Ordinanco to consol date and amend tho law for the limitation of systs and for other purpo e3 56 The Rajasthan Civil Courts Ord nance 1910-An Ordinance to consolidata and amend the law relating to Civil Courts in Rajasthan 67 The Rajasthan Small Cause Courts Ordinance 19.0—An Ordt nnnco to contohdate an i amend the law relating to courts of Small Causes in Rajasthan 78 The Raja. than Court Fees Act (Adaptation) Ordinanco 1950- An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to court fees in Rajasthan 1 69 The Rajasthan Arms and Fxplosives (Regulation) Ordinance 1930-- An Ord n nice to provido for uniformity in respect of the regulauon of cert in matters relating to arms and explo e 00 The Rajasthan Pabic Secunty (Amendment) Ord nance 1950- An Ordinance to amend tho Rajasthan Publ c Security Ord nanco 1950 61 The Rajasthan Appeals and letition (Discontınnanco) (Amend ment) Ord nance 10.0-An Ordinance to nmend tho Rajasthan I ublic Security Ord dance 190 The Bundi State Income tax Act (Amendment) Ord nance 1050 An Ord nanco to amend the Bundi State Income tar Act The Raja tlan Votor Vehicles Act (Adaptation) Ord nanoc 1950 An Ordinance to consolidato nnd amend the law relating to Motor Vehicles { The Unite! Provinces Arms Constabulary Act (Extension to Rajasthan) Ord nance 19 0.-An Ordinance to proride for the applie tran of the Unted Provinces Armed Constabulary Act 1948 to detachments or that constabulary : rving in Rajasthan OU Tl Jaipur State Grants and Land Tenore Act (Amendment Ordi Dance 1000)-An Ordinance further to am nd the Jaipur Stato Grants and Land Tenures Act 1947 E8 The Rajasthan Jabitual Criminals (Registration and Regulation) Ach, 19.40-An act to consolidato and amend the law relating to habitual criminals.

·75 APPENDIX B List om Central Laws adapted under the Rajasthan Adaptation of Central Laws Ordinance, 1950 No IV of 1950). 5 S No No of Act 2 Short Title 3 بر و ت ه ا و - eine beste 9 10 Il 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 XXXII V XVIII XXI XXXVII XII XIII IX XV XXI III Іy VIII I I II IX х IX I VI XVIII XIII XAVI ΙΣ IV V VII VI VIII XI XVIII IV IX XV III IV VIII III 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 The Interest Act, 1839 The Indian Slavery Act, 1843 The Judicial Officers Protection Act 1850 The Caste Disablites Rimoval Act 1850 The Public Servants (Inquu res) Act, 1850 The Legal Representatives Suits Act, 1855 The Indian Fatal Acc dent Act 1855 The Indian Bills of Lading Act 1856 The Hudu W.dows R marriage Act 1856 The Sacieties Reg station Act, 1860 The Carriers Act 1865 The Indian Divorco Act 1869 The Female Infantic de Prevontion Act 1870 The Cattle Trespass Act 1871. The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 The Special Marriag Act 1872 The Indian Contract Act 1872 The Indian Oaths, Act 1873 - 1 The Indian Majority Act,-1875 The Special Relief Act 1877 The Indian Treasure Trove Act 1878 The Legal Practitjone & Act 1879 The Vaccination Act 1880) The Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 The Indian Trnets Act 1882 The Trnasfor of Property Art 1882 The Indian Lasements Act 1882 The Suits Valuation Act 18873 The Charitablo Endowments Act 1890 The Guardians & Wards Act 1890 The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1890 The Binhcts Books Is denco Act 1891 The Partition Act 1893 The Prisons Act 1894 The Crown Grants Act 1895 The Epidemic Diseases Act 1897 The Indian Fisheries Act 1897 The Reformatory Schools Act 1897 The Lopers Act 1899 The Govornment Buldings Act 1899 The Prisoners Act 1900 The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act 1901 The Indian Registmtion Act, 1903 The lyhipping Act 1909 The Anand Marriago Act 1909 The Indinn Lunacy Act 1912 The Musalman Waqf Validating Act, 1013 34 35 36 37 38 39 42 III VI XVI IV VII 46 4G IV ·76 48 VII XY 50 ol 62 53 55 58 67 58 59 60 61 6 X V XIV XFXIII VIII XIX XXIII YLII V XIX XII XVI XXY XII XIX XXX XXXII IX 11 VIII 65 66 67 63 69 70 71 79 73 74 78 78 77 78 79 SO 81 The Indian Companies Act 1913 The Hindu Deposition of Property Act 191T The Destruction of Record Act 1917 The V unous Loans Act 2018 The Provincial Insolvency Act 19 O The Charitable & Religrous Trusts Act 1920 The Identificat on of Pt soners Act 1020 The Worlmen & Componsat on Act 1093 The Indian Off cal Secrets Act 29 3 The Legal Practit one 8 (Women) Act 1923 The Ma alman Waqf Act 19 3 The Ind an Soldierg (Litigation) Act 1925 The Provident Funds Act 1995 The Contempt of Courts Act 19 6 The Ind an Trade Uniong Act 19 8 The Lagal Practitioners (Fecs) Act 1026 The Indu Inheritanco (Removal of Drabilities) Ac 13 8 The Chld Matt & 6 Restra nt Act 1929 The Inů sn Sa e of Goods Act 1930 The Hindu Guins of Learn n, Act 1930 The Muxalm n \YanVal dating Act 1930 The Indian P rtner hp Act 1032 The Children (Ple lg ng of Labour) Act 1833 The I haddar (Name Protection Act 1034 The Payment of IT ages Act 1936 The Arya Marriage I al dation Act 1037 The Employers Liability Act 1938 Th Fmployment of Children Act 1938 The Di golut on of Muslim Marriago Act 1039 The Commerc al Documents Evidenco Act 1939 The Arbitrat on Act 1910 The Weekly Holidays Act 1949 The Industral Statist ca Act 1939 The Hindu Marr ed Women s Right to separate R dence and Ma ntenance Act 1916 The In la tral Employment (St nding 0 ders) Act The Hindu &tria e Dsabilitie Pemoval Act 194 The Prevention of Corruption Act 1947 The Inl strial sputns Act 1917 Tho Mi niman l'ages Act 1918 XIX TKIV XXVI VIII XVIII KIR VIX. 1 8 83 SS & 88 XY XXVIII II XIY X ·APPENDIX & Statement showing details of Special Crimes in 1949 Prot Preventive 109 110 Or PO Pupulatori Dacorlu Hobbery Murder Area in guard Üsler Investt gated On tours Calle Theft District Report Burglary 2014 10 50 133 30 39 06 3 3 209 66 OL 186 23 9 20 29 19 26 26 32 133 39 39 06 93 93 60 18 TU 21 24 41 20 1 3 93 80 18 7 8 9 10 16 IS 18 Jaipur Tonk Jhunjhunu Sikar Alwar Bharatpur Bawal Slachopur Jodhpur Jalsalmer Jaloro Barmor Pali hageur Sirohi Udaipur Dungarpur Bagsworo Chittor Bhilwara hotah Dondt 20 16 40 20 23 4 19 18 16 26 8 27 175 214 51 140 33 188 138 23. 185 3 6.64 12 75 VVO 798 3 43 000 209 187 nno 5 01 nun 3.31 8 48 000) J13 8 50 000 1012 6 76 000 9032 5 74 000 1800. 83 ONO 4730 400 000 4734 3 03 000 1073 55,000 0901) 0 34 000 1324 17 000 8080 9 98 000 1400 2 74 000 1955 300 000 3890 5 63 000 4030 899 000 O $87 731 000 2933 239 000 917 3 45 000 8 80 3 04 000 7 960 5 34 000 Gult 4 85 000 23 8 13 27 45 23 30 44 23 43 71 12 13 14 15 18 1066 324 324 186 024 527 240 345 15 137 05 998 200 102 766 123 188 326 544 830 280 305 206 24% 208 8 S 39 09 6 337 92 3 0 23 10 29 43 71 3 93 11 22 04 68 19 20 8 12 128 31 48 11 20 123 13 27 88 78 19 20 8 13 25 107 360 ९ 20 22 25 9 19 11 68 13 16 16 16 37 S 10 7 19 28 n 300 3 Birr ( платида Churu 3 7 19 9 24 86 21 2 2 13 ** 14 140 104

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