Rajasthan Gaushala Act, 1960
No: 24 Dated: Jul, 09 1960
The Rajasthan Gaushala Act, 1960
Act No. 24 of 1960
An Act to provide for better management, control and development of Gaushalas in the State of Rajasthan.
Be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Eleventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan Gaushala Act, 1960.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Rajasthan.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the subject or context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Cattle" includes any domestic animal of the bovine species;
(b) "Director" means the Director of Animal Husbandry, Rajasthan, and includes any officer appointed by the State Government to perform the functions of the Director under this Act;
(c) "Federation" means the Federation referred to in section 3;
(d) "Gaushala" means a charitable institution established for the purpose of keeping, breeding, rearing and maintaining cattle or for the purpose of reception, protection and treatment of infirm, aged or diseased cattle and includes a Pinjarapole or a Gosadan where such cattle are kept;
(e) "Gaushala Development Officer" means the officer appointed as such by the State Government;
(f) "Registrar" means the Registrar of Gaushalas appointed under Section 4, and includes an Assistant Registrar while performing the functions of the Registrar under this Act;
(g) "Regulation" means a regulation made by the Director under section 14;
(h) ‘Trustee" means a person or a body of persons, by whatever designation known, in whom the administration of a Gaushala is vested and includes any person who is liable as if he were a trustee.
3. Establishment of the Federation. - (1) As soon as may be possible, but not later than one year, after this Act comes into force, there shall be established in the State of Rajasthan a Federation to be called "the Rajasthan State Gaushala Federation".
(2) The Federation shall consist of the prescribed number of members elected by the trustees of the Gaushalas of the State in the prescribed manner at a meeting specially held for the purpose.
(3) Until the establishment of the Federation under this section, the Rajasthan Pinjarapole Gaushala Federation Jaipur which has been registered under the societies Registration Act, 1860 (Central Act No. XXI of 1860), as adapted to Rajasthan, shall be the Federation for the purposes of this Act.
4. Office of the Registrar and his staff. - (1) The Gaushala Development Officer shall, by virtue of his office, be the Registrar of Gaushalas.
(2) Whenever necessary, the State Government may appoint an Assistant Registrar and such other staff on such salary, allowances and other conditions of service as it may determine.
5. Trustees to apply for registration of and to furnish particulars relating to Gaushalas. - (1) The trustee of every Gaushala shall, in the case of-
(a) a Gaushala established before the commencement of this Act, within three months of such commencement, and
(b) a Gaushala established after the commencement of this Act, within three months of such establishment,
submit to the Registrar in the prescribed manner an application in the prescribed form for the registration of such Gaushala and furnish along with such application a statement containing such particulars regarding the Gaushala as may be prescribed.
(2) The Registrar may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, extend the period for submitting such application and furnishing such statement.
(3) Upon receipt of an application under sub-section (1) the Registrar shall make such inquiry as he may deem necessary and may, if satisfied as to the correctness of the particulars furnished and the genuineness of the application, register the Gaushala in the register maintained under section 6 and issue a certificate of registration in the prescribed form.
6. Register of Gaushalas. - The Registrar shall maintain a register of Gaushalas in such form and containing such particulars as may be prescribed.
7. Power of Registrar to hold enquiry. - (1) The Registrar may at any time, either of his own motion or on the application of any person claiming to have an interest in the Gaushala or when required to do so by the Director or by the Federation, hold an inquiry to ascertain-
(a) if the Gaushala is a Gaushala to which this Act applies;
(b) the details of the property appertaining to such Gaushala;
(c) the name and address of the trustee of such Gaushala;
(d) the mode of succession to the office of the trustee of such Gaushala;
(e) the income and expenditure of such Gaushala; and
(f) the sources of income of such Gaushala.
(2) In every inquiry under this section the Registrar shall cause notice of such inquiry to be served on the trustee of the Gaushala and permit him to appear in person or through an agent duly authorised in writing.
(3) On the conclusion of the inquiry the Registrar may pass such order as he may deem fit as to the matters to which the inquiry relates.