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TENDER NOTICE INVITING OFFERS FOR PERMISSION TO COLLECT

AND REMOVE TENDU LEAVES FOR 2012 SEASON No. Desk 20(2)/ CR-18 /1361 of 2011-12, Nagpur, Dated 17/01/2012

Sealed offers in the prescribed form, are invited for and on behalf of the Governor of Maharashtra

State, by the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (NTFP, Monitoring and Evaluation)

Maharashtra State, Nagpur, from intending Licensees having Income Tax Permanent Account Number

who are registered as manufacturers of "BIDIS" and/or exporters of Tendu (Diospyros melanoxylon

Roxb) leaves, as required by Maharashtra Forest Produce (Regulation of Trade) Act 1969 (LVII of 1969)

(hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), and/or Maharashtra Forest Produce (Regulation of Trade in

Tendu Leaves) Rules 1969 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Rules”), for having the permission to collect and remove Tendu leaves during the period ending on the 31 December, 2012 from various units

constituted under section 3 of the said Act, details whereof have been notified under Government

Notification, Revenue and Forest Department No. MFP-2182/240911/F-1, dated the 19th November

1983, published in Government Gazette, Part IV-B, dated 1st December 1983 and Government

Corrigendum Revenue and Forests Department No. MFP-2192/CR-1/F-1 dated 13th January 1992,

published in Government Gazette, Part IV-B, dated 16th January 1992 and Government corrigendum, Revenue & Forest Department No. MFP-2198/CR-23/F-1 dated 2nd April 1998, published in Government

Gazette Part IV-B dated 3rd April 1998, Government Corrigendum Revenue & Forests Department No.

MFP 2109/CR 127/F-1, dated 31st January 2011, Offers are invited only in respect of units/group of units

specified in the list hereunder written. The maps and other details of various units/group of units can be

seen in the office of the Deputy Conservator of Forests/Sub-Divisional Forest Officer of independent

sub-division concerned during office hours on working days. Before submitting the offer the intending

offerers are advised that they should inspect personally the unit/group of units for which offers are

submitted and satisfy themselves regarding the boundary/boundaries of the unit/group of units and the

villages included in them as shown in the map and if they require any information or details thereof, they

may contact the concerned Deputy Conservator of Forests or the Chief Conservator of Forests

(Territorial) or the office of the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (NTFP, Monitoring

and Evaluation) Maharashtra State, Nagpur during office hours on any working day. After submission of

the offer, no complaint of whatsoever nature shall be entertained by the Government.

The Form of offer, Terms and Conditions of Offer, Terms and Conditions of Contract and the

Form of Agreement to be executed by the offerer whose offer is accepted by the Government are

appended hereto. The same will also be available in the Office of the Deputy Conservator of Forests/Sub-

Divisional Forest Officer concerned on all working days, during office hours. The Form of offer

will be available from 23/01/2012 to 28/01/2012 on working days during office hours, on payment of

Rs. 200 (non - refundable) either in cash or by a demand draft in the name of Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer of independent sub-division concerned.

Unless, otherwise specified in the said List of Units given hereunder, there shall be a separate

offer for each unit or specified group of units and only one offer will be submitted by a person or a party

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for a particular unit or specified group of units. In the event of submission of two or more offers for

different amounts for a particular unit or a specified group of units by one and the same person or party,

only the offer of the highest amount will be considered as a valid offer.

The right to accept or reject any offer without assigning any reason therefor is reserved.

The offerer whose offer is accepted by the Government, shall also be bound to pay for the Tendu

leaves which may be offered to him for sale by growers, if any, other than the Government in the

concerned unit/ group of units at the price that may be fixed by the Government and take delivery thereof

at such place and in such manner as may be directed from time to time by the Deputy Conservator of

Forests concerned. In this respect such offerer shall be deemed to be an agent of the Government, for the

concerned unit/group of units, appointed under the said Act and the said Rules.

Note : Only one offer is to be submitted by a person or a party for a particular unit or

specified group of units (g.o.u.) indicated in column 4, 5 and 6 of the list of 463 units/ group

of units (662 units) given below.

LIST OF 463 UNITS/GROUPS OF UNITS/(g.o.u.)(662 units) FOR WHICH OFFERS ARE INVITED

Circle

Division/

independent

Sub-Division

Range

Number & Name of

unit

Group

of

units

No.

Notified

yield

(approxi-

mate) in

standard

bags

1 2 3 4 5 6

1(i) Gadchiroli Gadchiroli Gadchiroli 1 Gadchiroli 600

2 Gurwada 1350

3 Maroda 1900

4 Sawela 700

Kunghada 5 Navegaon 2000

6 Murmuri 900

7 Muranda

8 Kadsi I 1000

Potegaon 9 Potegaon 1640

10 Marda 850

11 Pustola 950

12 Murgaon 2000

Chatgaon 13 Amirza 1900

14 Chatgaon 1550

15 Mahawada 1250

16 Karwafa 1400

17 Zari 1000

Pendhari 18 Godalwahi 1500

19 Gumdi 3100

20 Pathargota 1450

21 Chimrikal 2600

22 Pendhari 2000

23 Zadapapda 1450

24 Samalpur 1600

3

1 2 3 4 5 6

Gadchiroli Gadchiroli North Dhanora 25 Rangi 2250

26 Moharli 3200

27 Chicholi 1300

28 Muska 1900

South Dhanora 29 Dhudhmala 1000

30 Dhanora 2300

31 Tode 1400

32 Darachi 1000

33 Yerkad 1600

West Murmgaon 34 Sursundi 1100

35 Ambezari 500

36 Marma 600

37 Pannemara 2300

East Murmgaon 38 Murumgaon 2900

39 Sawargaon 1950

40 Katezari 1150

41 Gyarapatti 700

1(i) Total of Gadchiroli division : 40 units/g.o.u.(39 units & 1 group of 2 units) 61840

1(ii) Gadchiroli Wadsa Porla 1 Porla

2 Maregaon I 1500

Porla

Armori

3 Sirsee

6 Wasala II 1600

4 Koregaon 1500

5 Wairagad 1700

7 Armori 1200

8 Sawalkheda 1500

Wadsa 9 Bhagwanpur

10 Vihirgaon III 1600

11 Amgaon

12 Rawanwadi

13 Shankarpur

IV 1700

Kurkheda 14 Gewardha 850

15 Kurkheda

17 Jambhudkheda V 1300

16 Charbhatti 900

18 Gothangaon 1750

Delanwadi 19 Delanwadi 1800

20 Angara 2600

21 Sonsari 2000

Purada 22 Purada 2300

23 Dadapur

24 Kohka VI 2500

Malewada 25 Ranwahi 1200

26 Malewada 2400

27 Khobramenda 700

4

1 2 3 4 5 6

Gadchiroli Wadsa Malewada 28 Yedaskuhi 700

29 Godari

30 Kotgul VII 2000

Bedgaon 31 Temli

33 Kalapani VIII 900

32 Bedgaon 2700

34 Betkathi 1800

35 Markekasa 1000

36 Maseli 1500

37 Navezari

38 Padiyaljog IX 1100

1(ii) Total of Wadsa division : 28 units/g.o.u.(19 units & 9 groups of 19 units) 44300

1(iii) Gadchiroli Allapalli Ghot 1 Vegnur

2 Garanji I 1350

3 Regdi 1600

4 Bolepalli 1400

5 Deoda 1000

6 Gatta

7 Ambela II 1800

8 Potepalli

9 Makkepalli III 3300

10 Ghot 3400

11 Matteguda 1700

Chamorshi 12 Jangam 1500

13 Amgaon 1400

14 Karkapalli 1100

15 Chamorshi 1200

16 Jamgiri 900

17 Bhendala

18 Haldi IV 1200

19 Saganapur 2300

Markhanda 20 Jairampur 1100

21 Konsari

22 Gundapalli

23 Chandankhedi

V 4500

24 Adpalli 2000

25 Rengewahi 1500

26 Koparali 3300

Aheri 27 Lagam

28 Bori VI 3300

29 Eelgur 2100

30 Yetlacheru 2000

31 Rampur 1150

32 Aheri 2100

33 Indaram

34 Mosam VII 2300

5

1 2 3 4 5 6

Gadchiroli Allapalli Pediguddam 35 Barsewada

37 Mukdi VIII 1400

36 Mulchera 3300

38 Moharli 3200

39 Gomni 2750

40 Eelchil 2000

Allapalli 41 Allapalli

42 Talwada

43 Zamela

IX 1800

Pirmili 44 Vedampalli 1300

45 Medpalli 1900

46 Pirmili 2300

47 Yerminar 1450

48 Udera 2300

49 Bidri 2600

50 Kandoli 1800

51 Marpalli

52 Dumme X 2700

1(iii) Total of Allapalli division : 40 units/g.o.u.(30 units & 10 groups of 22 units) 81300

1(iv) Gadchiroli Bhamragarh Kasansur 1 Paidi 1300

2 Gaderi 1300

3 Koindul 1750

4 Reknar 1300

5 Karkakhurd 1000

6 Ghotsur 3800

7 Jarawandi 1400

8 Jambhulgatta 1200

9 Sohgaon 1400

Etapalli 10 Etapalli 1300

11 Jivangatta 3300

12 Geda 1700

13 Ekansur 1400

14 Halewara 2600

15 Kornar 2000

16 Adange 2600

17 Surjagad 1200

18 Parsalgondi 2000

Gatta 19 Mendhari 3600

20 Tadiguda 1800

21 Kiyer 1750

22 Zarewada 1400

Tadgaon 23 Mannerajaram

24 Marampalli I 2700

25 Kudkeli 1700

26 Tadgaon

27 Hemalkasa II 4050

6

1 2 3 4 5 6

Gadchiroli Bhamragarh Bhamragarh 28 Bhamragarh 2200

29 Lashkar

30 Laheri III 1300

31 Dhodraj 2800

1(iv) Total of Bhamragarh division : 28 units/g.o.u.(25 units & 3 groups of 6 units) 55850

1(v) Gadchiroli Sironcha Pranhita 1 Devalmari

2 Gudiguddam I 2100

3 Venkatapur 1400

Kamlapur 4 Rajaram 2400

5 Chhalewada

6 Korepalli II 2400

7 Kodsepalli 1100

8 Mandra 1500

9 Tonder 1800

10 Kamlapur

11 Kolamarka III 1900

Gimalagtta 12 Regulwahi

13 Timram

14 Karancha

IV 1800

15 Umanur 1400

16 Raspalli

17 Govindgaon

18 Gundera

19 Jimalgatta

V 2800

Dechli 20 Kistapur 1950

21 Dechali 2100

22 Petha

23 Kalled VI 2300

Bamani 24 Moyabinpetha

25 Ramnnapetha VII 2300

26 Rompalli 1600

27 Bamani 3900

Sironcha 28 Karaspalli 2000

29 Sironcha 1200

30 Pendipaka

31 Wardham VIII 1600

Jinganur 32 Sirkonda 1400

33 Jinganur 2800

Asaralli 34 Kopela 2000

35 Asaralli

36 Ankisa IX 4700

1(v) Total of Sironcha division : 24 units/g.o.u.(15 units & 9 groups of 21 units) 50450

1 Grand Total of Gadchiroli Circle : 160 units/g.o.u.(128 units & 32 groups of 70 units) 293740

7

1 2 3 4 5 6

2(i) Chandrapur Chandrapur Palasgaon 1 Palasagon 1400

Shioni 2 Shioni 1800

Mul 3 Maroda 1000

4 Janala 2400

5 Mul 1300

Chichpalli 6 Dongerhaldi 1000

7 Kelzar 1200

8 Mahadwadi 1600

9 Chichpalli 1500

Chandrapur 10 Chandrapur 2600

11 Ghantachouki 2800

12 Warwat 2600

Moharli 13 Padmapur 1000

14 Agerzari 1500

Bhadrawati 15 Bhadrawati 2000

16 Chora 2000

17 Masal 3000

Warora 18 Warora 1100

19 Shegaon 1800

2(i) Total of Chandrapur Division : 19 units 33600

2(ii)Chandrapur Bramhapuri Chimur 1 Khandala 1300

2 Bothali 1600

3 Murpar 1300

4 Gardapar 1100

5 Bhisi 2500

6 Tekepar 1300

7 Chimur 1600

8 Metepar 1700

9 Shankarpur 1300

Talodhi 10 Wadhona 1400

11 Balapur 1000

12 Neri 1500

13 Khambala 1200

14 Govindapur 1000

Nagbhid 15 Mindhala 900

16 Dongargaon 2100

17 Paharni 2200

18 Nagbhid 1200

North

Bramhapuri 19 Bramhapuri 1400

20 Talodhi 2000

21 Navegaon 700

South

Bramhapuri 22 Bhuj Tukum 1000

23 Ekara 1700

8

1 2 3 4 5 6

Chandrapur Bramhapuri South

Bramhapuri 24 Chak Kosambi 1100

Sindewahi 25 Kargata 1200

26 Sindewahi 1100

27 Maregaon 1300

28 Ratnapur 1800

29 Jankapur 1200

Saoli 30 Gevra 1000

31 Chargaon 500

32 Saoli 900

33 Rajoli 700

34 Vyahad 700

35 Kapsi 600

36 Shirshi 600

2(ii) Total of Bramhapuri Division : 36 units 45700

2(iii)Chandrapur Central Chanda Kothari 1 Bembal 1000

2 Ghosari 1300

3 Dighori 700

4 Pombhurna 1000

5 Kemara 1200

6 Kothari 2900

7 Aksapur 2000

Dhaba 8 Gondpipri 1200

9 Dhaba 1700

10 Gujri 1800

11 Tohogaon 1700

Ballarshah 12 Ballarpur 1800

13 Kalmna 900

14 Palasgaon 1400

15 Manora 1600

Rajura 16 Khambada 1600

17 Rajura 1700

18 Vihirgaon 2200

Wirur 19 Wirur 1700

20 Lakkadkot 1000

21 Dewada 1900

Wansadi 22Chandur 900

23 Wansadi 700

24 Pardi 1100

9

1 2 3 4 5 6

Chandrapur Central Chanda Jiwati 25 Jiwati 2000

26 Wani 1400

2(iii) Total of Central Chanda Division : 26 units 38400

2 Grand Total of Chandrapur Circle : 81 units 117700

3(i) Nagpur Gondia Gondia 1 Mundipar

2 Dasgaon

3 Gondia

4 Gangazari

I 1100

Goregaon 5 Goregaon

6 Hirapur

7 Pindkepar

II 1600

8 Ghoomarra

9 Nimba III 600

Amgaon 10 Amgaon

11 Anjora IV 600

Salekasa 12 Salekasa 1700

13Darekasa -1,

14 Darekasa -2 V 2000

15 Bijepar

16 Sakhari tola

17 Managarh

VI 1500

North Deori 18 Deori

19 Sherpar VII 1600

20 Bhagi

21 Mulla VIII 2400

22 Sawali

23 Purada IX 1500

South Deori 24 Kosabi 1400

25 Kanhalgaon

26 Parsodi X 2000

27 Mhaisuli

28 Palasgaon

29 Bonde

XI 2500

Sadak Arjuni 30 Soundad

31 Kohmara XII 2900

32 Dongargaon

36 Shenda XIII 1700

33 Jambhadi

35 Rengepar XIV 1600

34 Kosamtondi 1900

Chichgarh 38 Kakodi

39 Wadekasa XV 2400

37 Chichgarh

41 Piparkhari XVI 1600

40 Kadikasa 2800

10

1 2 3 4 5 6

Nagpur Gondia Chichagarh 42 Magardoh

43 Palandur XVII 1300

Gothangaon 44 Gothangaon

48 Keshori XVIII 2400

45 Tirkhuri-1,

46 Tirkhuri-2,

47 Rajoli

XIX 1900

Nawegaon bandh 49 Nawegaon bandh

50 Bortekari

52 Kawatha

53 Pawani

XX 1600

51 Barabhati 2500

Arjuni Mor. 54 Arjuni mor

55 Bondgaon XXI 2000

56 Dhabetekadi

57 Wadegaon

58 Mahagaon

XXII 1400

Tirora 59 Tiroda

60 Wadegaon XXIII 900

61 Indora,

62 Govindtola XXIV 1000

3(i) Total of Gondia division : 29 units/g.o.u.(5 units & 24 groups of 57 units) 50400

3(ii) Nagpur Bhandara Jambkandri 1 Mangarli

3 Jamb I 900

2 Sor na 1200

Lende-zari 4 Rongha 2000

5 Alesur 900

Nakadongari 6 Ambagad

7 Asolpani II 1100

8 Chikhala 1200

Tumsar 9 Sondya

10 Sonegaon

11 Sakhadi

12 Tumsar

13 Kisanpur

14 Kardi

III 1700

Lakhani 15 Pangdi

16 Gidalpar

17 Pitezari

IV 1000

18 Rampuri 1400

19 Nilagondi 1500

20 Umarzari

21 Chandori

22 Parsodi

23 Lakhani

V 1700

Sakoli 24 Walmazari 800

25 Pathari

26 Sendurwafa VI 1700

11

1 2 3 4 5 6

Nagpur Bhandara Sakoli 27 Gondumari

28 Chargaon VII 900

29 Sangadi 1200

Bhandara 30 Chandrapur

31 Khoka

32 Dongardeo

33 Pandharabodi

VIII 800

34 Dodmazari 600

35 Baghbodi

36 Madgi

37 Manegaon

IX 2100

Adyal 38 Purkabodi

39 Rengoda

40 Tirri

X 1100

41 Kitadi 1200

42 Adyal

43 Kondha XI 1800

Paoni 44 Paoni 2600

45 Nishti

46 Bhuyar

47 Dhanori

XII 3000

48 Kanhalgaon

49 Sawarla XIII 2000

Lakhandur 50 Dighori

51 Pardi XIV 1200

52 Pimpalgaon

53 Jaitpur XV 1700

3(ii) Total of Bhandara division : 26 units/g.o.u.(11 units & 15 groups of 42 units) 37300

3(iii) Nagpur Nagpur Deolapar 1 Karwahi 900

2 Chhawari 1400

3 Goreghat

4 Deolapar I 800

5 Jhinjariya 1000

Paoni 6 Chorbaoli 600

7 Sawangi

8 Hivara

9 Akola

10 Tangala

II 3300

Ramtek 11 Chichada

12 Musewadi III 1000

13 Ramtek

14 Khindsi IV 1000

15 Adegaon

16 Mouda V 700

17 Naikund

18 Ghuksi VI 800

12

1 2 3 4 5 6

Nagpur Nagpur Parshioni 19 Parshioni

20 Kusumdhara VII 1200

21 Chargaon

22 Kolitmara VIII 1200

23 Dhawalapur 600

Khapa 24 Kothurna 300

25 Nagalwadi 1200

26 Khubala 1200

27 Kelod 700

Kalmeshwar 28 Saoner

29 Kalmeshwar

30 Bazargaon

IX 1300

Narkhed 31 Narkhed

32 Mendhala

33 Loharisaonga

X 1500

Katol 34 Rohana

35 Katol XI 1700

Kondhali 36 Ganeshpur

37 Ahmadnagar

38 Ghubadi

XII 1500

Hingna 39 Kawadas

41 Hingna XIII 1500

40 Kanholi 800

Butibori 42 Bori

43 Borkhedi XIV 1000

44 Amghat

45 Surabardi XV 700

North Umred 46 Lohara 600

47 Umrer 900

48 Champa 1000

South Umred 49 Nand 1300

50 Besur

51 Botezari XVI 2000

Bhiwapur 52 Mendha

53 Bhiwapur XVII 2300

54 Pullar 1800

55 Navegaon

56 Karandla XVIII 3200

Kuhi 57 Kuhi

58 Amti XIX 2200

59 Veltur

60 Pachkhedi XX 3500

61 Marupar

62 Thana XXI 3300

63 Chikna 1600

64 Mandhal 1700

3(ii) Total of Nagpur division : 38 units/g.o.u.(17 units & 21 groups of 47 units) 53300

13

1 2 3 4 5 6

3(iv) Nagpur Wardha Ashti 1- Satarpur

2-Manikwada I 1100

Talegaon (SP) 3- Pardi

4- Talegaon

(old Ashti)

II 1300

Karanja 5-Karanja

6-Garpit III 2000

7-Jaurwada

8-Dhanoli IV 1400

Arvi 9-Arvi

10- Wadhona,

11-Rohana

V 1000

12-Ajangaon 600

Kharangana 13-Masod,

14-Kharangana VI 1200

Hingani 15-Zadshi

17-Kelzar VII 1000

16-Hingni 500

Samudrapur 18-Girad 1200

Wardha 19-Hinganghat

20-Wardha VIII 600

3(iv) Total of Wardha division : 11 units/g.o.u.(3 units & 8 groups of 17 units) 11900

3 Total of Nagpur Circle : 104 units/g.o.u.(36 units & 68 groups of 163 units) 152900

4(i) Yavatmal Pandharkawda Wani 1-Mardi

2-Mandar I 2000

3- Maregaon 1000

4 Shirpur

5 Shindoli II 1800

Mukutban 6 Mohada

7 Mukutban III 1600

8 Pawanar 1000

9 Jamni

10 Matharjun IV 1200

Bori 11Karegaon

12 Bori

13 Sunna

V 600

Pandharkawda 14Ghonsa

15 Pachpore VI 1800

16 Mangurda

17 Pandharkawada VII 1900

Umari 18 Ghoddara

19 Tiwasala VIII 2600

20 Wadki

21Mohada IX 2700

14

1 2 3 4 5 6

Yavatmal Pandharkawda Parva 22 Jamb 800

23 Saithkharda

24Chikalwardha X 3300

4(i) Total of Pandharkawda division : 13 units/g.o.u.(3 units & 10 groups of 21 units) 22300

4(ii) Yavatmal Pusad Umarkhed 3 Jewali 300

Mahagaon 4 Phulsawangi

5 Mahagaon (S) I 2000

6 Mahagaon (N)

7 Kali II 2600

Umarkhed 8 Krishnapur

9 Umarkhed

10Mudana

III 2700

Shembalpimpri 11 Shilona

12 Shembalpimpri IV 3300

13 Fulwadi (W)

14 Fulwadi (E) V 2000

Pusad 15 Pusad

16 Chondi VI 1800

17 Khandala

18 Marwadi Panhala VII 3000

Digras 19 Dehani

20 Digras-Singad

Arambhi Kali

VIII 2200

4(ii) Total of Pusad division : 9 units/g.o.u.( 1 units & 8 groups of 17 units) 19900

4(iii) Yavatmal Yavatmal Jadmoha 1Nanza 1500

2Kalamb

3 Jodmoha I 2300

Ghatanji 4 Yellabara

5 Mowada II 2500

6 Sakhara (KH)

7 Kinhi III 2600

Hiwari 8 Dabhadi

11 Jaola IV 2600

9 Salod

10 Pardi-Halza V 1700

Yavatmal 12 Arjuna

13 Karalgaon VI 1800

Arni 14 Lonbehel

15 Bhansara-Belora VII 2000

16 Sawali 1700

Darwha 17 Darwha/Karajgaon

18 Pathrot VIII 800

Ner 19 Ner 1000

4(iii) Total of Yavatmal division : 11 units/g.o.u.( 3 units & 8 groups of 16 units) 20500

15

1 2 3 4 5 6

4(iv) Yavatmal Akola Akola 2 Pinjar 1000

3 Sakharvira

4 Bormali I 1400

Alegaon 5 Alegaon 1000

Patur 6 Patur

7 Mungla II 1600

Washim 8 Kinhiraja 1000

9 Risod

10 Ansing III 1500

11 Wanoja 1000

Karanja 12 Khapardari

13Palodi IV 1900

14 Manora

15 Karanja V 1900

4(iv) Total of Akola division : 9 units/g.o.u.( 4 units & 5 groups of 10 units) 12300

4 Total of Yavatmal Circle : 42 units/g.o.u.( 11 units & 31 groups of 64 units) 75000

5(i) Amravati Buldhana Jalgaon (Jamod)

Sonala

1 Jalgaon Ja. 500

Motala 2 Motala 400

Khamgaon 3 Khamgaon 300

Buldhana 4 Dhalsawangi

6 Dhamangaon I 1000

5 PimpalgaonSarai

7 Buldhana II 1000

Ghatbori

8 Mandwa

9 Ghatbori

10 Iswi

III 1600

Mehkar

11 Lonar

12 Bibi(N)

13 Bibi(S)

IV 1800

Deulgaon Raja 14 Deulgaon Raja

15 Sindhkhed Raja V 600

5(i) Total of Buldhana division : 8 units/g.o.u.( 3 units & 5 groups of 12 units) 7200

5(ii) Amravati Amravati Paratwada

Amravati

1 Paratwada

4 Amravati I 2400

Morshi

Warud

2 Morshi

3 Warud II 1400

5(ii) Total of Amravati division : 2 units/g.o.u. (2 groups of 4 units) 3800

5(iii) Amravati East Melghat Jarida 1 Jarida 1800

Ghatang

Chikhaldara

Anjangaon

2-Ghatang,

3-Chikhaldara

4 Khirpani

I 500

5(i) Total of East Melghat division : 2 units/g.o.u.( 1 units & 1 groups of 3 units) 2300

16

1 2 3 4 5 6

5 (iv) Amravati West Melghat Dhakna &

Dhulghat 1 Sadrabadi 600

Dhakna 2 Dhakna 500

Dharni 6 Bairagad 1500

7 Lawada 1000

8 Dharni 1500

Akola Akot

Dhulghat 1 Akot

3 Menghat

4 Dhulghat

5 Baratanda

I 1000

5(iv) Total of West Melghat division : 6 units/g.o.u.( 5 units & 1 groups of 4 units) 6100

5 Total of Amravati Circle : 18 units/g.o.u.( 9 units & 9 groups of 23 units) 19400

6(i) Aurangabad Nanded Mahoor 1 Mahoor 900

2 Mandva 1200

3 Pachonda 800

Mandvi 4 Sarkhani

5 Mandvi I 1200

Kinwat 6 Raigad 700

7 Kinwat 1000

Bodhadi 8 Bodhadi 900

9 Dhanora 900

Islapur 10 Islapur

11Shivini II 600

Hadgaon 12 Himayatnagar 500

13 Tamsa 800

Bhokar 14 Kini

15 Bhokar III 1700

16 Shivangaon

17 Umari IV 800

Mukhed 18 Billoli

19 Degloor V 700

20 Mukhed

21 Mukramabad VI 1300

22 Kandhar 900

Nanded 23 Mudkhed

24 Nanded

25 Loha

VII 1400

6(i) Total of Nanded division : 17 units/g.o.u.( 10 units & 7 groups of 15 units) 16300

6(ii) Aurangabad Parbhani Parbhani 1 Jintur 1500

2 Sawargaon

3 Patur I 1400

4 Pathri

5 Parbhani

6 Gangakhed

II 700

6(ii) Total of Parbhani division : 3 units/g.o.u.( 1 units & 2 groups of 5 units) 3600

17

1 2 3 4 5 6

6(iii)Aurangabad Hingoli sub div. Hingoli 1- Rameshwar

2 Kalmnuri I 1500

3 Khadkat

4 Pedgaon II 1500

5 Hingoli

6 Ajegaon III 600

7 Jamroon 600

8 Sakara 600

Aundha(East) 9 Nageshwadi

10 Basmatnagar IV 900

Aundha(West) 11 Aundha 1200

6(iii) Total of Hingoli sub-division : 7 units/g.o.u.( 3 units & 4 groups of 8 units) 6900

6(iv)Aurangabad Aurangabad Aurangabad 1 Aurangabad 300

Ajantha 2 Ajantha

3 Savalatbara I 1200

Soegaon 4 Soegaon

5 Ambhai II 900

Jalna 6 Jalna 700

Kannad 7 Kannad

8 Pishor III 700

Nagad 9 Nagad 200

6(iv) Total of Aurangabad division : 6 units/g.o.u.( 3 units & 3 groups of 6 units) 4000

6(v)Aurangabad Beed Subdiv Beed 1 Beed 500

Parli 2 Parli 900

6(v) Total of Beed sub- division : 2 units 1400

6(vi)Aurangabad Osmanabad

Subdn.

Tuljapur and

Bhoom

1 Udgir

2 Usmanabad I 1100

6(vi) Total of Osmanabad sub- division : 1 groups of 2 units 1100

6 Total of Aurangabad Circle : 36 units/g.o.u.( 19 units & 17 groups of 36 units) 33300

7(i) Dhule Dhule Sangvi

Boradi 1 Sangvi 2000

Shirpur 2 Shirpur 1300

7 (i) Total of Dhule division : 2 units 3300

7(ii) Dhule Nandurbar Nawapur &

Chinchpada 1 Nawapur 1700

Nandurbar 2 Nandurbar 500

Shahada

Toranmal 3 Shahada 2000

Akrani

Toranmal

Kakrada

Bilgaon

4 Akrani 2000

7 (ii) Total of Nandurbar division : 4 units 6200

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1 2 3 4 5 6

7(iii) Dhule Mewasi Taloda 1 Taloda 1500

Mewasi 2 Kathi 2400

7 (iii) Total of Mewasi division : 2 units 3900

7(iv) Dhule Yaval Pal-

Mohmandli 1 Pal 1400

Usamali-

Haripura 2 Haripura 1200

Deoziri 3 Deoziri 1200

Chopda 4 Chopda 900

7 (iv) Total of Yaval division : 4 units 4700

7(v) Dhule Jalgaon Jamner 1 Jamner 1700

Edlabad &

Wadoda 2 Edlabad 900

Jalgaon

Parola

Chalisgaon

3 Jalgaon 600

7 (v) Total of Jalgaon division : 3 units 3200

7 Total of Dhule Circle : 15 units 21300

8 (i) Nashik E./ Nashik All ranges 1 East Nashik 600

8(ii) Nashik W./ Nashik Igatpuri

Nashik

Peint

Barhe

Harsul

1West Nashik 600

8(iii) Nashik Ahmednagar All ranges 1 Ahmednagar 300

8 Total of Nashik Circle : 3 units 1500

9(i) Thane Thane All ranges 1 Thane 600

9(ii) Thane Shahapur All ranges 1 Shahapur 600

9(iii) Thane Dahanu All ranges 1 Dahanu 200

9(iv) Thane Raigad All ranges 1 Raigad 500

9 Total of Thane Circle : 4 units 1900

Grand Total of the State 463 units/ g.o.u. ( 306 units & 157 groups of 356 units) 716740

Note: No collection centre shall be allowed within distance of 0.5 Km. from the border of the unit.

For and on behalf of the Governor of Maharashtra

( Dr. Ramanuj Choudhary )

Nagpur Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests,

(NTFP, Monitoring and Evaluation)

Dated 17/01/2012 Maharashtra State, Nagpur

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2012 TENDU SEASON No.

FORM OF OFFER

OFFERER'S

(i) TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS .............................................................

(ii) TELEPHONE NUMBER ..............................................................

(if available)

FROM :

.........................................................................

.........................................................................

..........................................................................

(Give full name and address)

To

The Chief Conservator of Forests (Territorial)

.............................................................Circle,

P.O. ............................................................. (Maharashtra)

Dear Sir,

1. Pursuant to the Tender Notice No ........... ......... ............ ........... ...............dated ..................................... inviting offers for permission to collect and remove Tendu Leaves published by

the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (NTFP, Monitoring and Evaluation) Maharashtra

State, Nagpur for and on behalf of the Governor of Maharashtra (hereinafter called "the Government"),

I/we submit herewith lumpsum offer for permission to collect and remove notified yield (approximately)

of Tendu leaves from the Tendu leaves unit/group of units specified in Table set out in clause 3 hereof.

2. I/We have thoroughly examined and understood the said notice inviting offers and Terms and Conditions of Offer and the Terms and Conditions of the Contract and the Form of Agreement annexed

to the said notice inviting offers and agree to abide by them.

3. I/We offer to collect and remove Tendu leaves from the unit/group of Units specified below

and in consideration thereof to pay the amount mentioned by me/us in the relevant column against the

unit/group of units concerned.

Circle Division Range Unit

Number

Name

of the

Unit

Notified

Yield

(Approxi

mately)

in

Std. Bag.

Net offer amount in Rupees for the

collection to the extent of the Notified

Yield for unit/group of units, exclusive of

all, i.e. purchase price, collection and

transportation charges, Value added Tax,

Forest Development Tax and Income Tax

etc.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

in figures Rs. ........................................

in words Rupees..............................

Note - The offer amount should be written in figures and words.

4. I/We agree to pay the additional proportionate amount for any collection of Tendu leaves in

excess of the notified yield. This collection will not in any case exceed 25% of the notified yield. The

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additional proportionate amount would be calculated on the basis of the additional standard bags

collected in excess of the notified yield multiplied by the rate per standard bag which shall be arrived at

by dividing the amount of the accepted offer by the number of standard bags of notified yield for the

offer.

5. As required by Condition 5 of the Terms and Conditions of Offer, I / we furnish herewith

Earnest Money Deposit in the form of a Demand Draft on the State Bank of India / Reserve Bank

of India / any Scheduled Bank / a Receipt for deposit at call bearing number ........ .......... ...........

........ .........in favour of Chief Conservator of Forests (Territorial) ........................... Circle/ Dy.

Conservator of Forests...... ............ ............ ......... ............/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer .......... .........

.......... ........... ........ Sub-Division for the sum of Rs. ......... .................. .......... ............ being the

amount equal to ten percent of the amount of offer for the notified yield specified in column (7) of the

table in clause 3 hereof. In the event of my / our offer being accepted, I / we agree to furnish Security

Deposit as required by the Condition No. IV of Terms and Conditions of the Contract and also to

execute the agreement in the prescribed form of Agreement within the prescribed period.

6. I/We do hereby declare that the entries made in the offer are true and also that, I / we shall be bound

by the act of my/our authorised representative/duly constituted attorney Shri ............................................

............. ........... .................................................................................................. whose signature is

appended hereto in the space specified for the purpose and if any other person who in future may be

appointed by me/us in his stead to carry on the business of the concern, whether any intimation of

such change is given to the Dy. Conservator of Forests / Sub- Divisional Forests Officer concerned or

not.

7. The names and addresses of the partners of our firm are as follows :

Full Name Complete Address including Postal Pin Code Number

A true copy of our deed of partnership duly certified is enclosed.

OR

Our company is private / public limited company, registered under the Indian Companies Act

1913 (VII of 1913), the Companies Act 1956 (I of 1956) and its registered office is situated at

.............................................................. A true copy of Memorandum and Articles of Association duly

certified is enclosed.

OR The names and addresses of the adult male members of our Joint Undivided Hindu Family

Firm of which the undersigned is the ''KARTA'' are as follows :-

Full Name Complete Address including Pin Code No.

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8. I / We hereby state and declare :

(i) that I am / we are not defaulters in paying dues to the Government of Maharashtra and I

am/ we are not blacklisted by the Government of Maharashtra/ other state Governments/ Government of India, so far.

(ii) that I am / we are not minor(s).

(iii) that I / we have not been declared insolvent(s).

(iv) that I / we have not been convicted in any court for offences involving moral turpitude.

(v) that I/ we have given the certified copy of the document in proof of my residence.

9. I am / We are registered as Manufacturers of ''BIDIS'' and /or Exporters of Tendu Leaves as per

Registration Certificate No. ............................................................. issued by Dy. Conservator of

Forests/Sub-Divisional Forest Officer ............................................................. Division/ Sub-Division.

10. I am/We are allotted Permanent Account Number ---------------------------------------------

dated-------------------------under (New Series) Sub-section (4) of section 139-A of Income Tax Act 1961

issued by Income Tax Department.

Date .................................... Yours faithfully,

Signature, name and address of [Signature of offerer/s,

the constituted attorney or capacity in which signing (age)]

authorised representative.

Note:

(a) The offer is to be addressed to the Chief Conservator of Forests (Territorial) in whose jurisdiction

the unit offered for is situated.

(b) Entries to be made in respect of firm or company or constituted attorney may be left blank wherever

not applicable.

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OFFER

1. Terms and Conditions of Contract :

The terms and conditions governing the contract in connection with the permission to collect and

remove the Tendu leaves from the said concerned unit or group of units, are set out separately hereafter

under the heading “Terms and Conditions of Contract”.

2. Signing of the offer :

(i) The person or persons signing the offers shall state in what capacity he is or they are signing the

offer as e.g. sole proprietor of a firm or as a Secretary/Manager/Director etc., of a Limited Company. In

the case of partnership firm the names of all the partners should be disclosed and the offer shall be signed

by all the partners or their duly constituted attorney having authority to bind all the partners in all matters

pertaining to the contract including the arbitration clause. An attested copy of the “Partnership deed”

should be furnished along with the offer. In the case of Limited Companies, the offer shall be signed by a

person empowered to do so by the Company. A copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of

the Company shall be attached to the offer. In the case of Hindu undivided family, the names of the

family members should be disclosed and the ''KARTA'' who can bind the family shall sign the offer and

indicate his status below his signature.

(ii) The person signing the form of offer on behalf of another or on behalf of a firm shall be responsible

to produce a proper power of attorney duly executed in his favour showing that he has authority to bind

such other person or the firm, as the case may be, in all matters pertaining to the contract including the

arbitration clause. If the person so signing the offer fails to produce the said Power of Attorney, his offer

shall be liable to summary rejection. The Power of Attorney should be signed by all the partners in the

case of partnership firms, by the proprietor in case of a proprietary concern and by the person who by his

signature can bind the company in case of a Limited Company. In the case of a Hindu undivided family the Power-of-Attorney should be signed by the ''KARTA'' who by his signature can bind the family.

(iii) Each page of the form of offer should be signed by the offerer.

3. Certificate of Registration :

Persons or parties who are registered as Manufacturers of ''BIDIS'' and/or Exporters of Tendu leaves as required by Maharashtra Forest Produce (Regulation of Trade) Act 1969 (LVII of 1969) and the

Maharashtra Forest Produce (Regulation of Trade in Tendu Leaves) Rules 1969 (hereafter referred to as

“the said Act” and “the said Rules” respectively) and the statutory modifications thereof, only will be

entitled to submit offers. The offerers shall mention in the form of offer the number and date of the

certificate of registration obtained by them from the Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional

Forest Officer of independent sub-division.

4. Offer by Defaulter, Minor, Insolvent or Blacklisted Person :

Any person or party who has failed to pay the Government dues or who is a minor or who has

been adjudged insolvent or who has been convicted in a Court of Law for an offence involving moral

turpitude or who has been blacklisted by the Government of Maharashtra/ other state Governments/

Government of India shall not submit offer. Offers submitted by such person or party shall be treated as invalid and shall not be considered and the earnest money deposit furnished by them along with their

offer shall be forfeited to the Government.

If, at any time, after the acceptance of offer is communicated to the successful offerer, it is found

that such offerer is a person convicted by a Court of Law for an offence involving moral turpitude or has

been adjudged insolvent or has failed to pay the Government dues or is a minor or has been blacklisted

by the Government, of Maharashtra/ other state Governments/ Government of India then the Government shall be entitled to forthwith rescind the contract, and in that event such offerer shall duly pay to the

Government the entire price of the Tendu leaves collected and removed by him prior thereto, but he shall

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have no claim on the Tendu leaves collected by Government or any other person thereafter from the units

or group of units for which his offer has been accepted by the Government, as well as on the amount of

Earnest Money/Security Deposit deposited by him and the same shall without prejudice to any other

rights, remedies and powers of the Government stand forfeited to the Government and no compensation

for such rescission of contract shall be payable to him. Provided, however, that if Government suffers, any loss or damage in subsequent disposal of Tendu leaves from the said units or groups of units,

Government may without prejudice to any other rights and remedies, recover the same from such

offerers, in the manner provided in condition No. 13 hereof.

5. Earnest Money Deposit:

(i) Every offer shall be accompanied by an earnest money deposit in the form of a demand draft,

bankers cheque on local Bank or a receipt for deposit at call with any Scheduled Bank having a branch at

the headquarters of the Chief Conservator of Forests (Territorial) concerned or concerned Deputy

Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer of independent Sub-Division for a sum equivalent

to ten per cent of the amount of the offer in favour of the Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional

Forest Officer of independent Sub-Division concerned.

(ii) The offerer may deposit the aforesaid earnest money for more than one unit of the same Division in

one bank draft or bankers cheque on local Bank or by one receipt for deposit at call. The offerer in such

case shall enclose with one of the offers or the bank draft or the receipt for deposit at call, as the case may

be, alongwith a statement showing the break up of the deposited amount in respect of various units for

which he has submitted offers. Provided, however, the earnest money deposit made by an offerer shall

not under any circumstances be transferable to the name of any other offerer.

(iii) No interest shall be payable in any event whatsoever on the amount of earnest money.

(iv) Without prejudice to any other rights, remedies or powers of the Government under the contract

and/or in law, the earnest money shall be forfeited, if the offerer after submitting his offer resiles from

his offer or in the event of the offerers failure, after the acceptance of his offer to duly pay the amount of

his offer and/or to duly execute the agreement required to be executed as per condition No. 17 hereof.

(v) Subject to the provisions of condition 13 hereof, the earnest money will be returned to all

unsuccessful offerers as soon as practicable, after the decision on the offers.

(vi) In case of successful offerers, the earnest money shall automatically stand appropriated towards the

Security Deposit required to be furnished as per Condition IV of the Terms and Conditions of Contract

unless they pay the entire amount through Bank Guarantee or National Saving Certificate or 10 years

Treasury Saving Deposit Certificate or 12 years National Defence Certificate provided in Condition IV

(ii) thereof.

(vii) In the case of defaulter offerer i.e. any person or party who has failed to pay Government dues,

whose earnest money deposit furnished alongwith the offer has been forfeited to Government by treating

his offer as invalid under Condition 4 hereof, Government on the application made by such person in

writing within 10 days from the date fixed for opening of the offers, will consider on merits the refund of

E.M.D. so forfeited to such person if, the Government dues outstanding against such person are fully paid

by him till then and not otherwise.

6. Security Deposit

(i) The successful offerer shall, before signing the agreement referred to in condition 17 hereof,

deposit as Security for due compliance by him/them of these terms and conditions of Contract and terms and conditions of the said Agreement and the provisions of the said Act and the Rules, a sum equivalent

to 25% of the amount of his/her offer.

(ii) The Security deposit shall either be in the form of a demand draft on the State Bank of India or

Reserve Bank of India in the name of the Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer

concerned or in the form of a bank guarantee in the prescribed form, from a Scheduled Bank in India,

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duly concurred in and certified by the Reserve Bank of India, as having been issued under the Bank

Guarantee Scheme of Reserve Bank of India or National Saving Certificates or 10 years Treasury Saving

Deposit Certificates or 12 years National Defence Certificates duly transferred in the name of the Deputy

Conservator of Forests / Sub-Divisional Forest Officer concerned.

(iii) In addition to the amount to be deposited as security deposit by the successful offerers as herein

before mentioned in the sub-condition (i) of this condition, the successful offerers shall, within 15 days

from the date of signing the agreement, furnish to the Government, Additional Security Deposit in the

form of a Security Bond of an independent surety owning immovable property in Maharashtra and

holding a certificate of personal solvency issued by the Competent Authority or a Bank Guarantee in the

prescribed form from a Scheduled Bank in India duly concurred in and certified by the Reserve Bank of

India as having been issued under the Bank Guarantee Scheme of Reserve Bank of India, for an amount

equal to the amount of security deposit mentioned in sub-condition (i) above.

(iv) The security deposit and/or the additional security deposit either wholly or in part, as the case may

be, may be adjusted by the Dy. Conservator of Forests concerned, towards the recovery of the amount, if

any, including the purchase price recoverable from the successful offerer under the provisions of the said

Act, the said Rules, Agreement and these Conditions. All such deductions shall have to be made good by

the successful offerer by depositing an equivalent amount within 15 days of the receipt of a notice to that

effect, failing which the amount shall be recovered from the offerer as Arrears of Land Revenue.

(v) The security deposit and/or the additional security deposit or the balance, as the case may be, shall

be refunded to the successful offerer, after the Dy. Conservator of Forests / Sub-Divisional Forest Officer

concerned is satisfied that all the obligations and formalities on the part of the successful offerer under

the terms of the said agreement, the said Act, the said Rules and these conditions have been duly

complied with and that no amount is due against him.

7. Documents to be attached to the Form of Offer :

(i) The offerer should submit the offer in the form issued by the office of the concerned Dy. Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer, duly filled in and completed in all respects and signed on each

page thereof.

(ii) An attested copy of the partnership deed/Memorandum and Articles of Association and Power of

Attorney must be submitted by the offerer alongwith his offer. After the final decision about the offer is

taken, the successful offerer shall produce original Partnership-deed/Memorandum and Articles of

Association and Power of Attorney within seven days of the acceptance of offer, failing which the Government will be entitled to cancel the contract at the risk and cost of the offerer.

(iii) Offers not duly filled in and signed are liable to be ignored.

(iv) An attested copy of the letter allotting Permanent Account Number under Sub-Section (4) of

Section 139-A of the Income Tax Act 1961, must be submitted by the offerer alongwith his offer.

Alongwith form of offer. After the final decision about the offer is taken, the successful offerer shall

produce original document of PAN at the time of Agreement.

(v) The offerer should submit certified copy of document in proof of his residence such as Passport/

Ration card/ Driving licence/ Domicile certificate issued by the competent authority/ Electric bill/

Telephone bill (Land line), failing which the Government will be entitled to cancel the contract at the risk

and cost of the offerer.

8. Submission of Offer :

(i) The offerer shall submit offer only in the prescribed form of offer duly filled in and completed in all

respects and signed on each page of the offer form.

(ii) An attested copy of Partnership Deed/ Memorandum and Articles of Association/Power of Attorney as the case may be, must be submitted by the offerer alongwith the offer. After final decision about the

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offer is taken, the successful offerer shall produce original Partnership-deed/Memorandum and Articles

of Association and Power of Attorney within 7 (seven) days of the acceptance of offer, failing which the

Government will be entitled to cancel the contract at the risk and cost of the offerer.

(iii) Offers not duly filled in and signed and not submitted in the prescribed form of offer are liable to be rejected.

(iv) The offerer shall offer separate offer for the notified yield in each unit/ group of units, net amount

exclusive of collection charges/purchase price/ transportation charges etc. of Tendu leaves, which shall

be borne by the offerer. In addition, the offerer shall have to pay Value added Tax, Forest Development

Tax, Income Tax etc. as provided in condition VI of the Terms and Conditions of Contract. The offerer

on his appointment as a licensee shall have to pay collection charges to the labourers for Tendu leaves

collected from Government Land and purchase price to the growers for Tendu leaves purchased from

them in the concerned unit/ group of units.

(v) If identical highest amount is offered by more than one offerer for one and the same unit/group of

units, the matter may be decided by drawing lots between the offerers offering highest identical amounts.

(vi) If the offer specified in figures and words differs then the amount written in words shall be

deemed to be the amount offered by the offerer.

9. Delivery of offers :

(i) Offer complete in all respects shall be put in a closed and sealed envelope bearing the following

words and address:-

(Inner Envelope)

OFFER FOR PERMISSION TO COLLECT AND REMOVE TENDU LEAVES

Division _____________________, Range__________________________________

Sr. No. and Name of Unit :-________________________________________________

To

The Chief Conservator of Forests (Territorial)

_____________________________ Circle.

P.O.__________________________ Maharashtra

____________________________________________________________________________________

__

NOTE :- Inner envelope should be addressed The Chief Conservator of Forests (Territorial) in whose

jurisdiction the unit is situated.

(ii) Inner envelope shall be put in another closed and sealed envelope bearing the following words

and address:-

_______________________________________________________________________________

(Outer Envelope)

OFFER FOR PERMISSION TO COLLECT AND REMOVE TENDU LEAVES

To

Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests,

(NTFP, Monitoring and Evaluation)

Maharashtra State, Nagpur.

Note :- Outer envelope should be addressed to :-

The Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, (NTFP, Monitoring and Evaluation)

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Maharashtra State, Nagpur office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head of Forests

Force), M.S.Nagpur at VAN BHAVAN, Ramgiri Road, Near Police Gymkhana , Civil line,

Nagpur 440 001.

(iii) Offer complete in all respects and enclosed in two envelopes as prescribed above can be presented to the Forest Officer indicated below :-

Offers pertaining to Officer to whom offers can be submitted

The units within the territorial jurisdiction of

Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Nagpur, Yavatmal,

Amravati, Aurangabad, Dhule, Nashik and

Thane Circles.

Additional Principal Chief Conservator of

Forests (NTFP, Monitoring and Evaluation)

office of the Principal Chief Conservator of

Forests (Head of Forests Force), M.S.Nagpur at

VAN BHAVAN, Ramgiri Road, Near Police

Gymkhana, Civil line, Nagpur 440 001.

(iv) Offers complete in all respects may be delivered personally after obtaining dated acknowledgement from the receiver to Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (NTFP, Monitoring and

Evaluation) office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head of Forests Force), M.S. Nagpur at

VAN BHAVAN, Ramgiri Road, Near Police Gymkhana, Civil line, Nagpur 440 001. so as to reach by

17.00 Hrs. on 30/01//2012

10 Conditional offer:

Conditional offer or offers sent by telegram or offers sent otherwise than as laid down herein will

not be considered.

11. Withdrawal of offer :

Offerer will be allowed to withdraw his offer for any unit or group of units before the

commencement of the opening of offers of that units or group of units on the following conditions, viz:-

(i) On opening the remaining offers there should be at least one valid offer complete in all respects

available for consideration for that particular unit/group of units, and

(ii) The earnest money deposited by the offerer, vide Condition 5 above shall be forfeited.

12. Opening of offer :

The offers will be opened in the presence of offerers who are present at the time of opening of

offers by the Conservator of Forests/ The Chief Conservator of Forests (Territorial) concerned at the

place, date and time shown in the statement below :-

Name of Circle

(1)

Place where offers will be opened

(2)

Date and time of Opening

the offers

(3)

1. Chandrapur

2. Gadchiroli

3. Nagpur

4. Yavatmal

5. Amravati

6. Aurangabad

7. Dhule

8. Nashik

9. Thane

Jawahar Vidhayrthi Gruh,

West High Court Road,

Law College Square,

Civil lines, Nagpur

31/01/2012

from 9.00 hrs

onwards

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Note :-

(1) The offers will be opened in the serial order as shown in column No. (1) of the statement given

above.

(2) The sequence in which the Forest Divisions in each Circle will be taken up for opening of offers will

be decided by drawing lots.

(3) Offers within the Division will be opened serially as specified in the list of units set out in the notice

inviting offers.

13. Offerer bound by his offer

The offerer shall be bound by his offer and by these terms and conditions till the orders of the

competent authority accepting or rejecting his offer are passed and the contract is sanctioned in the name of some other person or party for the particular unit/group of units. In case of breach of this condition, the

earnest money deposited under condition 5 above shall be forfeited to the Government. In addition, the

defaulting offerer shall bear the loss, if any, suffered by the Government in the subsequent disposal of

that unit/group of units and this loss unless paid within 15 days from the date of issue of notice of

demand, shall be deemed to be arrears of land revenue and may be recovered from him as such. The

offerers, however, shall not be entitled to any profit that may accrue to the Government on such

subsequent disposal.

14. Acceptance or rejection of offers :

The Government or the officer authorised in that behalf by the Government, shall not be bound

to accept the highest offer. The Government or such officer may accept or reject all or any of the offers

so received without assigning any reason therefor. Forthwith after the decision on the offers is taken by

the Government or such officer, communication regarding the acceptance of an offer shall be forwarded to the offerer whose offer is accepted by the Government.

15. Appointment of any other licensee :

If the offers received for a unit/group of units are not considered acceptable or if no offers are

received for a unit/group of units or if offers received for a unit are considered invalid for any reason, the

Government or the competent authority may appoint any person or party as a licensee for such unit

without calling for fresh offers. All the conditions applicable to a successful licensee and such other

conditions as may be mutually agreed to shall be applicable to such person or party appointed as the

licensee for that unit/group of units under this condition.

16. Terms and conditions of contract :

The offerer/s whose offer has been accepted for a particular unit/group of units, shall be

appointed as a licensee for that unit/group of units on the terms and conditions as are specified in the

terms and conditions of contract set out separately and in the form of agreement to be executed by him as

per condition No. 17 hereof.

17. Execution of agreement :

(i) The licensee on being so appointed, shall either himself or through his constituted attorney, execute

an Agreement in the form annexed hereto within fifteen days from the date of issue of letter of

acceptance in his favour, or within such extended time as may be granted to him under the provisions

hereinafter contained, failing which his appointment shall be liable to be cancelled by the The Chief

Conservator of Forests (Territorial) in whose jurisdiction the unit/group of units is situated.

(ii) The person signing the agreement form on behalf of another or on behalf of a firm shall be responsible to produce a proper “Power of Attorney” duly executed in his favour showing that he has

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authority to bind such other persons or the firm as the case may be, in all matters pertaining to the

contract including the arbitration clause such “Power of attorney” should be signed by all the partners in

the case of partnership concern, by the proprietor in the case of proprietary concern and by the person

who by his signature can bind the company in case of limited company. In case of Hindu Undivided

family the “Power of Attorney” should be signed by the ''KARTA'' who by his signature can bind the family.

(iii) If before the expiry of the period of fifteen days, the licensee applies to the Deputy Conservator of

Forests / Sub-Divisional Forest Officer of the Division/ independent Sub-Division concerned for

extending the period herein before prescribed for execution of the agreement, the concerned Deputy

Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer may, if in his absolute discretion thinks fit, extend

the said period upto not exceeding fifteen days thereafter on such terms and conditions as may be

prescribed by him / her including the payment of extension fees at the rate not exceeding Rs. 1000 per

day.

(iv) On cancellation of the appointment of the licensee under sub-condition (i) hereof the amount

deposited by him as earnest money shall without prejudice to any other rights and remedies of the

Government, be forfeited to the Government. In addition, such licensee shall also be liable to pay the

loss, less the amount of E.M.D., if any, suffered by the Government in the subsequent disposal of Tendu

Leaves of the unit/group of units for which he is appointed as licensee and if the licensee does not pay

such loss within 15 days from the date of issue of the Notice of Demand, the same may without prejudice

to any other rights and remedies of the Government, be recovered from him as arrears of land revenue.

The licensee, however, shall not in any event be entitled to any profit that may accrue to the Government

on such subsequent disposal.

18. Government not responsible for natural calamities or act of third parties :

The licensee shall not be entitled to claim any compensation whatsoever for any loss or damage

that may be sustained by him on account of fire, rains, tempest, disease, pest, flood, drought or any other

natural calamities or by reason of any wrongful acts committed by any third party or for any other reason

whatsoever.

19. Disqualification of offers :

Any bribe, commission or advantage offered or promised by or on behalf of any offerer to any

officer or servant of the Government shall, in addition to any criminal liability which the offerer may

incur, disqualify the offerer and his offer shall be liable to be summarily rejected. Similarly canvassing

by or on behalf of the offerer will also result in disqualification.

( Dr. Ramanuj Choudhary ) Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests

(NTFP, Monitoring and Evaluation)

Maharashtra State, Nagpur

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT

I. DEFINITIONS : (a) The term "Act" shall mean the Maharashtra Forest Produce (Regulation of Trade) Act, 1969 (Mah.

LVII of 1969).

(b) The term "Contract" shall mean and include notice inviting offers, Terms and Conditions of Offer,

Form of Offer, the Terms and Conditions of Contract and the Agreement executed by the Licensee.

(c) The term "Government" shall mean and include the Government of Maharashtra and the Governor

of Maharashtra.

(d) The term "Governor of Maharashtra" shall mean and include his successors and assignees.

(e) The term "Licensee" or "Licensees" shall mean and include the person or persons, firm or company

whose offer has been accepted by the Government including the heirs, executors and administrators of

the Licensee, if a natural person and successors in business in case of corporations, as the case may be.

(f) The term "Notified Yield" shall mean the approximate yield of Tendu leaves as specified under

column (7) of the List of units/group of units appended to the tender notice, for which the offer is

accepted by the Government.

(g) The term "offer" shall mean the offer submitted by the offerer for units/ group of units pursuant to the notice inviting offers.

.

(h) The term "Offerer" shall mean a person or a party who has submitted an offer for permission to

collect and remove Tendu Leaves from Notified unit/group of units pursuant to the notice inviting offers

and shall include his heirs, executors, administrators and successors

(i) The term "Rules" shall mean the Maharashtra Forest Produce (Regulation of Trade in Tendu Leaves) Rules 1969 and any statutory modifications thereof.

(j) The term "Unit" shall mean the unit/group of units for which the offer of the licensee has been

accepted.

(k) The term "Standard Bag" shall mean a bag containing 1000 standard bundles of Tendu Leaves, each

Standard bundle containing 70 (Seventy) Tendu Leaves.

II. PROVISIONS OF MAHARASHTRA FOREST PRODUCE ( REGULATION OF

TRADE) ACT 1969 :

All provisions of Maharashtra Forest Produce (Regulation of Trade) Act 1969 and Maharashtra

Forest Produce (Regulation of Trade in Tendu Leaves) Rules, 1969 and any statutory modifications

thereof for the time being in force and in as far as they are applicable to the contract, shall form part of

these terms and conditions.

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III. PARTIES TO THE CONTRACT :

(a) The parties to the contract are the Licensee/s and the Governor of Maharashtra.

(b) The persons signing the offer or any other document forming part of the offer on behalf of another person or a firm shall be deemed to warrant that he has authority to bind such other person or firm as the

case may be in all matters pertaining to the contract. If, on enquiry, it is found that the person concerned

has no such authority, without prejudice to any other civil and criminal remedies, the contract may be

terminated and the signatory be held liable for all costs and damages consequent on such termination.

IV. SECURITY DEPOSIT

(i) The Licensee shall, before signing the agreement referred to in condition VIII hereof, deposit as

security for due compliance by him/them of these terms and conditions and the terms and conditions of

contract and terms and conditions of the said agreement and the provisions of the said Act and the Rules,

a sum equivalent to 25 per cent of the amount of his / her offer.

(ii) The security deposit shall either be in the form of a Demand Draft on the State Bank of India or

Reserve Bank of India, in the name of the Deputy Conservator of Forests/Sub-Divisional Forest Officer

concerned or in the form of bank guarantee in the prescribed form from a Scheduled Bank in India duly

concurred in and certified by the Reserve Bank of India as having been issued under the Bank Guarantee

Scheme of the Reserve Bank of India or National Savings Certificates, 10 years Treasury Savings

Deposit Certificates or 12 years National Defence Certificates duly transferred in the name of Deputy

Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer concerned.

(iii) In addition to the amount to be deposited as security deposit by the licensee as herein before

mentioned in sub-condition (i) of this condition, the licensee shall within 15 days from the date of signing

the agreement, furnish to the Government additional security deposit in the form of a surety bond of an

independent surety owning immovable property in Maharashtra and holding a certificate of personal

solvency issued by the competent authority or a Bank Guarantee in the prescribed form from a Scheduled

Bank in India duly concurred in and certified by the Reserve Bank of India as having been issued under

the Bank Guarantee Scheme of Reserve Bank of India for an amount equal to the amount of security deposit mentioned in sub-condition (i) above.

(iv) The security deposit and/or the additional security Deposit, either wholly or in part, as the case

may be, may be adjusted by the Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer concerned

towards the recovery of the amount, if any, including the purchase price recoverable from the licensee

under the provisions of the said Act, the said Rules, agreement and these conditions and all such

deduction shall have to be made good by the licensee by depositing an equivalent amount within 15

days of the receipt of notice to that effect, failing which the amount shall be recovered from the offerer as

arrears of land revenue.

(v) The security deposit and/or the additional security deposit or the balance as the case may be, shall

be refunded to the licensee after the Deputy Conservator of Forests / Sub-Divisional Forest Officer

concerned is satisfied that all the obligations and formalities on the part of the licensee under the terms

of the said agreement, the said Act, the said Rules and these conditions have been duly complied with

and that no amount is due against him.

V. PAYMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF OFFER :

(1) The Licensee shall pay to the Government the amount of his offer by a demand draft drawn on any

Scheduled Bank in India having a branch at the headquarters of the concerned Dy. Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer in the following manner :-

(A) If the licensee desires to remove the Tendu leaves directly from the collection depots of the

units/group of units then :-

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(i) 10 per cent of the amount of offer for the notified yield within 7 (seven) days from the date of

execution of the agreement and

(ii) The remaining 90 percent amount of offer for the notified yield in lump-sum before removing the

Tendu leaves from the collection depots at the units but not later than 15th day of May 2012, and

(iii) The proportionate amount for the additional permissible collection in excess of the notified yield

on or before the 10th June 2012. The proportionate amount shall be calculated on the basis of additional

standard bags collected, in excess of the notified yield multiplied by the rate per standard bag, which

shall be arrived at by dividing the amount of the accepted offer by the notified yield in standard bags.

(B) If the licensee desires to store the Tendu leaves in his/her own/hired godowns situated within

the unit/group of units or outside the unit/group of units in the State of Maharashtra which is/are duly

approved for this purpose by the concerned Deputy Conservator of Forests/Sub-Divisional Forest Officer

(who shall be entitled in his absolute discretion to approve or disapprove any such godowns) which could

be removed therefrom by the licensee with the permission of the concerned Deputy Conservator of

Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer then :

(i) 10 percent of the amount of offer for the notified yield within 7 (seven) days from the date of

execution of the agreement and

(ii) The remaining 90 per cent of the amount of offer plus the proportionate amount for the permissible

additional collection in excess of the notified yield as calculated in the manner provided aforesaid in

three equal installments on the following due dates :

Installment Due Date

1st installment 1st working day of September 2012

2nd installment 1st working day of October 2012

3rd installment 1st working day of November 2012

“Provided, however, that if the licensee fails or neglects to pay any of the aforesaid installments

mentioned in sub-clause B(ii) above on their respective due dates mentioned therein, then in that event, the Dy. Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer of independent Sub-Division, on being

satisfied that the licensee did not pay the said installments as mentioned in sub-clause B(ii) above for a

sufficient cause, may give to the licensee, on an application made in that behalf by the licensee to the

Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer, at least 10 days before the date, on which

such installment falls due, such further time for paying the same but not exceeding 30 days as he may in

his absolute discretion thinks fit.”

Provided, further that, in any event, the licensee shall pay interest on amount of the said

installments not paid on the due dates mentioned above, at the rate of 20 per cent per annum from the

respective due dates mentioned above of the said installments till payment. Each time the licensee makes

the payment of an installment, he would become, entitled to 1/3 of the quantity of leaves kept in the

godowns under the provisions of this condition.

(2) The licensee shall not be entitled to keep the collected Tendu leaves in his own/hired godowns

situated outside the State of Maharashtra unless he had obtained the prior approval thereto in writing of

the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (NTFP, Monitoring and Evaluation) Maharashtra State, Nagpur who may in his absolute discretion disapprove the same or accord approval thereto on the

following terms and conditions, namely:

(i) The licensee shall furnish additional security deposit in any one of the forms stipulated in Condition

IV (ii) above, for the sum equal to three times the sum required to be deposited as security deposit under

condition IV (i) above.

(ii) The licensee shall bear and pay the cost of the additional staff required to be engaged for

supervision of such godowns and shall for the purpose deposit in advance with the Deputy Conservator

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of Forests / Sub-Divisional Forest Officer concerned, the amount fixed therefor from time to time by the

Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (NTFP, Monitoring and Evaluation) Maharashtra

State, Nagpur

(iii) The licensee shall transport the leaves purchased by him to such godowns only by such route as may be prescribed by the Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer concerned.

(3) The licensee shall inform in writing before the 1st day of May 2012 to the concerned Deputy

Conservator of Forests/Sub-Divisional Forest Officer whether he desires to remove the Tendu leaves

from the collection depot at the unit/group of units directly or to store them in the godowns to be

approved by the concerned Deputy Conservator of Forest/Sub-Divisional Forest Officer, failing which

the licensee shall pay to the Government the remaining 90 per cent amount of his offer for the Notified

Yield on or before the 15th day of May 2012 as provided in clause 1(A) (ii) above and for the permissible

additional quantity in excess of the Notified Yield on or before the 10th June 2012 as provided in clause

1(A) (iii) above.

(4) In addition, Licensee shall have to pay Value added Tax, Forest Development Tax and Income Tax

etc. at the time and in the manner provided in condition VI hereof.

(5) If the Licensee fails or neglects to duly pay the amount of his said offer for the notified yield and

the additional proportionate amount for the additional permissible collection of leaves not exceeding 25%

of the notified yield, together with the Value added Tax, Forest Development Tax, Income Tax etc. as

hereinbefore provided and/or to duly observe and perform any of the terms and conditions hereof; then

without prejudice to any other right, remedies and powers of the Government, this contract shall stand

forthwith terminated and in the former case the said amount of security deposit and in the later case security deposit and the entire amount of his said offer and the additional proportionate amount, if any,

for the additional permissible collection of leaves paid till then shall stand forfeited to the Government

alongwith the tendu leaves collected by licensee. In such event the Government may, if it so thinks fit,

proceed to dispose of the Tendu leaves in the said unit/group of units in such manner as the Government

may in its absolute discretion thinks fit at the sole risk and at the cost, charges and expenses of the

Licensee and Licensee will be liable to pay to the Government the loss if any, sustained by the

Government as a result thereof, but he shall not be entitled to any profit that may accrue to the Government as a result thereof.

VI VALUE ADDED TAX, FOREST DEVELOPMENT TAX AND INCOME TAX

In addition to the amount of offer the Licensee will be required to pay :

(a) Value added Tax in accordance with the provisions of Value added Tax (VAT- Act – 2005) as

amended from time to time and in force for the time being, and

(b) Income Tax in accordance with the provisions of sections 206-C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 as

amended from time to time and in force for the time being,

(c) Forest Development Tax in accordance with the provisions of the Maharashtra Forest Development

Tax on Sale of Forest Produce by the Government or Forest Development Corporation (Continuance) Act

1983 (Mah. XXII of 1983) as per the rates in force at the time of execution of the agreement along with

the proportionate amount to be paid by the licensee in accordance with the payment schedule given in

condition V above.

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VII. TENDU LEAVES OF GROWERS OTHER THAN THE GOVERNMENT

The licensee shall be bound to pay for and take delivery of Tendu leaves offered to him for sale

by the growers, if any, other than the Government in the concerned unit/group of units at the price that

may be fixed by the Government, at such place and in such manner as may be directed by the Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer concerned from time to time, unless the leaves

offered are unfit for ''BIDI'' manufacture. The leaves rejected, if any, by the licensee shall be kept

separately for inspection of the Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer concerned

or any Officer authorised by her/him. The decision of such officer regarding fitness or otherwise of the

Tendu leaves for the manufacture of ''BIDIS'', shall be final and binding on the licensee and he shall pay

full purchase price to such growers at the rates as aforesaid. In this respect the licensee shall be deemed

to be an Agent of the Government for the unit/group of units appointed under the said Act, and under the

said Rules.

VIII. EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT

(i) The licensee on being so appointed shall either himself or through his constituted Attorney execute an

Agreement in the form annexed here to within fifteen days from the date of issue of Letter of acceptance

in his favour or within such extended time as may be granted to him under the provisions hereinafter

contained, failing which his appointment shall be liable to be cancelled by the The Chief Conservator of

Forests (Territorial) in whose jurisdiction the unit is situated.

(ii) The persons signing the agreement form on behalf of another or on behalf of a firm shall be

responsible to produce a proper "Power-of-Attorney" duly executed in his favour showing that he has

authority to bind such other person or the firm, as the case may be, in all matters pertaining to contract including the arbitration clause, such Power-of-Attorney should be signed by all the partners in case of

partnership concern, by the proprietor in case of a proprietary concern and by the person who by his

signature can bind the company in case of limited company. In case of Hindu undivided family the

"Power-of-Attorney" should be signed by the ''KARTA'' who by his signature can bind the family.

(iii) If before the expiry of the said period of fifteen days, the licensee applies to the Deputy

Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer of the Division / independent Sub-Division concerned for extending the period herein-before prescribed for execution of the Agreement, the Deputy

Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer may, if in his absolute discretion, thinks fit, extend

the said period upto not exceeding fifteen days thereafter on such terms and conditions as may be

prescribed by him including the payment of extension fees at the rate not exceeding Rs. 1000 per day.

(iv) On cancellation of the appointment of the licensee under sub-condition (i) hereof the amount

deposited by him as earnest money shall without prejudice to any other rights and remedies of the

Government, be forfeited to the Government. In addition, such licensee shall also be liable to pay the

loss, less the amount of E.M.D., if any, suffered by the Government in the subsequent disposal of Tendu

leaves of the units for which he is appointed as a licensee and if the licensee does not pay such loss

within fifteen days from the date of the notice of demand, the same may without prejudice to any other

rights and remedies of the Government be recovered from him as Arrears of land revenue. The licensee

however, shall not in any event be entitled to any profit that may accrue to the Government on such

subsequent disposal.

IX. COLLECTION OF LEAVES BEFORE PAYMENT NOT PERMITTED

The Licensee shall not collect and remove the Tendu leaves from the said unit/group of units for

which his offer has been accepted by the Government till he has paid 10 per cent amount of his offer for

the notified yield as per condition V hereof alongwith the proportionate taxes indicated under condition VI herein above and executed the agreement as per condition VIII hereof.

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X. COLLECTION OF TENDU LEAVES

(i) The licensee shall have to make his own arrangement entirely at his cost for establishment of

centres for collection of Tendu leaves, employment of labourers, construction of huts for stocking leaves

and other arrangements necessary for carrying out the contract. The collection centres should be at such places within the unit to be notified by the concerned Dy. Conservator of Forests/Sub-Divisional Forest

Officer. The list of collection centres as notified by the Dy. conservator of Forests / Sub-Divisional

Forest officer concerned, shall be final and binding on the licensees. Such notified list shall be notified

and be displayed by the Dy. Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer on the notice board of

her/ his office.

(ii) The licensee shall keep his representative at each collection centre established at the places notified

by the Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer during the collection season of

Tendu leaves for collection of leaves at such collection centres. Names of such representatives shall be

furnished to the Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer alongwith their specimen

signatures before the start of collection. The Licensee will be responsible for any act of

commission/omission of such representative. The Deputy Conservator of Forest/ Sub-Divisional Forest

Officer will have the discretion to reject any representative proposed by the Licensee without giving any

reason therefor. If any representative is rejected by Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest

Officer, the Licensee shall provide within seven days of such rejection a substitute representative

acceptable to the Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer.

(iii) The Licensee shall collect Tendu leaves at the notified collection centres only. Without prejudice to

any other rights, remedies or powers of the Government under the contract and/or any law, any Tendu

leaves, collected at the unauthorised collection centres shall be forfeited to the Government and shall be disposed off by the Government in the manner deemed fit.

(iv) The Licensee shall collect from the concerned unit/group of units, the Tendu leaves in raw form

without bagging but in the form of bundles containing 70 leaves each provided, however, bundles may

contain not less than 65 leaves and not more than 75 leaves.

(v) The Licensee shall collect the Tendu leaves by adopting the traditional method i.e. plucking by hand, of Tendu leaves from the trees directly only and not by any other method whatsoever. The Licensee

shall not cut the trees or its branches or make use of any sharp instruments like axe, knife etc. in the

process of collection. However, without prejudice to any other rights, remedies or powers of the

Government under the contract and/or any Law, any Tendu Leaves collected by non-traditional methods

shall be forfeited to the Government and shall be disposed off in any manner as deemed fit.

(vi) The License shall be allowed to collect the Tendu leaves to the extent of the notified yield only for

which his offer is accepted by the Government.

In case the yield of Tendu leaves exceeds the notified yield, the Licensee shall be further allowed

to collect and remove additional Tendu leaves over and above the notified yield but in any event not

exceeding 25% of the notified yield for which his/ her offer is accepted by the Government on payment

of additional purchase price to be calculated at the average rate per standard bag which shall be arrived at

by dividing the amount of the accepted offer by the number of standard bags of notified yield for the

offer. Provided, however, the Licensee shall not be entitled to claim any concession or remission in

payment of his lump-sum offer accepted by the Government for the notified yield in cases where the

yield of Tendu leaves is less than the notified yield.

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(vii) The Licensee shall pay to the labourers employed by him for the purpose at the rates fixed by the

Government from time to time. The minimum rates fixed by the Government are given below :-

Zone

No.

Units Minimum charges for

collection of Tendu leaves

from Government Land Rs.

per standard bag.

Minimum price for

purchase of Tendu

leaves from Growers

(other than Govt.)

Rs. per standard bag.

1 2 3 4

1 All units of Gadchiroli circle (entire

Gachiroli district)

1750

1800

2 All units of Chandrapur, Nagpur,

Yavatmal and Amravati circles. (entire

Chandrapur, Amravati, Akola, Washim,

Buldhana, Yavatmal, Wardha, Bhandara,

Gondia, and Nagpur districts)

1350

1400

3 All units of Aurangabad, Pune, Dhule, Kolhapur, Thane and Nashik Circles. (all

other districts of Maharashtra not

mentioned in zone 1 and 2 above)

1200

1250

Note : A standard bag is a bag containing 1000 bundles of 70 leaves each i.e. 70,000 Tendu leaves.

The payment of labour charges shall be made to the labourers on the same day on which the

leaves are received by him from them.

(viii) The Licensee shall not demand or accept any "PASTURI" or extra bundles of leaves from the

labourers. He shall make full payment for all the bundles accepted by him from the labourers. He shall also not demand or accept bundles of leaves containing more leaves than those prescribed in (iv) above.

(ix) The Licensee shall not reject Tendu leaves collected by the labourers unless the leaves are unfit for

BIDI manufacture. The leaves rejected, if any, by the licensee shall be kept separately for inspection of

the Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer concerned or any officer authorised by

her/him. The decision of such Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer or any

officer authorised by him/her, regarding fitness or otherwise of the Tendu leaves for manufacture of

BIDIS shall be final and binding on the Licensee and he shall pay full collection charges to labourers.

(x) Before transporting the leaves from the collection depot, the Licensee shall pack the bundles of

leaves in bags and superscribe distinctly on each bag the following particulars namely:-

(a) Name and number of unit/group of units.

(b) Name and/or number of collection depot.

(c) Sr. No. of the bag.

(d) No. of bundles contained in the bag.

(e) Year of collection.

(xi) The transport of Tendu leaves shall be subject to the provisions of transport permits prescribed in

the said Act and the said Rules.

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(xii) The Licensee who shall be permitted to collect and remove additional Tendu leaves under

sub-condition (vi) above, shall give intimation to the labourers regarding the ceiling on collection so as to

avoid unauthorised collection of Tendu leaves by the labourers.

(xiii) In case, the Licensee collects the leaves in excess of permissible additional collection over and above the notified yield, the concerned Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer or

his representative shall without prejudice to any other rights and remedies of the Government take

possession of such leaves and dispose off the same in the manner as he/she may deem fit and in that

event the Licensee shall not be entitled to claim reimbursement of the collection charges for the

leaves so collected or any other compensation whatsoever.

XI. CHECKING OF TENDU LEAVES

(i) Stock of Tendu leaves in possession of the Licensee at any depot or any godown or in transit is

liable to be checked at any time by any Forest Officer.

(ii) The Licensee shall be responsible for any stock detected as unauthorised.

(iii) The Licensee shall be responsible and liable for penal action for the stock detected as unauthorised in

his custody either at any depot, in transit or at any godown at any time.

XII. KINDLING OF FIRE IN FOREST AREA PROHIBITED

(a) Kindling of fire in the forest within the tendu unit / group of units area and its vicinity

including smoking and carrying matchboxes is strictly for-bidden during the fire season.

(b) It shall be the responsibility of the Grampanchayats, under whose jurisdication the tendu

unit/group of units fall and the tendu leaves collectors, who benefit from such tendu collection in

terms of wages and incentives, to prevent fires in respective tendu units/group of units and its

vicinity and also extinguish fires if any, in such units/group of units during the period 15th

January to 15th June and do everything that is possible to do to prevent any kindling or spread of

fire in the areas of such units/group of units.

(c) It shall be the responsibility of the Purchaser to prevent kindling and spread of fire in the

tendu unit / group of units.

(d) In case fire is kindled, and its spread is beyond one hectare in a tendu unit during the

period 1st January to the date of auction, that is, before tendu leaves are auctioned and sold to a

particular licensee, the auction of such tendu units in which such forest area falls, shall not be

done and also shall be withdrawn from the auction if it has been advertised or proposed for

auction. The Grampanchayats or the gramsabha and tendu leaves collectors, who were likely to

benefit from the auction of such units, shall not be entitled for any compensation for the loss

caused to them due to cancellation of such auction/sale of tendu units/group of units.

(e) If a fire is kindled and its spread beyond one hectare in the area of a tendu unit/group of

units which has been successfully sold to a bidder/licensee in any auction, the said auction/sale

shall be cancelled with immediate effect and no compensation shall be paid to the licensee for the loss or damage caused to such licensee due to such cancellation. The Earnest Money

Deposit/Security Deposit, if any, shall also be forfeited in such cases.

(f) The Chief Conservator of Forests (Territorial) of the concerned Circle shall be the

authority to take action as mentioned above. However he shall make suitable enquiry to

established the facts and satisfy himself through available evidences and records before passing

an order for cancellation. He shall also be responsible for checking the cases of fires and provide

valid information for appropriate decisions at the state level at the time of auction of tendu

unit/group of units in his area.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE :-

( It has come to the notice of the Government that in several cases fires are kindled in forest area of tendu

unit/group of units during the period January onwards with the expectation that as a result of fire such

flush of tendu leaves would come. Due to such fires almost entire forest area in tendu units or in the vicinity, burns every year and irreversible damage is done to the natural re-generation, fallen seeds, nests

and habitats of microfauna, wild life and the ground flora including the valuable biodiversity of the area.

The various Acts and Regulations have cast responsibilities on the citizens, Grampanchayats/gramsabhas

to protect the forest from the damages caused due to such fires by taking preventive measures. In order to

prevent fires due to tendu trade, the strict measures as suggested above are considered essential and it is

believed that due to such measures sustainable harvesting of tendu leaves, due to which huge economic

benefits accrue to the local people and tendu leaves collectors during tendu season, would continue

without causing any damage to the forest in the tendu units/group of units or in the vicinity.)

XIII. PRUNING OF TENDU PLANTS

If the Licensee desires to do pruning of Tendu plants any where in the unit/group of units, he

may do so after obtaining prior permission of the Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest

Officer concerned in writing and in such manner and during such period as may be directed by him from

time to time. The Deputy Conservator of Forest/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer is not bound to give such

permission and he is also not bound to give any reason for refusal. Lopping and cutting of branches of

trees or damaging trees in any other way is strictly forbidden.

XIV ILLICIT FELLING OF TREES IN THE UNIT

(a) The licensee should satisfy himself before taking over the possession of the unit about illicit

felling of Tendu trees, if any, in the unit/group of units for which his offer has been accepted

by the Government and report in writing about illicit felling of Tendu trees to the Dy.

Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer concerned immediately.

(b) The Licensee shall handover the possession of the unit/group of units to the Dy. Conservator

of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer concerned not later than the 30th day of June 2012.

(c) The Dy. Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer concerned shall arrange for the

inspection of the unit at the time of handing over of the possession of the unit by the licensee.

If during the inspection any illicit felling of Tendu trees in the licensed premises is noticed by

the Dy. Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer the Licensee shall be held

responsible for the same.

(d) Any illicit felling of Tendu trees or attempt thereof noticed at any time from the date of taking

over the possession of the unit or group of units by the Licensee to the date of handing over of

the unit/group of units by him or failure on the part of the Licensee to prevent any such illicit

felling of trees within the licensed area, shall be treated as breach of the contract.

(e) The Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer may without prejudice to

any other rights and remedies of the Government under the contract, shall impose following

penalty in case of illicit felling of Tendu trees.

S.No. girth of Tendu trees (cm) penalty per tree (Rs)

1. Upto 25 Nil

2. 26 to 45 400

3. 46 to 60 600

4. 61 to 75 800

5. 76 to 90 1000

6. 91 and above. 1200

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Above penalty shall be imposed in addition to the liability of the licensee for penal action under

the provisions of the Indian Forest Act or under the provisions of any other Act.

XV. ACCOUNTS

The licensees shall maintain such accounts in such forms and furnish to the Deputy Conservator

of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer such periodical returns on such dates as may be specified in the

agreement or prescribed from time to time by the Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest

Officer.

XVI. LIST OF EMPLOYEES OF THE LICENSEES

The licensees shall also furnish the list of persons employed by him within the unit with their

specimen signatures and all such persons as are objected to by the Deputy Conservator of Forests/

Sub-Divisional Forest Officer shall be removed from the employment by the Licensees.

XVII. TRANSFER OF CONTRACT

(i) The licensees shall not, without obtaining the prior specific consent in writing thereto of the

Conservator of Forests/ Chief Conservator of Forests (Territorial) in whose jurisdiction the unit(s)/group

of units in respect of which the offer of the licensee has been accepted by the Government is/are situated,

transfer or assign in any manner whatsoever his right, title and interest in or benefit of the contract.

(ii) Alongwith his application for permission to assign for transfer, the licensee shall:

(a) pay to the Government as Transfer Fee an amount equivalent to 10 per cent of the total value of the

offer accepted by the Government or Rs. 10,000 whichever is less and

(b) forward an undertaking in writing duly signed by the proposed Transferee of the contract agreeing to

execute within 7 days of the receipt by him of the order of the said Chief Conservator of Forests

(Territorial) sanctioning the transfer of the contract by the Licensee to the Transferee, an agreement in the

prescribed form agreeing inter alia to pay for amount offered by him to observe all the Terms and Conditions of Contract as if the Transferee had been originally a party to and had executed the

agreement.

(iii) If the said Transferee fails or neglects to duly execute the agreement as aforesaid, then without

prejudice to any other rights, remedies and power of the Government, Government shall be entitled to

cancel the order sanctioning the Transfer of Contract by the Licensee in favour of the Transferee and to

forfeit the entire amount of the transfer fee paid by the Licensee to the Government alongwith his

application for transfer as aforesaid. And on such cancellation of the order, the Licensee shall continue to

be liable to duly carry out, observe and perform all the Terms and Conditions of Contract as if such

application for transfer had not been made by him.

XVIII. SUMMARY TERMINATION

In the event of the contractor's being a natural person or a partnership firm and being adjudged

insolvent or being limited company taken into liquidation or otherwise winding up their business or

making arrangements with their creditors or failing to duly observe and perform any of the terms and

conditions of the contract or any of terms and conditions governing the contract, the respective territorial

Chief Conservator of Forests (Territorial) in whose jurisdiction the area of the contract is situated shall

be at liberty to terminate the contract forthwith without prejudice to any other rights or remedies under

the contract and to resell the units/group of units at the risk and cost of licensee and claim from the licensee, all the resultant losses sustained or costs incurred thereby.

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XIX. GOVERNMENT NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR NATURAL CALAMITIES OR ACT OF

THIRD PARTIES

The licensee shall not be entitled to claim any compensation whatsoever for any loss or damage

that may be sustained by him on account of fire, rains, tempest, disease, pest, flood, drought or any other natural calamities or by reasons of any wrongful acts committed by any third party or for any other

reason whatsoever.

XX. DISPOSAL OF DISPUTES AND DIFFERENCES

In the event of any dispute or difference whatsoever arising between the parties hereto either

during the subsistence of the agreement to be executed under the provisions of clause VIII hereto or

thereafter, as to the interpretation of the terms and conditions of the contract or of the said agreement or

as to the rights, duties and obligations of all the parties hereunder or as to any other matter whatsoever

arising out of in relation thereto or concerning the same, the decision thereon of the Additional Principal

Chief Conservator of Forests (NTFP, Monitoring and Evaluation) Maharashtra State, Nagpur, shall be

final and binding on all the parties concerned.

XXI. LICENSEE DEEMED TO BE AGENT

The Licensee shall be deemed to be an Agent of the Government for the unit/group of units

appointed under the said Act and said Rules.

(Dr. Ramanuj Choudhary)

Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests,

(NTFP, Monitoring and Evaluation)

Maharashtra State, Nagpur

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FORM OF AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT made this.....................................day of....................................................

BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR OF MAHARASHTRA in exercise of the executive power of the

Government or the State of Maharashtra (hereinafter referred to as the Government) (which

expression shall, unless the context does not so admit include his successors, authorised

representatives and assignee of the one part) and Shri

..............................................................................son of....... ...... .............. ....................................

...........residing at............................................. village..................... Town, Post

..............................................District ...................... and carrying on business of .........................in the

name and style of ................ at........... Shri. ............................................ son of ...............

........................................ residing at .........................................both / all carrying on business in

partnership of ........................................ in the firm, name and style of .....................................at

.............................../ * ...................................... of limited, a company registered under the Companies

Act, 1956* (I of 1956) / *The Indian Companies Act 1913 (VII of 1913 ) and having its registered office

at .............................................. * a society registered under the Bombay /* Maharashtra Co-operative

Societies Act 1925/* 1960 and having its registered office at .........................................and having

Permanent Account No. ............................Dated ..........................under Sub-Section (4) of Section 139-A

of the Income Tax Act 1961, issued by the Income Tax Officer/ which was submitted alongwith the

form of offer (hereinafter referred to as “the Licensees” ) (which expression shall, unless the context

does not so admit, include his heirs, executors and administrators/the survivors or survivor of them, the heirs, executors and administrators of the last survivor/* the partners for the time being of the said firm /

its successors and his / their /its permitted assignees ) of the other part ( * strike out whichever is not

applicable).

WHEREAS, trading in Tendu Leaves in the State of Maharashtra is regulated by the provisions

of the Maharashtra Forest Produce (Regulation of Trade) Act 1969 (LVII of 1969) and the

Maharashtra Forest Produce (Regulation of Trade in Tendu Leaves) Rules 1969, made under the said Act and any statutory modifications thereof ;

AND WHEREAS, the Government invited sealed offers from intending Licensees for having

permission to collect and remove Tendu leaves from different Tendu units constituted under the

Maharashtra Forest Produce (Regulation of Trade) Act 1969 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act) on

the Terms and Conditions of Offer and on the Terms and Conditions of the Contract annexed to the

notice inviting offers vide notice No. ................................... ...................................... dated.......................................

AND WHEREAS, the Government accepted the offer submitted by the Licensee pursuant thereto

for unit/ group of units No.s. ..................................................... in....................................... Forest

Division/ Sub-Division, more fully described in the Schedule hereunder (hereinafter referred to as the

"the said Units") for the period ending 31st December 2012 on the said Terms and Conditions of

Offer and Terms and Conditions of Contract hereto annexed and which form part and parcel of this

Agreement as well as or the Terms and Conditions hereinafter appearing;

AND WHEREAS, as per Condition VIII of the Terms and Conditions of Contract the

Licensee whose aforesaid offer has been accepted by Government is required to execute

an agreement within fifteen days from the date of issue of letter of acceptance in his favour or within

such extended period as specified therein being in fact these presents.

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NOW, THESE PRESENT WITNESS AND IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND DECLARED BY

and between the parties hereto as follows:-

1. In consideration of the Licensee duly paying to the Government the amount of his offer as hereinafter provided and agreeing to duly observe and perform the terms and conditions of offer, the

terms and conditions of the contract and the terms and conditions hereinafter contained, the Government

doth hereby grant unto the Licensee on the terms and conditions hereinafter contained, licensee to enter

into and collect and remove Tendu Leaves from unit/ group of units Nos ....................................................

in .................................................... Forest Division/ Sub-Division, more particularly described in the

schedule hereunder written (hereinafter referred to as the said unit/group of units).

2. The Agreement shall commence from the ....................................day

of.......................................................................... 2012 and shall remain in force upto

the......................................... day of .................................................... 2012 unless earlier terminated

under clause 8 hereof.

3. In consideration of the Government having granted permission to the licensee to enter into and collect

and remove Tendu leaves from unit/ group of units No.s ....................................................

in.................................................... Forest Division/ Sub-Division more fully described in the schedule

hereunder written as aforesaid, the Licensee's does/do and each of them does hereby covenant with the

Government as follows :-

(i) To pay to the Government the amount of his offer accepted by the Government plus the additional

amount if any for the permissible collection in excess of the notified yield at the time and in the manner set out in condition No. V of the terms and conditions of contract.

(ii) In addition to the amount of offer as aforesaid to pay to the Government Value added Tax, Forest

Development Tax and Income Tax etc. as per condition No. VI of the Terms and Conditions of the

Contract, and

(iii) To pay the collection charges to the persons engaged for collecting leaves from Government Forest and other Government lands on the same day on which the leaves are delivered to him at the rate

indicated in column No. (3) Of the table given in sub- condition (vii) of condition X of Terms and

Condition of Contract.

(iv) To pay to the Government upto Rs. 1,000 for each omission or default committed by the Licensee

or by his representatives or persons employed by him in contravention of the provisions of the said Act

and Rules made thereunder as per the Terms and Conditions of the Contract.

(v) To pay to the growers, if any, other than the Government for the Tendu Leaves which may be

offered for sale to the licensee by them at such price and in such manner that may be fixed by the

Government as per condition No. VII of the Terms and Conditions of the Contract.

(vi) (a) Kindling of fire in the forest within the tendu unit / group of units area and its vicinity

including smoking and carrying matchboxes is strictly for-bidden during the fire season.

(b) It shall be the responsibility of the Grampanchayats, under whose jurisdication the tendu unit/group of units fall and the tendu leaves collectors, who benefit from such tendu collection in

terms of wages and incentives, to prevent fires in respective tendu units/group of units and its

vicinity and also extinguish fires if any, in such units/group of units during the period 15th

January to 15th June and do everything that is possible to do to prevent any kindling or spread of

fire in the areas of such units/group of units.

(c) It shall be the responsibility of the Purchaser to prevent kindling and spread of fire in the

tendu unit / group of units.

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(d) In case fire is kindled, and its spread is beyond one hectare in a tendu unit during the

period 1st January to the date of auction, that is, before tendu leaves are auctioned and sold to a

particular licensee, the auction of such tendu units in which such forest area falls, shall not be

done and also shall be withdrawn from the auction if it has been advertised or proposed for

auction. The Grampanchayats or the gramsabha and tendu leaves collectors, who were likely to benefit from the auction of such units, shall not be entitled for any compensation for the loss

caused to them due to cancellation of such auction/sale of tendu units/group of units.

(e) If a fire is kindled and its spread beyond one hectare in the area of a tendu unit/group of

units which has been successfully sold to a bidder/licensee in any auction, the said auction/sale

shall be cancelled with immediate effect and no compensation shall be paid to the licensee for the

loss or damage caused to such licensee due to such cancellation. The Earnest Money

Deposit/Security Deposit, if any, shall also be forfeited in such cases.

(f) The Chief Conservator of Forests (Territorial) of the concerned Circle shall be the

authority to take action as mentioned above. However he shall make suitable enquiry to

established the facts and satisfy himself through available evidences and records before passing an order for cancellation. He shall also be responsible for checking the cases of fires and provide

valid information for appropriate decisions at the state level at the time of auction of tendu

unit/group of units in his area.

EXPLANATORY NOTE :-

( It has come to the notice of the Government that in several cases fires are kindled in forest area of tendu

unit/group of units during the period January onwards with the expectation that as a result of fire such

flush of tendu leaves would come. Due to such fires almost entire forest area in tendu units or in the

vicinity, burns every year and irreversible damage is done to the natural re-generation, fallen seeds, nests

and habitats of microfauna, wild life and the ground flora including the valuable biodiversity of the area.

The various Acts and Regulations have cast responsibilities on the citizens, Grampanchayats/gramsabhas

to protect the forest from the damages caused due to such fires by taking preventive measures. In order to

prevent fires due to tendu trade, the strict measures as suggested above are considered essential and it is

believed that due to such measures sustainable harvesting of tendu leaves, due to which huge economic

benefits accrue to the local people and tendu leaves collectors during tendu season, would continue

without causing any damage to the forest in the tendu units/group of units or in the vicinity.)

4. If the licensees desires to store the Tendu leaves in his own / hired godown duly approved

for this purpose by the Deputy Conservator of Forests / Sub- Divisional Forest Officer concerned, the leaves shall be kept under the custody, watch, ward, supervision and at the r isk

of the licensee but under the control of the Deputy Conservator of Forests / Sub -

Divisional Forest Officer concerned and on the conditions that the Deputy Conservator of

Forests / Sub-Divisional Forest Officer or the Range Forest Officer shall have full access and control

over the stock by putting the departmental lock to the godowns or by any other device as may be

ordered by the Deputy Conservator of Forests / Sub-Divisional Forest Officer.

The licensee shall insure the leaves stored by him in the godowns with the Government Insurance

Fund against loss or damage by theft, fire, strike, riot and civil commotion for the sum equivalent to the

cost of leaves at the amount of offer.

Provided, however that, if the leaves are stored in godowns belonging to the Government and hired

by the licensee shall, in addition, thereto also insure the building in which the said godowns are situated

against the aforesaid risks.

5. The amount of the installment of offer for the notified yield and the additional proportionate amount

for the additional permissible collection of leaves not exceeding 25% of the notified yield as the case may

be, payable by the licensees hereunder shall not be deemed to have been paid unless the Value added

Tax, Income Tax and Forest Development Tax payable, alongwith it as required by condition VI of the

Terms and Conditions of Contract is paid.

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The Licensee will also be responsible for subsequent liabilities of payment, if any, including

payment of additional sum on account of value added tax imposed by the Sales Tax Department or Forest

Department of the State Government or by Central Government and Forest Development Tax imposed by

the Forest Department of the State Government and Income Tax imposed by the Central Government in

respect of Tendu leaves sold to him under this agreement.

6. The licensee hereby binds himself to perform all acts and duties required to be done by him and to

abstain from doing himself, his servants and agents or performing any act forbidden by or under the

provisions of the said Act, and the rules made thereunder, the Indian Forest Act 1927 and the Rules made

thereunder in so far as they are applicable in the context of this Agreement.

7. If the licensee commits a breach of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and it is not

proposed to terminate the agreement on account of any such breach, Deputy Conservator of Forests /

Sub-Divisional Forest Officer may impose a penalty not exceeding Rs. 1,000 for each breach. An appeal

against such order shall lie to the Chief Conservator of Forests (Territorial) in whose jurisdiction the

unit/group of units is situated. The licensee may within 30 days of the receipt by him of the order passed

by such Chief Conservator of Forests (Territorial) appeal to the Additional Principal Chief Conservator

of Forests (NTFP, Monitoring and Evaluation) Maharashtra State, Nagpur against the order passed by

such Chief Conservator of Forests (Territorial).

8. If the Licensee fails or neglects to duly pay the amount of his said offer for the notified yield and the

additional proportionate amount for the additional permissible collection of leaves not exceeding 25% of

the notified yield, together with the Value added Tax, Forest Development Tax, Income Tax etc. as

hereinbefore provided and/or to duly observe and perform any of the terms and conditions hereof; then

without prejudice to any other right, remedies and powers of the Government, this Agreement shall stand forthwith terminated and in the former case the said amount of security deposit and in the later case

security deposit and the entire amount of his said offer and the additional proportionate amount, if any,

for the additional permissible collection of leaves paid till then shall stand forfeited to the Government

alongwith the tendu leaves collected by the licensee. In such event the Government may, if it so thinks

fit, proceed to dispose of the Tendu leaves in the said unit/group of units in such manner as the

Government may in its absolute discretion thinks fit at the sole risk and at the cost, charges and expenses

of the Licensee and Licensee will be liable to pay to the Government the loss if any, sustained by the Government as a result thereof, but he shall not be entitled to any profit that may accrue to the

Government as a result thereof.

9. The provisions of the said Act and the Rules made thereunder particularly regarding transport of

Tendu leaves shall be applicable to the transport of Tendu leaves by the Licensee under this agreement.

10. If in the course of carrying out this contract any injury is caused to any person whosoever, whether

fatal or otherwise or any damage is caused to the property belonging to any person whosoever and a

claim for such injury, loss of life or damage is made against the Government by any person whosoever

then the licensee shall pay the Government forthwith on demand in that behalf by the Government the

amount which, the Government may pay or may be held liable to pay in respect of such claim including

all cost, charges and expenses sustained or incurred by the Government and incidental to such claim.

11. All penalties and other dues arising out of this agreement shall be paid by the licensee within 15

days of the receipt by him of notice of demand for payment failing which the same may be recovered as

arrears of land revenue from him.

12. The licensee shall not be entitled to claim any compensation whatsoever for any loss or damage that

may be sustained by him on account of fire, rains, tempest, disease, pest, flood, drought or any other

natural calamities or by reason of any wrongful acts committed by third party or for any other reason whatsoever.

13. The licensee shall maintain such accounts in such forms and shall submit such periodical returns on

such dates as may be prescribed from time to time by the Deputy Conservator of Forests / Sub-Divisional

Forest Officer concerned.

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14. If the licensee desires to do pruning in any area included in the unit/group of units he may do so but

without any claim for payment and without in any way prejudicing the right of the Government over the

leaves in the unit provided that, pruning will be done only after obtaining the prior permission of the

Deputy Conservator of Forests/ Sub-Divisional Forest Officer of independent sub-division, in writing and

in such manner and during such period as may be directed by her/ him from time to time.

15. The licensee should satisfy himself before taking over the possession of the unit about illicit felling

of Tendu trees if any, in the unit/group of units purchased. The Deputy Conservator of Forest / Sub-

Divisional Forest Officer concerned shall arrange for the inspection of the areas at the time of taking over

the possession of the areas from the licensee, Illicit cutting of Tendu trees noticed if any in the area

during the period of possession of unit/group of units by the Licensee, the Licensee shall be held

responsible for the same. Any attempt of collection of Tendu leaves by illicit felling of trees shall be the

breach of terms and conditions of the agreement. The licensee shall be liable to pay the penalty for the

illicit felling of Tendu trees as follows:-

Girth of Tendu Trees (in cm.) Penalty per tree (Rs)

1. up to 25 Nil

2. 26 to 45 400

3. 46 to 60 600

4. 61 to 75 800

5. 76 to 90 1000

6. 91 and above 1200

Above penalty shall be imposed in addition to the liability of the licensee for penal action under

the provisions of the Indian Forest Act or under the provisions of any other Act.

16. The licensee may within 30 days of the receipt by him of any order passed by the Deputy

Conservator of Forests / Sub-Divisional Forest Officer appeal against the same to the Chief Conservator

of Forests (Territorial) in whose jurisdiction the unit is situated. If no appeal is filed within the said

period the decision of the Deputy Conservator of Forest / Sub-Divisional Forest Officer concerned shall

be final and binding on the licensee. The licensee may within 30 days of the receipt by him of the order

passed by such Chief Conservator of Forests (Territorial) appeal to the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (NTFP, Monitoring and Evaluation) Maharashtra State, Nagpur against the order

passed in appeal by such Chief Conservator of Forests (Territorial)

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The Governor of Maharashtra has caused.............................

.............................. to hereto set his hand and affix the seal of his office for and on his behalf and

.......................................................... to the licensees above names has/have hereto set his/their

respective hands the common seal of the Licensee Company has been hereto affixed the day and year

first herein above written.

FIRST SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO

Circle Division Range Unit No. Name of Unit Notified yield Boundaries of the Unit

(approxim-

ately) in

standard bags

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

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SECOND SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO

List of collection centres in the unit

SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED by

For and On

behalf of the Governor of Maharashtra in the

presence of witnesses:-

1. _______________________________

2.________________________________

SIGNED AND DELIVERED BY:-

Shri________________________________

Shri_________________________________etc.

the licensee/s above named in the presence of :-

1._____________________________________

2.______________________________________

THE COMMON SEAL

of the_______________________________________________ Company pursuant to the Resolution of the Board of Directors of the said

Company passed at its meeting duly convened and held

on the__________ day of __________________________

hereto affixed in the presence of :-

1. ____________________________________________and

2. ____________________________________________

Being respectively the General Manager/ Managing Director/

Secretary/ Director/and/or the two Directors of the said company who in

token thereof have hereto set their respective hands in the presence of :-

1._____________________________________________

2._____________________________________________

Signature of the Licensee.

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GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS

(HEAD OF FOREST FORCE) MAHARASHTRA STATE, NAGPUR

TENDER NOTICE INVITING OFFERS FOR PERMISSION

TO COLLECT AND REMOVE TENDU LEAVES FOR 2012 SEASON

1. Sealed offers in the prescribed form are invited for permission to collect and remove Tendu leaves

from various Tendu units / groups of units which are specified in the list given in the Notice for 2012

Tendu season. The details of availability of offer forms, dates for submission and opening of offers are

given below.

Round

of

auction

Tendu Units Period of

availability of

forms of offer

for purchase

Date & Time

for submission

of offers

Date & Time

of opening of

offers

Place of opening

of offers

1 2 3 4 5 6

1st round Units lying in the

jurisdiction of

Chandrapur,

Gadchiroli, Nagpur,

Yavatmal, Amravati

Aurangabad, Dhule,

Nashik, and Thane

Forest Circles

23/01/2012

to

28/01/2012

30/01/2012

10.30 hrs

to

17.00 hrs

31/01/2012

9.00 hrs

onwards

Jawahar

Vidhayrthi Gruh, West High Court

Road, Law

Collaege Square,

Civil lines,

Nagpur

2nd

round

The remaining unsold

units / groups of units

in the 1st round.

03/02//2012

to

04/02/2012

06/02/2012

10.30 hrs

to

14.00 hrs

06/02/2012

From 15.00

hrs onwards

VAN

SABHAGRUH, (Old Van Bhavan)

Near Income Tax

Office, Seminary

Hills, Nagpur

3rd

round

The remaining unsold units / groups of units

in the 2nd round.

08/02/2012

09/02/2012

10.30 hrs

to

14.00 hrs

09/02/2012

From 15.00

hrs onwards

VAN

SABHAGRUH, (Old Van Bhavan)

Near Income Tax

Office, Seminary

Hills, Nagpur

2. The Forms of Offer can be purchased during office hours on working days, from Dy. Conservator of

Forests (Territorial) concerned on payment of Rs. 200 ( non-refundable), during the period mentioned in

column number 3 of the table above.

3. The Forms of Offer for all the rounds of auction shall be submitted to the Additional Principal Chief

Conservator of Forests (NTFP, Monitoring and Evaluation) office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head of Forests Force), M.S. Nagpur at VAN BHAVAN, Ramgiri Road, Near Police Gymkhana

Civil line, Nagpur, on the dates mentioned in column number 4 of the table above.

4. Registered Manufacturers of Bidis and exporters of Tendu leaves only can submit offers. For details

of notice inviting offer, terms and conditions of contract and the agreement form, please contact any territorial Dy. Conservator of Forests /Chief Conservator of Forests (Territorial) concerned or the

Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (NTFP, Monitoring and Evaluation) office of the

Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head of Forests Force), M. S. Nagpur at VAN BHAVAN,

Ramgiri Road, Near Police Gymkhana, Civil line, Nagpur.

( Dr. Ramanuj Choudhary )

Nagpur Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests

(NTFP, Monitoring and Evaluation) Dated:- 17/01/2012 Maharashtra State, Nagpur

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