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Office Memorandum No. 171/2008/TD of the Transport Department, Government of West Bengal dated 23rd November, 2008 on the extraction of ground water [C10-X82]

As at 7 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.

Dates: made 23 November 2008; in force not recorded; ceased none recorded. Gazette: none recorded. Band B.

Jurisdiction: West Bengal [IN-WB]. Made by the Transport Department, Government of West Bengal.

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Cite: Office Memorandum No. 171/2008/TD of the Transport Department, Government of West Bengal dated 23rd November, 2008 on the extraction of ground water, Office Memorandum No. 171/2008/TD, 23rd November, 2008 [C10-X82]. Machine: C10-X82.

No. 171/2008/TD

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL

Transport Department, Government of West Bengal

Kolkata, dated the 23rd November, 2008

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The extraction of ground water by person drawing ground waters under the Bengal Irrigation Act, 1876, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Transport Department, Government of West Bengal on the manner in which the extraction of ground water by person drawing ground waters is to be regulated under the Bengal Irrigation Act, 1876.

2. The matter has been examined. Every person drawing ground water carrying on the extraction of ground water shall make an application in Form C to the Tribunal within sixty days, accompanied by a fee of five thousand rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the extraction of ground water is undertaken, and the Tribunal shall dispose of it within sixty days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Transport Department, Government of West Bengal.

(Secretary to Government)

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