Office Memorandum No. 2113/2023/FD of the Finance Department, Government of West Bengal dated 1st January, 2023 on the extraction of ground water [C12-5AS]

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

Dates: made 1 January 2023; in force not recorded; ceased none recorded. Gazette: none recorded. Band B.

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

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Cite: Office Memorandum No. 2113/2023/FD of the Finance Department, Government of West Bengal dated 1st January, 2023 on the extraction of ground water, Office Memorandum No. 2113/2023/FD, 1st January, 2023 [C12-5AS]. Machine: C12-5AS.

No. 2113/2023/FD

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL

Finance Department, Government of West Bengal

Kolkata, dated the 1st January, 2023

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 Finance 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 A to the Board within sixty days, accompanied by a fee of one hundred 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 Board 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 Finance Department, Government of West Bengal.

(Secretary to Government)

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