Office Memorandum No. 4794/2024/HD of the Home Department, Government of West Bengal dated 1st October, 2024 on the keeping of a shop in a village market [C12-AW9]
As at 6 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 4794/2024/HD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Home Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 1st October, 2024
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: The keeping of a shop in a village market by shopkeepers in a village market under the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973, regarding.
1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Home Department, Government of West Bengal on the manner in which the keeping of a shop in a village market by shopkeepers in a village market is to be regulated under the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973.
2. The matter has been examined. Every shopkeeper in a village market carrying on the keeping of a shop in a village market shall make an application in Form 2 to the Gram Panchayat within thirty days, accompanied by a fee of ten rupees.
3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the keeping of a shop in a village market is undertaken, and the Gram Panchayat shall dispose of it within thirty days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Home Department, Government of West Bengal.
(Secretary to Government)
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