Office Memorandum No. 183/2006/PD of the Ports Department, Government of West Bengal dated 23rd September, 2006 on the sinking of a well on Government land [C12-QH8]
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No. 183/2006/PD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Ports Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 23rd September, 2006
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: The sinking of a well on Government land by owners of a well on Government land under the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955, regarding.
1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Ports Department, Government of West Bengal on the manner in which the sinking of a well on Government land by owners of a well on Government land is to be regulated under the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955.
2. The matter has been examined. Every owner of a well on Government land carrying on the sinking of a well on Government land shall make an application in Form 14 to the Sub-Divisional Officer within forty-five days, accompanied by a fee of two hundred rupees.
3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the sinking of a well on Government land is undertaken, and the Sub-Divisional Officer shall dispose of it within forty-five days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Ports Department, Government of West Bengal.
(Secretary to Government)
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