Office Memorandum No. 739/2012/HD of the Home Department, Government of West Bengal dated 13th September, 2012 on the holding of land [C13-55F]

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Dates: made 13 September 2012; in force not recorded; ceased none recorded. Gazette: none recorded. Band B.

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

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Cite: Office Memorandum No. 739/2012/HD of the Home Department, Government of West Bengal dated 13th September, 2012 on the holding of land, Office Memorandum No. 739/2012/HD, 13th September, 2012 [C13-55F]. Machine: C13-55F.

No. 739/2012/HD

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL

Home Department, Government of West Bengal

Kolkata, dated the 13th September, 2012

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The holding of land by landholders under the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955, 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 holding of land by landholders is to be regulated under the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955.

2. The matter has been examined. Every landholder carrying on the holding of land shall make an application in Form 3 to the Settlement Officer within forty-five 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 holding of land is undertaken, and the Settlement 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 Home Department, Government of West Bengal.

(Secretary to Government)

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