Office Memorandum No. 2085/2015/SWD of the Social Welfare Department, Government of Odisha dated 6th June, 2015 on the keeping of a dharamshala [C13-BT9]
As at 7 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 2085/2015/SWD
GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA
Social Welfare Department, Government of Odisha
Bhubaneswar, dated the 6th June, 2015
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: The keeping of a dharamshala by keepers of a dharamshala under the Odisha Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1952, regarding.
1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Social Welfare Department, Government of Odisha on the manner in which the keeping of a dharamshala by keepers of a dharamshala is to be regulated under the Odisha Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1952.
2. The matter has been examined. Every keeper of a dharamshala carrying on the keeping of a dharamshala shall make an application in Form F to the Charity Commissioner within one hundred and twenty 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 keeping of a dharamshala is undertaken, and the Charity Commissioner shall dispose of it within one hundred and twenty days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Social Welfare Department, Government of Odisha.
(Secretary to Government)
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