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Office Memorandum No. 1593/2018/LD of the Law Department, Government of West Bengal dated 14th May, 2018 on the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use [C13-KPY]

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

Dates: made 14 May 2018; in force not recorded; ceased none recorded. Gazette: none recorded. Band B.

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

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Cite: Office Memorandum No. 1593/2018/LD of the Law Department, Government of West Bengal dated 14th May, 2018 on the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use, Office Memorandum No. 1593/2018/LD, 14th May, 2018 [C13-KPY]. Machine: C13-KPY.

No. 1593/2018/LD

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL

Law Department, Government of West Bengal

Kolkata, dated the 14th May, 2018

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use by person converting agricultural lands under the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Law Department, Government of West Bengal on the manner in which the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use by person converting agricultural lands is to be regulated under the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955.

2. The matter has been examined. Every person converting agricultural land carrying on the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use shall make an application in Form 8 to the Tahsildar within sixty days, accompanied by a fee of five hundred rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use is undertaken, and the Tahsildar 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 Law Department, Government of West Bengal.

(Secretary to Government)

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Office Memorandum No. 1593/2018/LD of the Law Department, Government of West Bengal dated 14th May, 2018 on the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use [C13-KPY]