Office Memorandum No. 2159/2007/SWD of the Social Welfare Department, Government of Odisha dated 26th September, 2007 on the conduct of a religious fair [C14-P6J]

No. 2159/2007/SWD

GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA

Social Welfare Department, Government of Odisha

Bhubaneswar, dated the 26th September, 2007

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The conduct of a religious fair by contractors for a religious fair 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 conduct of a religious fair by contractors for a religious fair is to be regulated under the Odisha Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1952.

2. The matter has been examined. Every contractor for a religious fair carrying on the conduct of a religious fair shall make an application in Form B to the Deputy Charity Commissioner within three hundred and sixty-five 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 conduct of a religious fair is undertaken, and the Deputy Charity Commissioner shall dispose of it within three hundred and sixty-five 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)