Office Memorandum No. 1547/2014/LD of the Law Department, Government of West Bengal dated 5th March, 2014 on the sinking of a well on Government land [C15-6Y5]
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No. 1547/2014/LD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Law Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 5th March, 2014
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 Law 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 State Government within one hundred and twenty days, accompanied by a fee of ten 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 State Government 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 Law Department, Government of West Bengal.
(Secretary to Government)
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