Office Memorandum No. 1290/2025/IAPRD of the Information and Public Relations Department, Government of West Bengal dated 15th October, 2025 on the execution of works for a Panchayat [C16-98D]

No. 1290/2025/IAPRD

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL

Information and Public Relations Department, Government of West Bengal

Kolkata, dated the 15th October, 2025

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The execution of works for a Panchayat by contractors engaged by a Panchayat under the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Information and Public Relations Department, Government of West Bengal on the manner in which the execution of works for a Panchayat by contractors engaged by a Panchayat is to be regulated under the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973.

2. The matter has been examined. Every contractor engaged by a Panchayat carrying on the execution of works for a Panchayat shall make an application in Form 6 to the Zila Parishad within thirty days, accompanied by a fee of two thousand rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the execution of works for a Panchayat is undertaken, and the Zila Parishad shall dispose of it within thirty days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Information and Public Relations Department, Government of West Bengal.

(Secretary to Government)