Office Memorandum No. 778/2007/RDAPRD of the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Government of West Bengal dated 6th April, 2007 on fishing in a village tank [C16-J8E]
As at 7 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 778/2007/RDAPRD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 6th April, 2007
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Fishing in a village tank by lessees of a village fishery under the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973, regarding.
1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Government of West Bengal on the manner in which fishing in a village tank by lessees of a village fishery is to be regulated under the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973.
2. The matter has been examined. Every lessee of a village fishery carrying on fishing in a village tank shall make an application in Form 5 to the Zila Parishad within twenty-one days, accompanied by a fee of twenty rupees.
3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which fishing in a village tank is undertaken, and the Zila Parishad shall dispose of it within twenty-one days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Government of West Bengal.
(Secretary to Government)
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