Office Memorandum No. 3751/2012/RADMD of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Government of West Bengal dated 16th February, 2012 on fishing in a village tank [C16-Y19]
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No. 3751/2012/RADMD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 16th February, 2012
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 Revenue and Disaster Management 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 2 to the District Collector within ninety 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 fishing in a village tank is undertaken, and the District Collector shall dispose of it within ninety days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Government of West Bengal.
(Secretary to Government)
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