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Office Memorandum No. 4991/2008/WACDD of the Women and Child Development Department, Government of West Bengal dated 27th September, 2008 on the use of water [C18-KAH]

As at 7 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.

Dates: made 27 September 2008; in force not recorded; ceased none recorded. Gazette: none recorded. Band B.

Jurisdiction: West Bengal [IN-WB]. Made by the Women and Child Development Department, Government of West Bengal.

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Cite: Office Memorandum No. 4991/2008/WACDD of the Women and Child Development Department, Government of West Bengal dated 27th September, 2008 on the use of water, Office Memorandum No. 4991/2008/WACDD, 27th September, 2008 [C18-KAH]. Machine: C18-KAH.

No. 4991/2008/WACDD

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL

Women and Child Development Department, Government of West Bengal

Kolkata, dated the 27th September, 2008

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The use of water by users of water under the Bengal Irrigation Act, 1876, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Women and Child Development Department, Government of West Bengal on the manner in which the use of water by users of water is to be regulated under the Bengal Irrigation Act, 1876.

2. The matter has been examined. Every user of water carrying on the use of water shall make an application in Form A to the Ground Water Authority within twenty-one days, accompanied by a fee of one hundred rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the use of water is undertaken, and the Ground Water Authority 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 Women and Child Development Department, Government of West Bengal.

(Secretary to Government)

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Office Memorandum No. 4991/2008/WACDD of the Women and Child Development Department, Government of West Bengal dated 27th September, 2008 on the use of water [C18-KAH]