Office Memorandum No. 3251/2013/HD of the Home Department, Government of West Bengal dated 20th May, 2013 on fishing in a village tank [C18-YDE]
As at 6 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 3251/2013/HD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Home Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 20th May, 2013
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 Home 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 4 to the Panchayat Samiti 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 fishing in a village tank is undertaken, and the Panchayat Samiti 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 Home Department, Government of West Bengal.
(Secretary to Government)
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