Office Memorandum No. 3204/2015/MAGD of the Mines and Geology Department, Government of Punjab dated 26th May, 2015 on the sinking of a well on Government land [C19-4BD]
As at 6 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 3204/2015/MAGD
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
Mines and Geology Department, Government of Punjab
Chandigarh, dated the 26th May, 2015
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: The sinking of a well on Government land by owners of a well on Government land under the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953, regarding.
1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Mines and Geology Department, Government of Punjab on the manner in which the sinking of a well on Government land by owners of a well on Government land is to be regulated under the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953.
2. The matter has been examined. Every owner of a well on Government land carrying on the sinking of a well on Government land shall make an application in Form 1 to the State Government within one hundred and eighty 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 sinking of a well on Government land is undertaken, and the State Government shall dispose of it within one hundred and eighty days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Mines and Geology Department, Government of Punjab.
(Secretary to Government)
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