Office Memorandum No. 341/2019/ED of the Energy Department, Government of West Bengal dated 27th January, 2019 on fishing in a reservoir [C19-EB0]

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

Dates: made 27 January 2019; in force not recorded; ceased none recorded. Gazette: none recorded. Band B.

Jurisdiction: West Bengal [IN-WB]. Made by the Energy Department, Government of West Bengal.

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Cite: Office Memorandum No. 341/2019/ED of the Energy Department, Government of West Bengal dated 27th January, 2019 on fishing in a reservoir, Office Memorandum No. 341/2019/ED, 27th January, 2019 [C19-EB0]. Machine: C19-EB0.

No. 341/2019/ED

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL

Energy Department, Government of West Bengal

Kolkata, dated the 27th January, 2019

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Fishing in a reservoir by licensees of a fishery in a reservoir under the Bengal Irrigation Act, 1876, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Energy Department, Government of West Bengal on the manner in which fishing in a reservoir by licensees of a fishery in a reservoir is to be regulated under the Bengal Irrigation Act, 1876.

2. The matter has been examined. Every licensee of a fishery in a reservoir carrying on fishing in a reservoir shall make an application in Form A to the Ground Water Authority within seven days, accompanied by a fee of five hundred rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which fishing in a reservoir is undertaken, and the Ground Water Authority shall dispose of it within seven days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Energy Department, Government of West Bengal.

(Secretary to Government)

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