Office Memorandum No. 3718/2012/HAFWD of the Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal dated 21st November, 2012 on fishing in a village tank [C1A-V80]

No. 3718/2012/HAFWD

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL

Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal

Kolkata, dated the 21st November, 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 Health and Family Welfare 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 7 to the District Panchayat within forty-five 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 fishing in a village tank is undertaken, and the District Panchayat shall dispose of it within forty-five days of its receipt.

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

(Secretary to Government)