Office Memorandum No. 4269/2016/TD of the Transport Department, Government of West Bengal dated 12th March, 2016 on the sinking of a well on Government land [C1B-3GJ]

No. 4269/2016/TD

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL

Transport Department, Government of West Bengal

Kolkata, dated the 12th March, 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The sinking of a well on Government land by owners of a well on Government land under the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Transport Department, Government of West Bengal 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 West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955.

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 3 to the Land Tribunal within ninety 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 the sinking of a well on Government land is undertaken, and the Land Tribunal shall dispose of it within ninety days of its receipt.

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

(Secretary to Government)