Office Memorandum No. 4812/2016/IACD of the Industries and Commerce Department, Government of West Bengal dated 1st July, 2016 on the cultivation of land as tenant [C1B-4AZ]
As at 7 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 4812/2016/IACD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Industries and Commerce Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 1st July, 2016
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: The cultivation of land as tenant by tenants under the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955, regarding.
1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Industries and Commerce Department, Government of West Bengal on the manner in which the cultivation of land as tenant by tenants is to be regulated under the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955.
2. The matter has been examined. Every tenant carrying on the cultivation of land as tenant shall make an application in Form 12 to the Tahsildar within one hundred and eighty days, accompanied by a fee of two hundred rupees.
3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the cultivation of land as tenant is undertaken, and the Tahsildar 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 Industries and Commerce Department, Government of West Bengal.
(Secretary to Government)
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