Office Memorandum No. 3592/2025/FACSD of the Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Himachal Pradesh dated 6th September, 2025 on the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use [C1N-H7G]

No. 3592/2025/FACSD

GOVERNMENT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH

Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Himachal Pradesh

Shimla, dated the 6th September, 2025

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use by person converting agricultural lands under the Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1974, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Himachal Pradesh on the manner in which the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use by person converting agricultural lands is to be regulated under the Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1974.

2. The matter has been examined. Every person converting agricultural land carrying on the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use shall make an application in Form 3 to the Land Tribunal within fifteen 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 conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use is undertaken, and the Land Tribunal shall dispose of it within fifteen days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Himachal Pradesh.

(Secretary to Government)