Standing Order No. 2878/2025 of the Social Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal dated 3rd December, 2025 on the cultivation of land as a sharecropper [C1N-JCA]

Standing Order No. 2878/2025

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL

Social Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal

Kolkata, dated the 3rd December, 2025

STANDING ORDER

To

All Deputy Tahsildars,

Subject: The cultivation of land as a sharecropper by sharecroppers under the West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1954, regarding.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of the West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1954 (West Bengal Act 1 of 1954), the Social Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal hereby issues the following Standing Order for the guidance of all officers subordinate to it:

1. References have been received seeking clarification on the manner in which section 9 applies to the cultivation of land as a sharecropper by sharecroppers.

2. The matter has been examined. Every sharecropper carrying on the cultivation of land as a sharecropper shall make an application in Form 12 to the Settlement Officer within fifteen days, accompanied by a fee of twenty rupees.

3. The Deputy Tahsildar shall ensure that survey number is dealt with as directed above, and shall report compliance to the Settlement Officer within fifteen days.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this standing order may be brought to the notice of the Social Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal.

(Secretary to Government)