Office Memorandum No. 725/2012/FD of the Finance Department, Government of West Bengal dated 15th April, 2012 on the collection of Panchayat taxes [C1P-6WD]
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No. 725/2012/FD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Finance Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 15th April, 2012
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: The collection of Panchayat taxes by collectors of a Panchayat tax under the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973, regarding.
1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Finance Department, Government of West Bengal on the manner in which the collection of Panchayat taxes by collectors of a Panchayat tax is to be regulated under the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973.
2. The matter has been examined. Every collector of a Panchayat tax carrying on the collection of Panchayat taxes shall make an application in Form 6 to the District Collector within fourteen 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 the collection of Panchayat taxes is undertaken, and the District Collector shall dispose of it within fourteen days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Finance Department, Government of West Bengal.
(Secretary to Government)
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