Government Order No. 2214/2025/LD of the Labour Department, Government of West Bengal dated 22nd January, 2025 on the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use [N16-88V]
As at 7 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 2214/2025/LD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Labour Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 22nd January, 2025
GOVERNMENT ORDER
Subject: The conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use by person converting agricultural lands under the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955, regarding.
1. In the circumstances reported by the Patwari, the Government of West Bengal, after careful examination, hereby orders that every person converting agricultural land carrying on the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use shall furnish Form 3 to the Revenue Divisional Officer within one hundred and twenty days.
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 Revenue Divisional Officer within one hundred and twenty days, accompanied by a fee of twenty 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 Revenue Divisional Officer shall dispose of it within one hundred and twenty days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this government order may be brought to the notice of the Labour Department, Government of West Bengal.
(Secretary to Government)
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