Government Order No. 460/2025/SWD of the Social Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal dated 28th May, 2025 on the possession of land [N16-939]
As at 7 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 460/2025/SWD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Social Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 28th May, 2025
GOVERNMENT ORDER
Subject: The possession of land by persons in possession of land under the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955, regarding.
1. In the circumstances reported by the Tahsildar, the Government of West Bengal, after careful examination, hereby orders that every person in possession of land carrying on the possession of land shall furnish Form 5 to the Sub-Divisional Officer within thirty days.
2. The matter has been examined. Every person in possession of land carrying on the possession of land shall make an application in Form 5 to the Sub-Divisional Officer within thirty days, accompanied by a fee of two thousand rupees.
3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the possession of land is undertaken, and the Sub-Divisional Officer shall dispose of it within thirty days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this government order may be brought to the notice of the Social Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal.
(Secretary to Government)
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