Government Order No. 1266/2016/CAD of the Consumer Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal dated 19th September, 2016 on the extraction of ground water [N16-XW8]
As at 6 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 1266/2016/CAD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Consumer Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 19th September, 2016
GOVERNMENT ORDER
Subject: The extraction of ground water by person drawing ground waters under the Bengal Irrigation Act, 1876, regarding.
1. In the circumstances reported by the Assistant Engineer, the Government of West Bengal, after careful examination, hereby orders that every person drawing ground water carrying on the extraction of ground water shall furnish Form C to the Canal Officer within twenty-one days.
2. The matter has been examined. Every person drawing ground water carrying on the extraction of ground water shall make an application in Form C to the Canal Officer within twenty-one days, accompanied by a fee of five hundred rupees.
3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the extraction of ground water is undertaken, and the Canal Officer shall dispose of it within twenty-one days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this government order may be brought to the notice of the Consumer Affairs Department, Government of West Bengal.
(Secretary to Government)
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