Government Order No. 4749/2022/HD of the Home Department, Government of West Bengal dated 8th July, 2022 on the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use [N19-FK3]
As at 7 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 4749/2022/HD
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Home Department, Government of West Bengal
Kolkata, dated the 8th July, 2022
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 1 to the Settlement 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 1 to the Settlement Officer within one hundred and twenty 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 conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use is undertaken, and the Settlement 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 Home Department, Government of West Bengal.
(Secretary to Government)
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