Department of Panchayats & Controlled Copy

Rural Development
Govt. of West Bengal

DOCUMENT NO: SOP 1/ P&RD

SECTION TITLE: PROCEDURE FOR SEEKING PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF A
NEW STRUCTURE OR BUILDING OR TO MAKE ANY
ADDITION TO THE EXISTING STRUCTURE ORBUILDING IN
RURAL AREAS AND GRANT OF PERMISSION THEREOF
SECTION NO: REVISION DATE PAGE ISSUE DATE
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1.Purpose: Seeking permission for erection of a new structure or building or to make any
addition to the existing structure or building in rural areas and grant of permission
thereof.

2.Scope : Erection of a new structure or building or to make any addition to the existing
structure or building in rural areas

3. Responsibility and i) Special Secretary, P&RD Department(looking after vetting

Authority : cell)
ii) Executive Officer of Zilla Parishad concerned
iii) Joint Secretary, P&RD Department(looking after vetting cell)
iv) Sub-Divisional Officer of Sub-Division concerned
v) Executive Officer of Panchayat Samiti concerned
vi) Joint Executive Officer of Panchayat Samiti concerned
vii) Pradhan of Gram Panchayat concerned

4. References : i) West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973

ii) West Bengal Panchayat(Gram Panchayat Administration)
Rules, 2004
iii) West Bengal Panchayat(Panchayat Samiti Administration)
Rules, 2008

5.Abbreviation: P&RD : Panchayats & Rural Development.

E.O. : Executive Officer
GP : Gram Panchayat
PS : Panchayat Samiti
ZP : Zilla Parishad
MSME : Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Procedure:
6.1 Any person or agency intending to erect a new structure or a new building or to make
any addition to any existing structure or building in any rural areas shall make an
 application before the appropriate authority. The office to which the application is to
be submitted and the authority to grant necessary permission are given below :
TABLE-1
Sl No. Purpose Application to be Permission will be
submitted to given by
1 For erection or alteration etc. of GP office Pradhan of GP
structure or building for
residential, institutional purpose
within the jurisdiction of GP
2 For erection or alteration etc. of Designated office of Pradhan of GP
structure or building for setting up the Department of
of an industry other than in MSME & Textile
industrial estate or industrial
park within the jurisdiction of GP
3 For erection or alteration etc. of PS office EO of PS
structure or building for
residential, institutional purpose
within the planning area of a
Development Authority under the
jurisdiction of PS
4 For erection or alteration etc. of Designated office of EO of PS
structure or building for setting up the Department of
of an industry other than in MSME & Textile
industrial estate or industrial
park within the planning area of a
Development Authority under the
jurisdiction of PS
5 For erection or alteration etc. of Office of the Office of the
structure or building for setting up Industrial Industrial
of an industry in industrial Development Development
estate or industrial park within Authority or Authority or
the jurisdiction of GP or within the Corporation Corporation
planning area of a Development
Authority under the jurisdiction of
PS

6.2 The intending persons shall submit the application to the office concerned in the
following manner :
a) Application in Form-4- in triplicate (if the proposed building or structure is under the
jurisdiction of GP)
Application in Form 4A- in triplicate (if the proposed building or structure is under the
planning area of a Development Authority within the jurisdiction of PS)

b) Plan of the proposed building or structure in triplicate, signed by the applicant or the
agency as the case may be and authenticated by a competent technical person as
mentioned below:

TABLE-2
Nature of building Qualification
1. Residential building up to the height Draftsman (Civil)
of 4 (four) metres.
 2. Residential building up to the height Licensed building surveyor having
of 11 (Eleven) meters diploma in Civil Engineering.
3. Residential building up to the height Degree holder in Civil Engineering.
of 15 (Fifteen) meters
4. All buildings (Residential, Architect
Commercial or Institutional)

c) Soil stability report issued or authenticated by LBS, Structural Engineer, Geo-technical

Engineer.
d) Site plan of the proposed building or structure in triplicate, signed by the applicant or
the agency as the case may be and authenticated by a competent technical person.
e) Copy of Records of Right of the concerned land for construction, addition of the
proposed building.
f) Copy of the document showing title and interest of the applicant.

6.3 Permission fees for erection of new structure or building or to make any addition etc.
for residential or institutional purpose shall be deposited in cash along with the
application.

In the case of setting up of an industry other than in industrial estate or industrial park,
the fees shall be deposited at the time of collection of the approved plan from the office
of GP or PS.

In the case of setting up of an industry in industrial estate or industrial Park, the fees
shall be deposited to the office of GP or PS after sanction of the plan by the Industrial
Development Authority. Industrial Development Authority shall hand over the
approved plan and the permission letter to the applicant on production of the receipt for
deposition of fees at the office or GP or PS.

TABLE-3
Category of Type Thached Thatched, Tin, Tile, Pucca Building
Gram of Tine, Tile, or asbestos shed with (Rates on the basis of
Panchayat constructio or Asbestos brick wall (Semi- per sq. ft of total
Area n shed Pucca House) floor area of the
(New/Addit without proposed structure /
ion/ brick wall building)
Alteration) covering
area more
than 18 sq.
meters(kutc
ha house)
Construct Construct Construc Construc
ion for ion for tion for tion for
Residenti Commerc Residenti Commer
al ial al cial
purpose purposes purpose purpose
Gram New Rs. 60 Rs. 150 Rs. 300 50 paisa Rs. 1.00
Panchayats Construction
outside the
jurisdiction of
KMDA & Additional Nil Rs.100 Rs. 200 50 paisa Rs. 1.00
other Construction
/Remodelling
Development
 Authority /Alteration
Gram New Rs. 80 Rs.250 Rs. 500 Rs. 1.50 Rs. 2.50
Panchayats Construction
under the
jurisdiction of Additional Nil Rs.150 Rs. 250 Rs.1.50 Rs. 2.50
KMDA & Construction/
other Remodelling
Development /Alteration
Authority

6.4 On receipt of the application, the Gram Panchayat or Panchayat Samiti or designated
office of the MSME & Textile Department shall check the completeness of the
application and issue an acknowledgement to the applicant in Form I of the WB Right
to Public Services Rules, 2013 by noting down the date within which the service shall
be provided and defect in the application, if any, that needs to be rectified.

6.5 The Gram Panchayat or the Panchayat Samiti thereafter shall start processing of the
application in the manner as enunciated in rule 17 to 38 of the West Bengal
Panchayat(Gram Panchayat Administration) Rules, 2004 or rule 64 to 83 of the West
Bengal Panchayat( Panchayat Samiti Administration) Rules, 2008 and shall make
necessary field visit for the purpose. If all the documents are found genuine and are in
conformity with the requirement of the said Rules, the Gram Panchayat or the
Panchayat Samiti shall either approve the building plan and the site plan and issue
permission letter directly or to send the building and site plan to the appropriate
authority for vetting in the following cases :
TABLE-4
Sl Specification of building or structure Plan to be vetted by
No.
i) Plinth area upto 150 sq. meters and height Gram Panchayat
upto 6.5 meters
ii) Plinth area upto 300 sq.meters and height Panchayat Samiti
upto 6.5 meters
iii) Plinth area upto more than 300 sq.meters Zilla parishad
and height upto 15 meters
iv) Height more than 15 meters P & RD Department

Otherwise, Gram Panchayat or Panchayat Samiti, as the case may be, will withhold or
refuse to grant such permission and communicate the decision of the Gram Panchayat or
Panchayat Samiti to the applicant stating reasons for doing so.

The designated office of the MSME & Textile Department shall only forward the
application along with documents received at its designated offices to the authority
mentioned in Table 4 depending upon the specification of the building and the Gram
Panchayat or Panchayat Samiti, as the case may be, shall ultimately issue necessary
permission.

6.6 On receipt of the vetted plan from the appropriate authority, Gram Panchayat or Panchayat
Samiti, as the case may be, shall retain a copy of the vetted plan in its office and hand
over the permission letter along with copies of the vetted building and site plan to the
applicant.
7. Stipulated time period for providing service under West Bengal Right to Public
Service Act, 2013:
The Pradhan of GP or the Executive Officer of PS concerned, as the case may be, shall
accord permission for erection of new structure or building or making addition to an
existing structure or building within the specific time period from the date of receipt of the
application at the office of GP or PS .The time period is given in the Table below :
TABLE-5
Sl Purpose Within the Within the Within the
No. Area period if the GP period if the period if the
or PS accord building and building and
permission site plan site plan require
directly require vetting vetting of
of PS or ZP P&RD
Department
1 For In the area 60 days 60 days 60 days
residential or within the
institutional jurisdiction
purpose of GP
2 For In the area 90 days 90 days 90 days
residential or under the
institutional planning area
purpose of a
Development
Authority
under the
jurisdiction
of PS

3 For the In the area 15 days 30 days 60 days

purpose of within the
setting up of jurisdiction
an industry of GP
other than in
an industrial
Estate or
Industrial
Park
4 For the In the area 30 days 30 days 60 days
purpose of under the
setting up of planning area
an industry of a
other than in Development
an industrial Authority
Estate or under the
Industrial jurisdiction
Park of PS

If the permission is not accorded within the stipulated time period mentioned above, the
applicant may prefer an appeal before Appellate Authority as notified in Notification
No.722/SS/PN/O/I/4P-3/2013 dated 30.09.2015 of P&RD Department in Form II of the WB
Right to Public Services Rules, 2013.

If the Appellate Authority fails to dispose the appeal within the time period as notified in
Notification No.722/SS/PN/O/I/4P-3/2013 dated 30.09.2015 of P&RD Department, the
applicant may also appeal before the reviewing officer in Form III of the WB Right to Public
Services Rules, 2013 as notified in the said Notification No.

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