Urban Development and Municipal Affairs
Department of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs has sub-ordinate offices viz. KMDA, KMW&SA, ADDA, BDA, DSDA, HDA, JDA, MKDA, SJDA, SSDA, NKDA, GBDA, TRDA, FSDA, BKDA, PDA, KIT, HIT, HIDCO.
For availing leave for more than 7 (seven) days at a stretch, the concerned Executive Officer shall apply before the Chairman concerned and the Chairman shall forward the same to the Department of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs for obtaining No-objection.
Any owner of land comprising any building or any vacant land or covered space of building or any other person liable to pay the property tax or any occupier or lessee or sub-lessee, as the case may be, in the absence of such owner or person, shall file a return of self-assessment within sixty days from the date of final publication of the Scheme.
West Bengal Town and Country Planning (Development of Township Projects) Rules, 2008 for planned development of rural and urban areas.
An Act to make provision for constitution of the West Bengal Municipal Service Commission for direct recruitment of personnel for prescribed categories of posts and services in the establishment of Urban Local Bodies, Development Authorities etc.
An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to municipal corporations in West Bengal with a view to enabling such corporations to provide a belter and uniform municipal administration for the areas within their respective jurisdictions.
All recruitments of personnel in the establishments of Urban Local Bodies (Municipal Corporations, Municipalities, Notified Area Authorities, Industrial Township Authorities) shall be made through West Bengal Municipal Service Commission.
An Act to provide for the planned development in the areas within New Town, Kolkata and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Any hawker who is a permanent resident of West Bengal, who is in extreme distress due to loss of business/ livelihood opportunities due to outbreak of Corona Virus (COVID-19) will be eligible for the assistance.
Financial Adviser (to be filled up by an officer in the rank of Special Secretary or Joint Secretary) has been introduced in the following six departments.
Municipalities may decide to issue advance notice to the defaulter owner/ developer/ builder and thereafter to impose penalty as per section 440 of the West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993