Mandatory Time Limit for Issuance of Fire Safety Certificate
Fire & Emergency Services, Fire License, Right to Public Service
Government of West Bengal
Department of Fire and Emergency Services
Bikash Bhawan, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700091
No. 1410/FES/O/MISC-04/2020 Date: 15/12/2020
ORDER
WHEREAS this Department has already issued notification prescribing time limits for providing the services of Fire Safety Recommendation, Revised Fire Safety Recommendation, Fire Safety Certificate and Renewal of Fire Safety Certificate (15 days within KMC area and 30 days for rest of the state) and Fire License/ Renewal of Fire License (60 days) respectively under West Bengal Right to Public Services Act, 2013.
AND WHEREAS the time-bound disposal of pending cases received through online web portal viz. https://edistrict.wb.gov.in notified under Ease of Doing Business (BRAP 2020-2021) was under active consideration of this Department for some time past.
AND WHEREAS there is a requirement to prescribe the time-limits for disposal of pending cases by various officers in the Departmental hierarchy;
THEREFORE, after careful consideration, it is hereby ordered that the Departmental officers shall dispose of each and every case within the following time-limits-
(1) For issuance of Fire safety Recommendation, Revised Fire Safety Recommendation, Fire Safety Certificate and Renewal of Fire Safety Certificate –
| Sl. No. | Designation of departmental actors | Time-limit | ||
| Non-TEC cases | TEC cases | Cases under KMC areas | ||
| 1 | Director (on receipt of applications) | N/A | 1 day | 1 day |
| 2 | Divisional Fire Officer | 1 day | N/A | N/A |
| 3 | Head Assistant | 4 days | 4 days | N/A |
| 4 | Inspector | 14 days | 10 days | 5 days |
| 5 | Divisional Fire Officer | 11 days | 3 days | 1 day |
| 6 | Deputy Director | N/A | 2 days | 1 day |
| 7 | Director (during approval) | N/A | 10 days | 7 days |
| TOTAL | 30 days | 30 days | 15 days |
(2) For Issuance and Renewal of Fire License –
| Sl. No. | Designation of departmental actors | Time-limit |
| 1 | Collector (on receipt of applications) | 05 days |
| 2 | Inspector | 30 days |
| 3 | Divisional Fire Officer | 05 days |
| 4 | Director | 05 days |
| 5 | Assessing Officer | 10 days |
| 6 | Collector (during approval) | 05 days |
| TOTAL | 60 days |
All the Departmental officers shall take necessary steps to dispose of all applications within the aforesaid time-limits, else they will be held personally liable for violation of the time frame prescribed in the RTPS Act, 2013.
This order is issued in interest of public service for strict compliance in letter and spirit by all functionaries of this Department.
Manoj Kumar Agarwal, I.A.S.
Principal Secretary to the
Govt. of West Bengal