(1) Subject to theprovisions of rule 20, any person intending to erect a new structure or a new building or to makeany addition to an existing structureor building in any area within thejurisdiction of aGram, shall, for obtaining prior permission in writing of the concerned Gram Panchayat, make an application, in duplicate, in Form 4 to theGram Panchayat. TheSecretary or any other employee of theGram Panchayat authorised by thePradhan in this behalf, shall receive the application, in duplicate; retain one copy of it and return the other copy noting thereon the date of receipt under his signature and the seal of the Gram Panchayat.
(2) An application in Form 4 shall be submitted along with aplan in duplicate, of the proposed structure or building, a site plan in duplicate, copy of records of right, and copy of such other records showing title and interest of the applicant in respect of the land as may be necessary.
(3) Copies of Form 4 shall be supplied on demand by theGram Panchayat to any intending applicant at a non-profit making price to be fixed by the committee referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 10 of the West Bengal Panchayat (Gram Panchayat Miscellaneous Accounts and Audit) Rules, 1990; the Secretary shall maintain the accounts of the stock of Form 4.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (3) any person may submit his application in Form 4 under sub rule ( 1) in manuscript, typewritten or otherwise mechanically prepared copy of the Form.