New Land must be Contiguous with Existing Land
for Notification or Denotification of SEZ, Physical
Inspection by Development Commissioner must, Orders Commerce Ministry
[SEZ
Instruction No. 102 dated 18 November 2019]
Subject:
Compliance of Contiguity Condition of SEZ in terms of Rules 5 & 7.
Reference: (i) DoC's O.M. of even No. dated
14.07.2016.
(ii) DoC's letters of even
No. dated 07.01.2019 & 10.10.2019.
In continuation
of this Department's O.M. dated 14.07.2016, letter dated 07.01.2019 and
Instruction No.99 dated 10.10.2019 (copies enclosed), I am directed to say that
the Competent Authority is of the view that DC must specifically certify the Contiguity
Condition of the SEZ in explicit terms at the time of forwarding the proposals
for setting up of new SEZ/Notification and partial de-notification thereof.
2. It
must also be certified in DC's Inspection report that the Physical Inspection
has been carried out in the presence of Revenue/Land Authority of the concerned
State Government and the name with designation of the officials present during
the Physical Inspection also be mentioned in DC's Inspection report.
3. This
issues with the approval of the Competent Authority.
Encl: As
above
No.
F.1 /5/2016-SEZ