Advocate Harsh Singh|Enrolment No: BR/1404/2010
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Land, Revenue & Survey Matters — Bihar

Proceedings before Bihar Land Tribunal, Circle Officers, DCLR, Collectors & Patna High Court.

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Primary Forums & Tribunals

Bihar Land Tribunal, Circle Officers, DCLR, Additional Collectors, Collectors, Divisional Commissioners, Survey Authorities & Patna High Court

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Jurisdiction Coverage

Patna High Court & Subordinate Courts/Tribunals across all 38 Districts of Bihar

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Practice Overview & Legal Context

Land and revenue disputes in Bihar are governed by a complex matrix of state agrarian laws, survey codes, tenancy regulations, and executive orders. With the ongoing Bihar Special Land Survey (Vishesh Sarve) rolling out across districts, securing clean title records and challenging erroneous entries has become paramount for landowners, co-sharers, and ancestral estate custodians.

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Scope of Chamber Representation

8 Focus Areas
✓Mutation (Dakhil-Kharij) and jamabandi disputes under the Bihar Land Mutation Act, 2011
✓Objections and claims in the Bihar special land survey, including self-declaration (Prapattra-2), vanshavali (genealogy verification) and correction of the new Khatiyan under the Bihar Special Survey and Settlement Act, 2011
✓Cases under the Bihar Land Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 before DCLR and appellate authorities
✓Land ceiling matters and surplus acquisition disputes under the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1961
✓Encroachment, possession and boundary demarcation disputes under the Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956
✓Challenges to wrongful, fabricated, or fraudulent jamabandi cancellation and creation proceedings before Additional Collectors and Commissioners
✓Original petitions and revisions before the Bihar Land Tribunal (BLT) at Patna
✓Writ petitions (CWJC) before the Patna High Court challenging arbitrary revenue adjudication and inaction
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Governing Acts, Rules & Codes

Litigation and advisory in this domain are governed by key central and Bihar state statutes:

⚖️Bihar Land Mutation Act, 2011 & Rules
⚖️Bihar Special Survey and Settlement Act, 2011
⚖️Bihar Land Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (BLDR Act)
⚖️Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885 (B.T. Act)
⚖️Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling Area and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961
⚖️Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956
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Litigation Procedure & Appellate Trajectory

Revenue litigation typically commences at the Anchal level (Circle Officer) for mutation or survey camp for draft Khatiyan objections (Prapattra-8 and Prapattra-14). Disputed orders are appealed before the Land Reforms Deputy Collector (DCLR) under the Mutation Act or BLDR Act, followed by revision before the Additional Collector / Collector. Final statutory redress lies before the Bihar Land Tribunal (BLT) and constitutional review via Writ Petition (CWJC) before the Patna High Court.

ℹLimitation periods and forum hierarchy apply strictly under relevant Bihar state rules.
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