Amendment in section-3 of the Bihar Act 23, 2011

The following sub-sections shall be added after sub-section-(5) of Section-3 of the said Act, 2011:"(6) After final publication of Survey Khatian and Revenue Map made in view of provisions mentioned in Bihar Special Survey and Settlement Act-2011 and Rules 2012, on the basis of every case of right transfer, the On Scale Map made by the authorised/registered persons by the Government/Empanelled Agency in which authorised part of the land and their boundary are demarcated shall be enclosed with the petition to be filed.

1. (7) Competent Person/Agency for preparing Pre-Mutation Revenue Sketch Map- A districtwise panel of candidates having diploma/degree in Civil Engineering recognised by AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education)/UGC/IIT/NIT shall be prepared by the Government for making PreMutation Revenue Sketch Map. The Government may from time to time alter in respect of the eligibility and educational qualification of Competent Person/Agency preparing PreMutation Revenue Sketch Map as per need. The number of candidates to be included in the panel and the process of preparing panel shall be determined by the Government. The fees to be received from the raiyats for preparing PreMutation Revenue Sketch Map by the Persons/Agency selected as such shall also be determined by the Government.
2. (8) Those establishment/candidates who will be selected for preparation of Pre-Mutation Revenue Sketch Map shall have to keep ETS or other modern equipments approved by the Department for measurement of land and computer/laptop for installing software to be made available in Digital Form by the Department for preparing map. Besides, selected candidates/ Agency should have the knowledge of editing Digital Map. Selected Candidates/Agency shall have the responsibility to prepare Sketch Map/on the scale Map applied and to verify the land on spot and will provide necessary co-operation for inter-connectivity of Revenue Offices.
3. (9) If acquiring interest is found on the basis of different deeds on land by any raiyat in-between Khatian preparation and draft publication and final publication of Revenue Map under Bihar Special Survey and Settlement Act, 2011, the Circle Officer shall initiate action of land mutation on the basis of effective Survey Khatian (Cadestral/Revisions, whichever effective) under the Bihar Special Survey and Settlement Act-2011, but after the final publication of Khatian/Map prepared under Special Survey and Settlement Act, 2011 he shall ensure the necessary alteration in the Revenue Map maintained in digital form."