Amendment in Section-118 of the Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885.

Provisions mentioned

in Section-118 of the Bihar Tenancy Act will be numbered as sub-section-(1) and after that the following new sub-sections-(2) and (3) shall be added :-

"(2) Any raiyat interested in getting his raiyati land measured by Anchal Amin will submit a petition with proof of his right over the concerned land before the Circle Officer of the area. As and when such land measurement petition is received in the Anchal Office, the Circle Officer will examine the papers related to petitioner's right and title over the land and after his satisfaction, the petitioner will be directed to deposit Amin Fee. After deposition of Amin fee by the petitioner, the Circle Officer will fix a date for measurement of raiyati land of the petitioner and direct the Anchal Amin to measure petitioner's raiyati land and submit his report with map.

The Anchal Amin will measure and demarcate petitioner's raiyati land on fixed date and submit his report with map in the Anchal Office. The Circle Officer will attach the said repot of the Anchal Amin with the concerned measurement record and shall close further proceedings of the record. The Circle Officer will not pass any order regarding title over the land. If Circle Officer thinks necessary, he will inform boundary raiyats of the land about the date and time of measurement with a direction to make their presence at the time of measurement of the land by Anchal Amin.

"(3) Appeal- Dissatisfied by the order of the Circle Officer regarding raiyati land measurement order/measurement report of the Anchal Amin, aggrieved person/persons will file appeal in the court of Deputy Collector Land Reforms against the measurement/measurement report within 30 days from the date of order of Anchal Adhikari/measurement report by Anchal Amin. The Land Reforms Deputy Collector may condone the delay after hearing parties in filing appeals provided he is satisfied that there are sufficient reasons for such delay. After hearing concerned parties, the Land Reforms Deputy Collector will pass order regarding measurement of such land by two or more Amins jointly or may declare measurement report of the Anchal Amin as null and void. If Land Reforms Deputy Collector is satisfied with the measurement report submitted by the joint team of Amins, then he may declare measurement report of the Anchal Amin as non-acceptable and pass an order to the effect that measurement report of joint team of Amins will prevail. If Land Reforms Deputy Collector is not satisfied with the measurement report of joint team of Amins, then he will order for re-measurement of such land by constituting another joint team of Amins.