Insertion of New Section 178-B

After Section 178-B of the Principal Act, the following shall be inserted, namely:-"178-B.Disposal of applications received for partition of holding.-(1) The Tahsildar shall issue notice to the interested parties and publish public notice or advertisement by first entering the applications received for partition in the e-Namantaran portal.

1. (2) On receipt of objection in any case or if the Tahsildar finds the matter to be disputed for any reason, he shall register the case by transferring it to his e-revenue court from the online e-Namantaran portal, otherwise all the proceedings in the case will be done through the online e-Namantaran portal.
2. (3) On receipt of an application under this Section by any means, the Tahsildar shall, within prescribed time period,-
   • (a) initiate the process of mutation in the online e-Namantaran portal,
   • (b) issue notice to all the interested parties,
   • (c) publish the public notice or advertisement on the official notice board, at the designated place in the concerned village/city and on the departmental web portal.
3. (4) The Tahsildar shall, after giving the interested persons a reasonable opportunity of being heard and after making such further inquiry as he may deem necessary, pass orders relating to the partition and shall make necessary, entries in such other relevant land records including the khasra and map of the village, as the case may be. The patwari shall verify the records by correcting them within prescribed time period, after which the Tahsildar shall file the case.
4. (5) All proceedings under this Section, shall be completed within prescribed time period. In the case, where the cases are not disposed off within the specified period, the Tahsildar shall report the information of pending cases to the Collector in such form and manner as may be prescribed."