CURATED BY – CHANDAN KUMAR CHAUBEY | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Patna, If Dr. Dilip Kumar Jaiswal, Minister of Revenue and Land Reforms Department of the Bihar government led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, is still on the ministerial post despite being the Bharatiya Janata Party Bihar State President, then a big work can be a basis behind this. This big work is the land survey going on in Bihar. This survey is actually a matching of land records. The real owner of all the land has to file his claim, so that there is no dispute over the land in future. This work started in 2020, but now it has gained momentum because it is being completed by giving a target of three months. The first land survey in the state started in 1890. It started for the second time in 1990. Even now, most of the criminal incidents, especially murders, happen in land disputes in Bihar. If the ownership dispute is resolved, this crisis will reduce to a great extent. In such a situation, since the start of this dream project, people are scared due to ten types of rumors. The biggest danger is that the land is going to be government land if there are no papers. How right and how wrong is this danger, what is this process, how is it happening… answers to many such questions are given here. If even after this there are questions, then you can ask in the message box given at the end of this news, you will get the answer.

What is Bihar Special Land Survey 2024?

With the aim of curbing the ever-increasing land dispute and giving the right person his rightful rights, special land survey work is being done in Bihar.

How to make your claim?

After about a hundred years, during the land survey being done again in the state, applications are being collected from the raiyats in online and offline mode by the Settlement Department. Camps are being organized by the government at the zonal level to submit applications in offline mode. People can go to these camps and submit their application along with the necessary documents. At the same time, those who are unable to go to the camp can also upload all the necessary documents by visiting the Bihar government website dlrs.bihar.gov.in.

Which documents will be required?

In land survey, the raiyats have to fill and submit Form-2 and Form-3A for their claim on any land. In Form-2, all the information related to their land like their land account number, khesra, area and boundary will have to be given. Form-3A is the format of genealogy. This will have to be filled by those raiyats who have got their land from their ancestors. Both the documents are valid.

Is self-attested genealogy valid?

Although, for any work at government level, genealogy issued under the signature of Sarpanch and Panchayat Sevak is required, but during land survey, the raiyats do not need to run to the Panchayat Secretary or Sarpanch to get the genealogy made. They can fill the details of their genealogy in Form-3A themselves and submit it after self-signing. During the Gram Sabha, the settlement personnel will check this genealogy at their level.

Is there anything else to be given along with Form-2 and 3A?

While applying in online and offline mode, the raiyats will have to provide land related documents like Khatian, rent receipt, Aadhar card and mobile number along with Form-2 and Form-3A. Those raiyats who do not have any land related documents can get a copy of their land documents from the archives.

Is the land mutation paper necessary?
If a person has purchased any land himself, then there is no need for that person to fill Form-3A during the land survey. It is also not necessary that the said person gets the mutation of his land done first, only then he can participate in the land survey. He can also submit the land's Kavala (registry deed) in place of mutation.

Will have to give written proof of partition?
If a raiyat has got the land on the basis of mutual partition, then he will have to submit the documents related to it. In the name of verbal partition, he will not be able to claim any land as his own. The partition done without stamp paper will be called understanding, not permanent.
Will you get the right to land just by making a claim?
If the land of a Raiyat has been illegally occupied by the people of the village or nearby areas and during the land survey that person claims his possession, then he cannot be given the ownership of the land just by saying this. He will also have to present the documents related to it that on what basis he has a claim on the land described.

Will there be action on giving wrong documents?
If you give wrong information in the form submitted in your zonal office or filled online during the land survey and during the investigation of that document, the concerned officer finds the document to be wrong, then action can be taken. Therefore, a self-affidavit has been demanded from all the land owners.
Can correction be done after filling Form-2 and 3A?
If a Raiyat makes a mistake while filling Form-2 or 3A during the land survey, then he will get a chance to correct it three times before the publication of the gazette. It cannot be corrected after the final publication.

How many generations should be considered as ‘ancestral’?

Four generations have rights on ancestral property. Grandfather, father and then son have rights on the property inherited from great grandfather.

Will I have to be present during the land survey?

Documents are being collected for land survey right now. During the survey of the land on which anyone else claims, the side which is available on the land will definitely be stronger. Therefore, when the Amin reaches your land for survey, the Raiyat should try to be present on his land at that time. If this is not possible, then definitely send a person to that place who has all the information about your land. In case this is not done, if a neighbor or a person from the village can give wrong information to the surveyor about your land. Due to this, you may have to face problems in the future.

If you do not show the deed, will the government take away the land?

The government may say whatever it wants, but the final situation is this. If you claim the land and are unable to prove it with documents, then such a situation can arise. Yes, the deed is not the only proof. There are many options to claim your land as yours. But if no documented claim is proved for any land, then that land will go on notice before the process of declaring it government. Claim will be sought. If no one can claim it or no one's claim is proved, then ultimately the land will be declared benami and will become government property.
Will the receipt work?
The minister has clarified that if the online receipt of the land is being issued, the land is in possession and there is no dispute, then this receipt will be valid.
What will happen in consent based partition?
If the partition has not happened, then whoever is living on the land or has sold it, if a mutual consent paper has been made, then the name will be entered in the survey in the same way. If someone's title suit or there is a dispute in the court, then it will be put on hold in the first phase.