The Bihar Land Disputes Resolution Act, 2009

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    "title": "The Bihar Land Disputes Resolution Act, 2009",
    "short_title": "The Bihar Land Disputes Resolution Act, 2009",
    "act_number": "(Bihar Act 4 of 2010)",
    "act_year": 2009,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
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    "description": "The Bihar Land Disputes Resolution Act, 2009",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short Title, Extent and Commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Competent Authority\" shall be Deputy Collector Land Reforms or any officer assigned to discharge the functions and duties of Deputy Collector Land Reforms in the Sub-division.\n(b) \"Collector\" connotes the Collector of the concerning district.\n(c) \"Commissioner\" connotes the Commissioner of the concerning Division.\n(d) \"Land\" connotes Government land, raiyati land, with structure, if any.\n(e) \"Allotted Land or Settled Land\" connotes the land which is allotted or settled or on which raiyati rights have accrued under any of the Acts mentioned in Schedule-1 to this Act.\n(f) \"Allottee or Settlee\" connotes the person with whom land has been settled by the competent authority or the person who has acquired raiyati rights over the land, under any of the Acts contained in Schedule-1 to this Act.\n(g) \"Raiyat\" connotes a raiyat as defined under the provision of the Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885.\n(h) \"Government\" means Government of Bihar.\n(i) \"Words or expressions\" not defined in this Act shall have the same meaning as assigned in the respective Acts contained in Schedule-1 to this Act.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Overriding effect of procedure prescribed under this Act.",
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            "content": "(i) The Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950\n(ii) The Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885\n(iii) The Bihar Privileged Persons Homestead Tenancy Act, 1947\n(iv) The Bihar Bhoodan Yagna Act, 1954\n(v) The Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961\n(vi) The Bihar Consolidation of Holdings and Prevention of Fragmentation Act, 1956.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Jurisdiction and authority to resolve disputes.",
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            "content": "(a) Unauthorised and unlawful dispossession of any settlee or allottee from any land or part thereof, settled with or allotted to him under any Act contained in Schedule-1 to this Act by issuance of any settlement document/ parcha by a Competent Authority;\n(b) Restoration of possession of settled/allotted land in favour of legally entitled settlee/allottee or his successors/heirs, upon adjudication of unauthorized and unlawful dispossession;\n(c) Threatened dispossession of a legally entitled settlee/allottee;\n(d) Any of the matters enumerated in (a), (b) and (c) above appertaining to raiyati land;\n(e) Partition of land holding;\n(f) Correction of entry made in the Record of Rights including map/ survey map;\n(g) Declaration of the right of a person;\n(h) Boundary disputes;\n(i) Construction of unauthorized structure; and\n(j) Lis pendens transfer.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Competent Authority to have powers of Civil Court.",
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            "content": "(a) admission of evidence by affidavits;\n(b) to issue summons for ensuring the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;\n(c) compelling the production of documents;\n(d) award of cost;\n(e) to call for any report or order for local enquiry; and\n(f) to issue commission for local enquiry or order examination of witnesses.",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. State to be a necessary party in certain cases.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Summary disposal of proceeding.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Protection of action taken under the Act.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Expeditious Resolution of Disputes.",
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        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Cognizance of cases filed under this Act.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Reference to Magistrate.",
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        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Power of Collector to exercise superintendence, supervision and control over the Competent Authority.",
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            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Procedure for resolution of disputes.",
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            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Appeal before the Commissioner.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Execution of the order passed by the Competent Authority.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 14
        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Attachment of standing crop over the disputed land.",
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            "content": "",
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            "sort_order": 15
        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Power of the Government to make Rules.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) the manner in which summary disposal of proceeding;\n(ii) the manner in which reports and returns are to be submitted by the Competent Authority;\n(iii) the manner in which applications shall be heard by the Competent Authority;\n(iv) the manner in which any amount shall be deposited in the Government Account;\n(v) the powers of the Commission appointed for local enquiry;\n(vi) the maintenance of records and registers and display of notices;\n(vii) the manner in which application or complaint shall be filed;\n(viii) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed.\nSchedule-1",
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        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. The Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. The Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885",
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. The Bihar Privileged Persons Homestead Tenancy Act, 1947",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 19
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. The Bihar Bhoodan Yagna Act, 1954",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. The Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 21
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. The Bihar Consolidation of Holdings and Prevention of Fragmentation Act, 1956",
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            "content": "Schedule-2\nS. No.\nCourt of Original Jurisdiction\nCourt of Appeal\n1\n2\n3\n1\nDeputy Collector Land Reforms\nCommissioner",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "bh396",
        "Act Number": "(Bihar Act 4 of 2010)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2009",
        "Short Title": "The Bihar Land Disputes Resolution Act, 2009",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
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