Section 4

Section 4 of the Bihar Land Mutation ACT, 2011. Authority responsible for intimation to the Circle Officer regarding acquisition of interest of any person in any holding or a part thereof .- (1) After the registration of any instrument of transfer by way of sale-purchase exchange, partition, gift, or by any other mode of transfer of a holding or

Authority responsible for intimation to the Circle Officer regarding acquisition of interest of any person in any holding or a part thereof .- (1) After the registration of any instrument of transfer by way of sale-purchase exchange, partition, gift, or by any other mode of transfer of a holding or a part thereof is complete, the Registering Authority shall give notice of such registration in prescribed form along with a photo copy of the registered deed to the Circle Officer of the area in whose jurisdiction the holding or a part thereof is situated.

(2) After the possession of a holding or a part thereof has been delivered in the execution of a decree to the decree holder or to a purchaser at court auction/ sale or when a final decree for partition has been passed under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 or the Bihar Land Disputes Resolution Act, 2009, the court executing the decree or the court passing the final decree for partition, as the case may be, shall give notice of the fact in the prescribed form to the Circle Officer of the area in whose jurisdiction the holding or a part thereof is situated.

(3) Authorities, passing the final order regarding settlement/transfer/ assignment of public land, distribution of land acquired under the Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling Area and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961, Parcha of house-sites to the privileged persons under the Bihar Privileged Persons' Homestead Tenancy Act, 1947, land for house sites given to the Mahadalit families under policy for purchase of raiyati land for house-siteless Mahadalit families, 2010, grant of occupancy rights to under raiyats under the Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885, restoration of land to former raiyats under the Kosi (Restoration of land to Raiyats) Act, 1951, shall give notice of such order in prescribed form to the Circle Officer of the area in whose jurisdiction the land is situated.

(4) The officer concerned of the Bhoodan Yajna Samiti shall give notice in the prescribed form in respect of the land granted by it under the Bihar Bhoodan Yajna Act, 1954 to the Circle Officer of the area in whose jurisdiction the land is situated.

(5) Authorities, responsible for the acquisition of land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, shall give notice to this effect in the prescribed form to the circle officer of the area in whose jurisdiction the land is situated (6) Authorities responsible for the restoration of land to former raiyats under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, shall give notice to this effect in the prescribed form to the Circle Officer of the area in whose jurisdiction the land is situated.

(7) The Karmachari of the area shall obtain information in the prescribed manner and intimate in the prescribed form to the Circle Officer about cases of partition, intestate or testamentary succession or acquisition of interest by any other means or instrument in a holding or a part thereof.

(8) Any person acquiring interest in a holding or a part thereof by any means/instrument shall intimate regarding acquisition of such interest in the holding or a part thereof to the Circle Officer of the area in whose jurisdiction the holding or a part thereof is situated, within 90 days of the acquisition of such interest in the prescribed manner. CHAPTER - IV Enquiry and Report

Section 4, The Bihar Land Mutation ACT, 2011 (Act 23 of 2011).