Office Memorandum No. 1976/2022/FACSD of the Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Bihar dated 11th February, 2022 on the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use [C15-WTA]

No. 1976/2022/FACSD

GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR

Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Bihar

Patna, dated the 11th February, 2022

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use by person converting agricultural lands under the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Bihar on the manner in which the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use by person converting agricultural lands is to be regulated under the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950.

2. The matter has been examined. Every person converting agricultural land carrying on the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use shall make an application in Form 5 to the Tahsildar within one hundred and eighty days, accompanied by a fee of two thousand rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use is undertaken, and the Tahsildar shall dispose of it within one hundred and eighty days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Bihar.

(Secretary to Government)