Office Memorandum No. 256/2024/ITD of the Information Technology Department, Government of Bihar dated 2nd November, 2024 on the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use [C16-4TX]
As at 6 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 256/2024/ITD
GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR
Information Technology Department, Government of Bihar
Patna, dated the 2nd November, 2024
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: The conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural use by person converting agricultural lands under the Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885, regarding.
1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Information Technology 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 Tenancy Act, 1885.
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 3 to the Settlement Officer 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 Settlement Officer 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 Information Technology Department, Government of Bihar.
(Secretary to Government)
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