Office Memorandum No. 138/2025/LD of the Labour Department, Government of Bihar dated 17th April, 2025 on the grazing of cattle on Government waste land [C1A-2E7]

No. 138/2025/LD

GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR

Labour Department, Government of Bihar

Patna, dated the 17th April, 2025

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The grazing of cattle on Government waste land by graziers on Government waste land under the Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Labour Department, Government of Bihar on the manner in which the grazing of cattle on Government waste land by graziers on Government waste land is to be regulated under the Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885.

2. The matter has been examined. Every grazier on Government waste land carrying on the grazing of cattle on Government waste land shall make an application in Form 5 to the Land Tribunal 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 grazing of cattle on Government waste land is undertaken, and the Land Tribunal 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 Labour Department, Government of Bihar.

(Secretary to Government)