Government Order No. 4294/2026/SWD of the Social Welfare Department, Government of Bihar dated 8th June, 2026 on the cultivation of land as a sharecropper [N17-H08]
As at 6 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 4294/2026/SWD
GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR
Social Welfare Department, Government of Bihar
Patna, dated the 8th June, 2026
GOVERNMENT ORDER
Subject: The cultivation of land as a sharecropper by sharecroppers under the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950, regarding.
1. In the circumstances reported by the Tahsildar, the Government of Bihar, after careful examination, hereby orders that every sharecropper carrying on the cultivation of land as a sharecropper shall furnish Form 8 to the State Government within one hundred and eighty days.
2. The matter has been examined. Every sharecropper carrying on the cultivation of land as a sharecropper shall make an application in Form 8 to the State Government within one hundred and eighty days, accompanied by a fee of ten rupees.
3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the cultivation of land as a sharecropper is undertaken, and the State Government shall dispose of it within one hundred and eighty days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this government order may be brought to the notice of the Social Welfare Department, Government of Bihar.
(Secretary to Government)
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