Bihar Landowners Get 45 Days to Fix Land Record Errors as State Launches Major Drive
Patna, Bihar | September 12, 2026: Bihar is set to launch a 45-day statewide campaign from September 15 to correct errors in land records and jamabandis, a move that could help property owners resolve problems involving ownership details, plot identification and land transactions.
Revenue and Land Reforms Minister Dilip Kumar Jaiswal said officials will focus on discrepancies in khata and khesra numbers, plot details and names of raiyats. Land measurement required for corrections will be carried out free of cost.
Officials Told to Help Landowners Directly
Circle officers and revenue officials have been instructed to process applications fairly and explain their status to applicants instead of making people repeatedly visit government offices.
The department will also monitor the quality of case disposal on a daily basis. This could be particularly useful for landowners whose property transactions are delayed because of incorrect or incomplete revenue records.
Clean Land Records Could Help Property Transactions
Accurate khata, khesra and ownership details are important for land sales, inheritance, mutation, construction and property financing. Errors in these records can create disputes or make buyers cautious about purchasing a plot.
For property owners, the campaign offers an opportunity to get long-pending discrepancies corrected before they create larger problems during a sale or transfer.
New Land Banks and Special Mutation System Planned
The state also plans to create comprehensive government land banks in every district to record different categories of public land and support future industrial and development projects.
Special mutation procedures are also proposed in districts undergoing the new survey process. The government plans to provide land maps alongside revenue records, making it easier to identify plots and potentially reducing boundary and ownership disputes.
More Villages to Enter Special Survey Process
Notifications will soon cover more than 1,000 villages in Arwal, Jehanabad, Sheikhpura, Sheohar and Lakhisarai under the ongoing special survey.
Landholders will receive three months to file appeals before ADM courts, while a dedicated Survey Appeal Cell will handle such cases.
For Bihar's property market, the combination of corrected records, mapped land parcels and faster mutation could improve confidence in land transactions and reduce the legal uncertainty that often surrounds disputed or poorly documented plots.