Vikas, Vidyarthi

Recent circular on bhoodan land in Bihar: A correction - The Administrator - 61(3), Jul, 2021: p.21-40

A circular was issued by the department of revenue and land reforms, government of Bihar in August 2016 relating to the allotment of Bhoodan land. The said document ( her in after referred to as the Circular) lays down that any piece of gairmajarua khas/malik land allotted to landless people under the provisions of the Bihar Boodan Yagna Act 1954 has no legal validity as they run country to the provisions of an earlier such settlements unlawful in that the earthlight zmindars were not authorized or competent to donate the piece of land in question after resting the estate with the stat in compliance with the processions of the BLR act 1950. – Reproduced


Bhoodan, Land - Bihar, Bhoodan movement, Land use, Rural