Patna: The Bihar government has introduced a contingency system to ensure that land-related services continue uninterrupted amid the ongoing strike by circle officers, revenue officers and other revenue employees across the state.
The move by the Revenue and Land Reforms Department aims to prevent inconvenience to the public while maintaining administrative functioning during the protest. Revenue and Land Reforms minister Vijay Kumar Sinha said the government’s priority was to ensure that essential services related to land records were not affected.
Sinha said the state had made alternative administrative arrangements to keep departmental work running smoothly despite the strike.
Under the new system, tasks usually handled by striking revenue employees will be carried out by panchayat secretaries in the affected areas. In places where circle officers and revenue officers are also participating in the strike, their responsibilities have been temporarily assigned to block development officers.
Officials said the arrangement would help ensure that important land-related services are completed on time.
According to the government, March is considered a crucial month for land administration, as a large number of applications are filed for services such as land mutation, corrections in records and electronic land measurement. The department has issued instructions to all districts to ensure that these services continue without disruption.
To support the new arrangements, the department has also prepared a special digital module and distributed it to district magistrates across the state. The module provides detailed guidance on handling mutation, correction and e-measurement procedures so that officials taking on additional responsibilities can perform the tasks efficiently.
The government said the module has been made available in two formats: a video explaining the process step by step and written guidelines outlining the procedures.
The entire system will be monitored at the state level, while district magistrates have been directed to implement the arrangements in their respective districts. Officials said the measures are intended to ensure that public land services remain operational even during the ongoing strike.
