Patna: The Revenue and Land Reforms Department has deployed senior officials across 24 districts to accelerate Bihar’s Special Land Survey programme, in a renewed push to speed up pending work and improve service delivery.
Shortly after assuming charge on Wednesday, department secretary Jay Singh directed the deployment of officials and asked for urgent measures to bring greater transparency, timeliness and accountability to land-related administration. He said the department’s work directly affects the public and must therefore be handled with “sensitivity and efficiency”.
Singh also instructed officials to prioritise the disposal of long-pending cases and simplify revenue services to make them more accessible for citizens across the state.
According to additional secretary Ajeev Vatsaraj, the designated officers will visit their assigned districts every Saturday to monitor progress and support implementation of the survey programme on the ground.
The Special Land Survey, which is currently underway across Bihar, has repeatedly faced delays due to administrative and logistical challenges. The latest deployment is seen as an attempt to strengthen district-level oversight and accelerate documentation and verification work related to land records.
Officials have been assigned as follows:
- Muzaffarpur: Kamlesh Kumar Singh, Director (Land Acquisition)
- Gaya: Dr Mahendra Pal, Additional Secretary
- Patna–Vaishali: Ajeev Vatsaraj, Additional Secretary
- Bhojpur: Simmi Prasad, Instructor (Consolidation of Holdings)
- Patna–Vaishali: Mani Bhushan Kishore, Officer on Special Duty (OSD)
- Darbhanga: Mona Jha, Deputy Director
- Samastipur: Sudha Rani, OSD
- Sitamarhi: Md Nawazish Akhtar, OSD
- Sheohar: Sanjay Kumar Singh, Deputy Secretary
- Aurangabad: Dr Sunil Kumar, Deputy Secretary
- Purnia: Devesh Kumar, Deputy Secretary
- Madhubani: Akhil Kumar Jha, Deputy Secretary
- Kishanganj: Kumar Kundan Lal, Officer-in-Charge (Settlement)
- Supaul: Sanjeev Kumar Sinha, Instructor (Consolidation of Holdings)
- Madhepura: Amarendra Kumar, Assistant Director
- Nawada: Sudhanshu Shekhar, Assistant Director
- Banka: Sumit Kumar Anand, Assistant Director
- Kaimur: Md Jamaluddin Ansari, Under Secretary
- Araria: Arvind Kumar, Under Secretary
- Rohtas: Md Akbar Ali, Under Secretary
- Katihar: Kamlesh Kumar, Under Secretary
- Saharsa: Shriram Kumar, Under Secretary
- Bhagalpur: Kamal Nayan Kashyap, Additional District Land Acquisition Officer
- Buxar: Kunika, Assistant Settlement Officer
The department has said the restructuring is intended to improve coordination between headquarters and district offices and ensure faster resolution of land-related disputes and survey discrepancies.
