ORDER

Any person, who has a grievance against the State, within the meaning of under Article 12 of the Constitution of India, must have a forum for redressal thereof. Because of small land holdings in the State of Bihar and also because of inadequate implementation of land reforms in the State, land related disputes have substantially increased. Evidently, in order to provide fora to aggrieved parties to deal with the situation, the State Legislature of Bihar has enacted a number of enactments from 2009 to 2015. The first step in this direction is enactment of Bihar Land Disputes Resolution Act, 2009 (Bihar Act 4 of 2010) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Land Disputes Resolution Act’), which came into force from the date of its publication in official gazette on 08.01.2010. In the same year, Bihar Land Tribunal Act, 2009 (Bihar Act 9 of 2009) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Land Tribunal Act’) was enacted, which was published in the official gazette on 03.09.2009. Disputes relating to mutation are very common in the State of Bihar and for quick and effective resolution of such disputes, Bihar Land Mutation Act, 2011 (Bihar Act 23 of 2011) has been enacted, which was published in th