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Filing of petition for mutation.-—(1) A person acquiring interest in a holding or a part thereof by any means/instrument, shall, within 90 days of the acquisition of such interest, file petition in prescribed form before the Circle Officer of the area in whose jurisdiction the holding or a part thereof is situated for mutation of his name in respect of the holding or a part thereof in the Continuous Khatian, Tenants' Ledger Register and Khesra Register. (2) Any person acquiring any interest in any holding or a part thereof by sale, gift, exchange, partition, whether by court or otherwise, succession intestate or testamentary, will, settlement / transfer/assignment of public land by Competent Authority, grant of land by the Bhoodan Yajna Samiti, conferment of tenancy rights under the Bihar Privileged Persons' Homestead Tenancy Act, 1947, acquisition of occupancy rights as under raiyat-under the Bihar 11 बहार गजट (असाधारण), 22 'दस) बर 2011 Tenancy Act 1885, restoration of holding or part thereof to a former raiyat under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, house-sites purchased under Policy for Purchase of Raiyati land for house- siteless Mahadalit families 2010, restoration of holding or a part thereof to former raiyats under the Kosi Area (Restoration of Land to Raiyat) Act, 1951, settlement of surplus land under the Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling Area and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961, an order/decree of any court or any other means/instrument of transfer notified by the Government, may file a petition in the prescribed manner for mutation of his name in respect of that holding or a part thereof in the Continuous Khatian, Tenants' Ledger Register and Khesra Register in the office of the Circle Officer in whose jurisdiction the holding or a part thereof is situated or in a camp organized by the Circle Officer for the receipt of mutation petitions of that area. (3) On receipt of petition for mutation either in the office or in the camp, the Circle Officer shall grant a receipt in a prescribed manner to the petitioner as an acknowledgement. (4) The Circle Officer shall cause each mutation petition to be registered in order of their receipt in the Mutation Petition Register being maintained in the Circle Office. (5) The Circle Officer shall cause to open a separate case record in the prescribed manner for each mutation petition. CHAPTER - III Authority to intimate the Circle Officer