Unpartitioned ancestral properties are the single largest source of civil litigation in Eastern India. Informal handwritten 'Family Batwara' papers on 100-rupee stamp papers hold negligible evidentiary weight in court unless properly executed and registered.
A registered partition deed formally dissolves the joint coparcenary interest. In Bihar, the government has provided substantial stamp duty relief (often nominal fee of ₹100 or ₹1000) to encourage families to register partition deeds rather than fighting decades-long court suits.
Registering the deed is step one; step two is submitting the partition deed to the Anchal office so each co-sharer receives their own independent Khata and Jamabandi number, allowing them to sell or mortgage without sibling interference.
Partition involving ancestral property must account for daughters' equal coparcenary rights under the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005.