Chandigarh, June 27 -- The Rohtak divisional commissioner has ordered a detailed fact-finding inquiry into the handling of a manual land registration request by the family of a critically ill farmer observing that procedural delays and a legally flawed approach by the Sonepat district administration may have deprived him the opportunity to sell his land before his death.

The land registration was crucial for the family as it was the final legal requirement for completing the sale of land and accessing funds that the family said were urgently needed for treatment. Sanjeet of Kanwali village in Sonepat had suffered a severe head injury, undergone two brain surgeries and was bedridden.

The critically ill farmer died on June 10, five days a...