*Stresses on regular field visits by Govt functionaries
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 22: Minister for Revenue, Hajj & Auqaf and Parliamentary Affairs, Abdul Rehman Veeri today said that dedicated efforts needs to be put in for timely disposal of revenue related cases.
This was stated by the Minister while addressing the conference of Revenue officers of Jammu Division.
Financial Commissioner Revenue Lokesh Jha, Commi-ssioner Secretary Revenue, Shahid Inaytullah, Divisional Commissioner Jammu Hemant Sharma, Deputy Commissioners of Jammu Division along with other senior Revenue officers including ADCs, ACRs and SDMs attended the conference.
Initiating the conference, the Minister sought report on decisions taken during the district level conferences and performance made under each activity.
Detailed discussions were held on present status of various activities being carried out in the districts including writing of jamabandi, attestation of mutations, eviction of state/ kacharai land, land acquisition, disposal of revenue cases, issuance of certificates, public grievances camps held and other related activities.
While discussing the process of writing of Jamabandi district wise, the Minister was informed that target has been fixed for writing and ACRs/SDMs have been asked to personally monitor the progress on weekly basis. All the DCs gave brief about the progress under writing of Jamabandi.
Veeri asked the officers to adopt calculated approach for better performance and to clear all the pending cases. He said that SDMs have been now given revenue powers so that they can contribute in routine works of the department.
“ACRs and SDMs also need to monitor the revenue business in their respective areas and to convene fortnightly meetings to review the process”, he said.
For writing of Khasra Girdawari, the Minister said that updation of Khasra Girdawari must be taken on priority and Revenue officer must visit the spot on ground before writing Girdawaris. He said that this will also help in realizing the actual position on ground.
With regard to attestations of pending Mutations, the Minister stressed on clearing the pendency at the earliest and reviewed the status of Mutations attested during last one year.
Seeking details on the progress made on the project, Modernization of Land Records under DLRMP, project initiated by Government of India, the Minister directed Regional Directors Survey & Land Records to energise the efforts so that the project would be completed at the earliest.
Regarding maintenance of Fard Register, the Minister sought details from all the DCs and asked to streamline the system. He also stressed on conducting proper Fard investigation before doing it finally.
The Divisional Commissioner informed the Minister about the projects being executed in the province for which the land acquisition proceedings are underway including Ring Roads, other road projects, AIIMS, Medical Colleges, Transmission Line, Railway Traction Line and Border Fencing.
The Minister while stressing on conducting field visits said that every Revenue officer must visits field in their respective areas to listen to the issues of people and mark their presence on the ground. He also asked for conducting inspections at various levels for further improving the administrative efficiency.
Regarding employees’ issues, the Minister directed Financial Commissioner Revenue and Commissioner Secretary Revenue to look into the DPC issue so that eligible employees would get promoted to the next level. He also sought status of recruitment of Class IV employees at district level and asked all the DCs to complete the recruitment process at the earliest to resolve the manpower issue.
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