Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Feb 16: Regional Director, Survey and Land Records (Ex-officio Settlement Officer) Udhampur and Reasi Amit Sharma today conducted inspection of revenue records of Niabat Mali falling under tehsil Udhampur.
He was accompanied by a team of officers including NT Karnail Singh, NT Narinder Kumar, GQ Chak Rakwalan with additional charge of Mansar Ajay Kumar Verma, P/H Krimchi Vimal Kumar Sharma, P/H Mali Onkar Singh, P/H Sail Jattan Sham Lal, P/H Debhrah Santanter Singh, P/H Chack Vishal Sharma, P/H Tope Waseem Akram, P/H Tirshi Hams Raj, Bhagat Singh and others.
A major issue which was brought to the notice of Amit Sharma was the missing road link and connectivity towards the most prominent world-famous heritage tourism site of Pandav temples at Krimchi which is protected by Archaeological Survey of India. Amit assured that all alternatives will be discussed with concerned quarters to have shortest distance road link of Krimchi temples with Udhampur district headquarters.
Alongside, during the inspection, revenue records of two revenue villages falling under Krimchi and Mansar Patwar Halqas were checked and few anomalies were pointed out such as cutting, over-writing and scratching in revenue records which was taken seriously and strict instructions were passed to desist from such practices in future as per standing orders issued from time to time. It was disclosed that around 170 khatas amongst 350 khatas of revenue village Mali were written whereas RD, S&LR directed to pick-up the pace and finish the task and deposit the Jamabandi of same by March 31.
Moreover, Amit issued directions to strictly adhere to the order pertaining to putting signatures and stamps of respective patwaries before issuing any revenue document, revenue records and registers, inteqal entries should be made in registers after deposition and proper entry of fees in respective columns, proper stamp/signing of goshwara and jamabandis to be deposited at the earliest so as to facilitate earliest computerization of land records under DILRMP.