DC Rajouri reviews working of Revenue Department

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, June 8: To review the functioning of the Revenue Department and to ensure efficient and prompt public services delivery, Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Vikas Kundal on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the Revenue officers.
The meeting held threadbare deliberations on the Revenue related matters including removal of encroachments on Kahcharai and State Land, writing and digitization of Jamabandies, progress under SVAMITVA, redressal of grievances, disposal of court cases, check on illegal Conversion of Land and encroachment alongside the major Road Projects.
A detailed account of different Revenue related matters was presented by the officials. It informed that a total 222774 kanal state land has been retrieved so far and the eviction process is going on to retrieve the rest from illegal possession in different tehsils.
Similarly, 5883 kanal Kahcharai land has been retrieved by conducting a series of anti-encroachment drives by the Revenue teams across the district.
The Deputy Commissioner also reviewed the progress of the retrieval of the Roshini land. The meeting was informed that Jamabandies of all 384 villages have been updated by the concerned Tehsildars and inspections are being carried out to ascertain the quality of the same.
The DC said updation of Revenue record was the core work of Revenue department and a basic requirement of every household for which coordinated teamwork is key to achieve set targets in a time bound manner.
He asked the Tehsildars to further improve the public service delivery system at their respective Tehsil Offices and monitor each chunk of land in their jurisdiction. He also asked them to activate the field staff to keep close check and vigil on any kind of encroachments. Likewise, he also made it clear that no laxity shall be tolerated in connection with illegal conversion of the land.