Div Com reviews functioning of Revenue Deptt in Samba

Div Com chairing a meeting at Samba.
Div Com chairing a meeting at Samba.

Excelsior Correspondent

SAMBA, Nov 26: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar,, today reviewed the functioning of Revenue Department at a meeting held in the Conference Hall, DC office Samba.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner Samba, Anuradha Gupta; SSP, Abhishek Mahajan; ADDC, Rajinder Singh; ACR, Manu Hansa; SDM Ghagwal, Ramkesh Sharma; SDM, Vijaypur Vinay Kumar; tehsildars, Naib Tehsildars besides other revenue field staff and officials were also present.
The Deputy Commissioner, while giving an overview on the functioning of the Revenue Department in Samba, gave a detailed powerpoint presentation on the working of the revenue department. She informed about the present status of Digitization of Jamabandis, Land Passbooks generation and distribution, delineation of gair mumkin khads, eviction of State/ kahchatie/common land, retrieval of Roshni land, demarcation of JDA land, online services, inheritance mutation, status of Revenue Court cases, SVAMITVA besides other minor issues.
The Divisional Commissioner directed to expedite the Land Passbooks generation and Digitization of land records in the district. He also laid emphasis upon taking daily progress achievement for regular monitoring of Department’s functioning, besides directing the revenue staff to ensure completion of assigned tasks within stipulated time frame.
While reviewing the progress in the change of land use cases, the Div Com stressed on the importance of ensuring the speedy disposal of all the files regarding the same. He also reviewed the tehsil-wise status of inheritance mutations and the meeting was informed that out of 1211 mutations 637 have been attested and 574 are pending. The Div Com directed to complete the mutations on priority basis.
The Div Com, while inquiring about the status of encroached land retrieved so far, was informed that 15356 kanal of state land has been retrieved as of now.
Similarly, 364 kanal of Kahchari and 267 kanal of common land have also been retrieved. He asked the officers to further speed up retrieval of illegal encroachment drives and set weekly and monthly targets in this regard. He also asked them to ensure that the state land, once retrieved, is not encroached again.
Similarly, it was informed that 1005 kanal of Roshni land had been retrieved in the district.
Discussing the progress made under delineation, the Div Com stressed that the Tehsildars would conduct spot visits before preparing any file under delineation. The Div Com also reviewed the status of court cases pending in the districts and directed the DC to expedite the disposal of the cases.
Taking stock of the online revenue services being provided to the general public, the Div Com was informed about a number of revenue services being provided to the general public through the online mode.
He asked the concerned officers to ensure prompt disposal of online applications. He also stressed the importance of conducting regular monthly meetings to discuss the issues and progress made under the online services.
Discussing the progress made under delineation, the Div Com stressed that the Tehsildars would conduct spot visits before preparing any file under delineation. The Div Com also reviewed the status of court cases pending in the districts and directed the DC to expedite the disposal of the cases.