A delegation of the Umarkote Bar Association met Additional Revenue Secretary Nihar Ranjan Das on his visit here on Thursday. Nabarangpur ADM Nimai Charan Sutar, local Tehsildar Subas Singh accompanied Das.
The lawyers’ body appraised different problems relating to land and revenue to Das. Land settlement has not been conducted in Umarkote and neighbouring Raighar block since the year 1962 . As a consequence, the number of unrecorded tenants have outnumbered the recorded tenants.
Secondly, due to technical errors, uploading of maps and other related information does not happen and people of the area are deprived of selling, purchasing and demarcating their lands.
Das assured to do the needful as soon as possible.
The delegation was led by association president Prasanta Kumar Sahu, senior advocate and former Municipality Chairman Jhadeswar Mohanty, Srinivas Patnaik and Tapan Debnath.