With huge pendency of cases pertaining to revenue matters, Himachal Government has geared up to bring changes in the existing revenue laws.
Himachal Revenue Minister Mahender Singh Thakur on Tuesday presided over a meeting of an expert committee constituted by the State Government on land laws and held a detailed discussion on the work list for simplification of laws related to the Revenue Department.
The members of the committee gave their suggestions on immediate disposal of court related matters of partition, mutation, demarcation and corrections in entries etc.
A sub-committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of MLA Ram Lal Thakur and Jagat Singh Negi, Rakesh Singha, Narendra Thakur, Balbir Singh and Bikram Jaryal as members. The sub-committee would submit their recommendations on the issues discussed in the meeting before November 30.
“There are about 94902 cases pending in various Revenues courts in the state. These include 29313 cases of partition, 18025 cases of demarcation, 25251 cases of mutation, 2497 cases of correction in entries, 2837 cases of encroachment and 16790 other cases,” said Mahender Singh Thakur. During the meeting, the members of committee said that the cases of partition, mutation, demarcation and correction in entries often get delayed due to untimely delivery of summons, thus time bound delivery of summons should be ensured. Besides this, simplification of the settlement process and utilization of technology were also suggested in the meeting.