Chief Secretary, Alok Ranjan has issued directions to all Divisional Commissioners, District Magistrates, Sub-Divisional Magistrates and officers concerned to ensure quick disposal of pending revenue cases on priority. He asked to ensure regular monitoring of disposal of pending cases.
“In case of non-disposal of cases responsibility of officers concerned should be fixed”, asserted Ranjan while giving above directions. He said that a system should be put in place for intimation of information regarding cases to advocates or parties through SMS on their mobile phones. He said that under Personal Accident Insurance scheme for farmers, amount of Rs 200 crores released against the claims received till August 2014 should be allocated to related districts for distribution to eligible beneficiaries in a transparent and fair manner. The Chief Secretary was reviewing the activities of Revenue department here on Tuesday.
Ranjan said that to impart pace to revenue department activities, transparent recruitment of around 7000 lekhpals against vacancies along with creation of posts of Revenue Inspectors for promotion of lekhpals should be undertaken on priority. He informed that around 17,99,000 decisions issued in revenue cases had been uploaded on website to make them available online. He instructed for creation of posts and development of infrastructure facilities in newly-created districts and Tehsils on priority. He said that appointments should be done on the already created posts at the earliest to avoid any hindrance in developmental activities.
Ranjan further said that problems in implementation of Common Man Insurance Scheme (Aam Aadmi Bima Yojna) should be sorted out by holding meetings or through correspondence. He said that eligible persons should be provided with due benefit under this scheme. He instructed for ideal utilisation of land of government departments and agencies for development of public utilities and infrastructure as per the stipulated policy.
Ranjan also directed for digitisation and computerisation of land maps. He informed that maps of four pilot districts, viz. Ghaziabad, Mathura, Barabanki and Jaunpur, had been digitalised. Under National land Records Modernization Programme (NlRMP), maps of revenue villages should be digitised and linked to land records and made online. Besides Ranjan, meeting was also attended by Principal Secretary, Revenue, Suresh Chandra, Commissioner & Secretary of Revenue Board, Alok Kumar along with other senior officials.