UP government has directed the Principal Secretaries of Excise, Stamp and Registration to fix monthly revenue collection targets of their respective departments. They have also been asked to take strong measures to curb the sale of spurious liquor in the state and to prevent smuggling of liquor from neighbouring states.
The excise department has been asked to set up a Control room in the office of the Principal Secretary and Excise Commissioner to prevent illegal activities. The excise department has been directed to constantly monitor the movement of trucks through GPS. The government would conduct periodic review of the officers of the excise department.
The directions were issued by the chief Secretary Dipak Singhal here on Friday while presiding over a review meeting of the excide department along with the officials of the finance and other concerned officials regarding revenue receipts. He directed to ensure seizure of trucks with illegal goods along with tough action against truck owners involved in unlawful activities. Illegal liquor seized and kept in police station should be disposed off in market as per rules within the specified time.
Chief Secretary also directed to amend the existing procedure of obtaining prior permission of Deputy Commissioner of excide department for raid on illegal activities and ensure that all the officers are held accountable.
For the stamps and registration department he asked the department to avoid the unnecessary and frequent revision of the circle rates. He said that information on the justification of increase in circle rates should be provided and meeting of District Magistrates of lucknow, Ghaziabad and Gautambudh Nagar should called in next week.
Chief Secretary also met the deputy election commissioner of India Umesh Sinha here on Friday. He issued directions to ensure compliance of Election Commission of India directions on priority before the elections for transfer of officers of departments of Revenue, Rural Development, Home and PCS and IAS officers, who have been posted continuously in the same district for three out of the last four years. He has asked the departments concerned to ensure arrangement of ramp, drinking water, proper furniture and lighting, male and female toilets, shades in polling stations along with link
Roads. He directed to carry out a campaign during the next month to ensure power-connection or solar power in primary schools without electricity.
In view of scarcity of space on 4 th floor of Vikas Bhawan, where the office of the chief electoral officer of UP is located he directed to make available additional rooms as per requirement of the election commission. He also directed the directed Principal Secretary, Finance to ensure availability of funds through supplementary budget for election related expenditure. He instructed the Secretariat Administration department to provide computer, FAX machines, Photostat machines, furniture and other office infrastructure. He also directed for nomination of nodal officers in protocol department, who might be required during the election process.
State Wide Area Network (SWAN) would be provided by NIC till the conclusion of elections. He also directed the department of appointments to post an officer of Indian Administrative Service as Additional Chief Election Officer and two officers of Provincial Civil Service as Joint Chief Election Officers in the office of Chief Election Officer for state assembly elections 2017.