Intensify anti-encroachment drives: Rahul Pandey to officers

Distributes Tablets among officials

KATHUA: Deputy Commissioner Kathua, Rahul Pandey chaired a meeting of Revenue officers to discuss revenue matters here in the Conference Hall of the DC office complex today.

 At the outset, the DC took detailed review of the ongoing anti-encroachment drive being carried out by the district administration. He laid emphasis on strict execution of the eviction plan and furnishing of a report regarding removal of encroachments on a daily basis.

 While reviewing the status of SWAMITVA scheme, the DC exhorted the revenue officials to speed up the mapping process of the revenue villages besides expediting the digitization process of revenue records within the set timelines.

 The DC also directed the revenue officials to identify lands in their respective tehsils for creation of assets for the revenue department.

On the issue of appointment of Lambardars/ Chowkidars, the DC called upon the Tehsildars to exercise due care in the appointment process by ascertaining their character antecedents.

Regarding the Revenue Court Cases Monitoring System (RCCMS), the DC stressed upon revenue officers to dispose of the pending matters on priority besides uploading their updated status on the prescribed portal regularly.

 The meeting also discussed other revenue matters  such as digitisation of cadastral maps,  status of eviction of Roshni land, land acquisition cases, change of land use cases, wherein thrust was laid on regular monitoring and reporting besides furnishing of action taken reports at the district headquarters.

The DC also gave away Tablets among the revenue officials on the occasion and urged them to make best use of these gadgets in public interest.

 ADC Kathua, ACR Kathua, SDM Hiranagar, Tehsildars and other Revenue Officers attended the meeting.