DC Poonch directs for prompt, hassle free revenue services to public

Excelsior Correspondent

POONCH, Apr 4: Deputy Commissioner Poonch, Inder Jeet, today directed revenue officials and field staff to ensure efficient prompt and hassle free revenue services to the general public.
He was reviewing the functioning of the Revenue Department at a meeting held in the meeting hall of Dak Bunglow Surankote.
The meeting held threadbare deliberations on various Revenue related matters including eviction of encroachments on Kahcharai and State Land, recording of Jamabandies, recovery fee, progress under SVAMITVA, digitization of records, redressal of grievances, evacuee property details and various other revenue related issues.
At the outset, the chair was given a detailed account of the different Revenue related matters of the district.
While reviewing the progress of writing Jamabandies, the DC asked the Tehsildars/Naib Tehsildars to complete exercise well within stipulated time period and warned of strict action against the non performers.
Discussing the status of the public grievances, he issued instructions for time bound disposal of complaints. He also directed all the tehsildars to submit the details of mutation attested From Jan 2021 to Dec 2021.
The DC also directed all the Tehsildars and Naib Tehsildar to submit a weekly progress report of identification of revenue records which are missing, non traceable, damaged or otherwise to the administrative department for further appraisal to the office of chief secretary.
The Deputy Commissioner asked the concerned officers to remove commercial encroachment and submit the compliance report within a week and ensure that no re-encroachment occurs by doing geo-tagging and bio- fencing.
He directed Naib Tehsildar Khanater/ Haveli to remove the encroachments near Poonch city within one week except residential houses and prioritize prime land. He directed for retrieval of the prime land within one week and issuance of advance 15-day notice to the residents who are in possession of any state land.
The meeting was attended by Additional Deputy Commissioner, Dr. Basharat Hussain; Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Zaheer Ahmed Kaifi; SDM Surankote, Naheem-un Nissa Bhatti; SDM Mendhar, Dr. Sahil Jandyal; Tehsildar Surankote, Sheraz Ahmed; Tehsildar Mandi, Shazad Latief Khan and Naib Tehsildars besides all district and Sectoral officers.