DC Kathua reviews functioning of Revenue Department

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 Asks officers to intensify anti-encroachment drive

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.

 The DC took a comprehensive review of the ongoing anti-encroachment drives being carried out by the district administration. He laid emphasis on furnishing a daily report  regarding removal of encroachments for apprising the higher authorities about the progress.

 Taking review of the SWAMITVA scheme, the DC exhorted the revenue officials to speed up the mapping process of the revenue villages besides expediting the digitisation process of revenue records within the set timelines.

 The DC also directed the revenue officials to identify land in their respective tehsils for creation of assets for important projects including parking spaces.

The DC called upon the Tehsildars to exercise due care in the appointment of Lambardar/ Chowkidar by ascertaining the character antecedents of applicants.

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

 Other issues such as digitization of cadastral maps,  status of eviction of Roshni land, land acquisition cases, change of land use cases were also discussed at length wherein thrust was laid on regular monitoring and reporting besides furnishing of action taken reports at the district headquarters.

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