Div Com (K) takes stock of rev matters of North Kashmir

Baramulla: With an am to take appraisal of various revenue matters of North Kashmir comprising three districts of Baramulla, Kupwara and Bandipora, Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, P K Pole Tuesday visited Baramulla and chaired a meeting to discuss various issues and matters pertaining to Revenue department.
The meeting also discussed the progress of digitization of land records being carried out under Digital India Land Records Modernization program (DLRMP).
On the occasion, DC Baramulla presented a detailed PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) wherein he briefed the chair about the current status of various revenue matters viz updation work of jamabandis, scanning and uploading of revenue papers and other issues of vital significance.
He also highlighted various issues and bottlenecks and sought the personal intervention of the Divisional Commissioner for the timely redressal of the said issues.
P K Pole took a detailed review of all vital matters that include land acquisition cases, land compensation, retrieval of state and Kahcharai land, pace and position of developmental works being carried out in the Revenue department.
He said revenue functionaries had a pivotal role in delivering public services and emphasized upon them to accelerate the pace of digitization process to realize the objectives of modernizing management of land records.
Moreover, he directed for prioritizing the work of Jamabandi strictly in conformity with the standing instructions and said updated Jamabandis are the prerequisite for the implementation of the land records digitization project.
Meanwhile, P K Pole directed the concerned to identify the State and Kahcharai land in their respective jurisdictions so that the process of its eviction is initiated.
He also directed to expunge all the illegal entries from the land records so that the same is rectified for the convenience of the general public.
DC Kupwara also gave a detailed briefing of the district through PPT during which he informed the meeting about the current status of various revenue matters and also highlighted various issues and sought their timely redressal for better public service delivery.
Deputy Commissioner Baramulla Dr G N Itoo, DC Kupwara Anshul Garg, ADCs, ACRs, SDMs, Tehsildars among other functionaries of Revenue department attended the meeting.