Resolve pending mutation cases by Jan 20: CM Sukhu

: Chief minister Sukhvinder Sukhu on Monday instructed to settle the pending revenue cases of mutation, partition and demarcation of land in the state by January 20.

The high power committee under chairmanship of the chief minister reviewed pending revenue cases in the state and asked all deputy commissioners to dispose of the pending cases on mission mode.

The chief minister said the government was committed towards the service of the common man and to solve their problems was our first priority. He said that a large number of revenue cases were pending in the state and all the officers should take immediate steps to resolve them.

Every revenue officer, right from naib tehsildar to divisional commissioner, should hear and resolve the pending revenue cases on a daily basis and ensure their timely disposal and this will also be reflected in the ACR of all the concerned officers and officials.

He said that the state government held ‘intekaal adalats’ on October 30 and 31 across the state and out of 41,907 pending cases, 31,105 were disposed of on priority. He said that similar courts would be organised on December 1 and 2 in the state, which has been now named as ‘revenue lok adalats’, in which all the pending mutation and partition cases would be settled on priority.

Directions were issued to all the deputy commissioners to send the complete report of the cases disposed of on a monthly basis to the state government, containing the name, address and phone number of the person and other details in a tabulated form.

He said that the deputy commissioners should also hold meetings with the revenue officers in their respective districts and prepare a strategy for speedy disposal of the pending revenue cases. He also directed to rationalise the staff as per the requirement and said that all the appointments or dates, for hearing of revenue related matters, should not exceed more than three days.

To overcome the shortage of staff in the districts, the state government will also allow Deputy Commissioners to hire retired kanungos, he said, adding the services of issuing summons can also be done through electronic means.

He directed the chief secretary to continuously review the revenue cases pending at the level of divisional commissioners. The revenue minister will also hold a meeting on the progress of this matter in the state before January 20.

Till October 31, there were 1,407 pending cases in Bilaspur, 680 in Chamba, 2,413 in Hamirpur, 12,014 in Kangra, 156 in Kinnaur, 1,057 in Kullu, 48 in Lahaul-Spiti, 3,208 in Mandi, 1,288 in Shimla, 1,072 in Sirmaur, 1,156 in Solan and 3,973 in Una.