JAMMU, DECEMBER 4: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo today held a meeting of the Revenue Department to take an assessment of the progress made in the digitization of land records here in J&K.
Besides the Financial Commissioner (Revenue), the meeting was attended by the Principal Secretary of Finance; Divisional Commissioner Jammu; Secretary of Revenue; SIO NIC; Director of Survey & Land Records, and other concerned officers.
The Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, and Deputy Commissioners also joined the meeting through VC from their respective offices.
Dulloo took this occasion to impress upon the officers of the Department to take earnest steps to take this digitization program towards completion as most of the work has shown to be completed now.
He observed that the next goal of the Department should be to integrate these records with geo-referenced cadastral maps and dedicate the same to the public for their ease and use.
The Chief Secretary further impressed upon the Department to constitute teams of revenue experts who would visit districts to gauge the accuracy of these digitized records. He made out that it is pivotal to check the quality and accuracy of these records and people themselves should take the lead in scrutinizing their respective records for any discrepancies so that these are timely rectified.
During this meeting, Dulloo also took note of the online services provisioned by the Department to the public. He enjoined the officers to act tough against those violating the Public Service Guarantee Act (PSGA) timelines set for different services. He asked for putting a check on last-minute reverting or cancellation of applications maintaining that it defeats the purpose of this act.
In his remarks, the Financial Commissioner (Revenue), Shaleen Kabra made out that the Department has made substantial progress in the digitization process with most of it completed by the field officials of the Department except in Jammu and Srinagar districts.
He revealed that the Department is currently engaged in the verification process to ensure the quality and accuracy of these records. He made out that this exercise would be completed within a month’s time to enable the Department to move towards integrating it with vectorized cadastral maps.
The Secretary, of Revenue, Kumar Rajeev Ranjan gave insights about the achievements of the Department made in this direction along with the steps to be taken under the land records modernization program. He said that the objective of this program is to develop a modern, comprehensive, and transparent land records management system.
He also apprised the meeting about the progress made so far and the future steps to be taken from here. It was added that after digitization the Department is on the task of digitization of cadastral maps followed by their-referencing which has been completed up to the extent of 89% across villages.
The meeting was also informed that the integration of spatial (geo-referenced) maps with digitized RoRs is the next step in the line of action to be culminated with making it live on the LRIS portal for use and the easement of the general public.