A review meeting on the functioning of Revenue Department was convened by Vikas Kundal, DC, Kargil on May 8 in Kargil.

Vikas Kundal said that effective and efficient functioning of Revenue Department assumes greater significance for the timely grievance of redressal in the district.  He said that commitment is required to achieve the set administrative target in the sector.

The progress of writing of Jamabandies, Girdawaries, Attestations of pending mutations, record position of revenue targets, revenue court cases, attestations of mutations of lands and other related issues were reviewed.

He directed Imteeaz Kacho to submit a roundup of mutations and the concerned officers to conduct special camps to clear pending cases. The officers were further directed to redress public grievances daily 2 hours during their office hours to ensure delivery of public services and redressal of all grievances in a time bound manner.

He informed about connecting all SDM offices to the District Headquarters through video conferencing to ensure saving time and swift delivery of services. The Tehsil offices shall also be provided with the facility followed by the SDM offices.

Issues like the identification of land for the establishment of Emergency Operation Center at Sankoo besides matters relating to infrastructural and manpower requirements at the SDM, Tehsildar and Niabat offices also came up for discussion.

Vikas Kundal asked the concerned to visit their respective areas periodically for redressal of the grievances of the public with regard to revenue related matters.

Fortnightly meetings of Revenue Department shall be held from time to time to make the administration well aware about the status of the overall functioning of the department and to deliver public service satisfactorily, he added.

Imteeaz Kacho, ADC, Ghulam Mohiuddin Wani, SDM Sankoo, Ghulam Mehdi, SDM Shakar Chiktan, Pawan Kotwal, SDM Drass besides all Tehsildars and Naib Tehsildars of the district attended the meeting.