Lucknow, 21 November: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has once again taken strict action against officials involved in delay, negligence and irregularities in disposal of revenue claims.
Chief Minister Yogi has sought explanation from ten Divisional Commissioners and seven District Magistrates of the state on the poor disposal of revenue promises in the month of October.
It is believed that if satisfactory answers are not received, strict action can be taken against the officials.
Answers sought from Divisional Commissioner and District Magistrates of these districts
Additional Chief Secretary Revenue Sudhir Garg said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had given instructions to run a special campaign of 60 days for quick and timely disposal of pending revenue cases in various revenue courts of the state. Besides, instructions were given to review the special campaign at the government level every Tuesday.
Garg apprised that in such a review meeting in the month of October, it was found that ten Divisional Commissioners of the state – Varanasi, Saharanpur, Azamgarh, Aligarh, Basti, Chitrakoot Dham, Azamgarh, Ayodhya, Saharanpur, Aligarh and seven District Magistrates – Baghpat, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Hapur, Chitrakoot, Lalitpur and Amroha are being negligent in settling the pending and new revenue issues.
He said that on this, on the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the government has sought answers from the negligent officials. Also, strict instructions have been given to ensure timely and quality disposal of pending revenue claims as per the standard and set target. It is believed that if the answer is not satisfactory, major action can be taken.
Only 82 cases were resolved against 440 pending cases in Varanasi division.
Additional Chief Secretary Revenue said that negligence is being done in disposal of pending cases in five divisions of the state.
He said that there are four revenue courts in Varanasi division, where only 82 cases were disposed of against 440 pending revenue cases.
ACS Revenue continued informing that similarly, there are four revenue courts in Saharanpur division, where only 54 cases were disposed of against 280 pending revenue cases, whereas there are five revenue courts in Azamgarh division, where only 126 cases were disposed of against 481 pending revenue cases. There are three revenue courts in Aligarh division, where only 83 cases were disposed of against 280 pending revenue cases, whereas there are three revenue courts in Basti division, where only 114 cases were disposed of against 280 pending revenue cases.
He added, apart from this, the bottom five divisions performing poorly in disposal of newly filed suits include Chitrakoot Dham, Azamgarh, Ayodhya, Saharanpur and Aligarh. Similarly, notices have been served to seven District Magistrates for negligence in disposal of revenue cases.
