Jammu, Nov 22: Divisional Commissioner Jammu Ramesh Kumar on Tuesday directed the Deputy Commissioners to expedite the land passbook distribution in the districts. He was chairing a meeting of Deputy Commissioners to review the revenue-related issues in the districts of the Jammu division.
Threadbare discussions were held on important issues while the Div Com reviewed in detail the status of delineation of Gair Mumkin Khad, retrieval of Roshni land, eviction of encroachments on state and common land, generation and distribution of land passbooks, land issues of industries, stamp duty rates and other revenue matters.
The Div Com directed the DCs to expedite the restoration of Roshni land, retrieval of government land and eviction of encroachments by setting monthly targets. He asked them to take measures to keep a check on fresh encroachments in the districts.
Regarding the distribution of land passbooks, the Div Com took strong note of slow progress in some districts and directed the concerned DCs to expedite generation and distribution. He also advised distributing passbooks electronically as well as hard copies among the legal land owners. The Div Com also asked DC Jammu and DC Kathua to identify suitable land for FCI godowns.
Meanwhile, the Divisional Commissioner reviewed the revision of stamp duty rates and instructed the DCs to start the revision of stamp duty rates at subdivision and district levels.
