Correction-related Revenue cases to be cleared by March 31
Punjab Newsline, Shimla-
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu here today chaired a high-level meeting on revenue related matters with Principal Advisor to the Chief Minister Ram Subhag Singh, Chief Secretary Sanjay Gupta, Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, Secretaries and other senior officers. While the Deputy Commissioners of all the districts joined virtually.
The Chief Minister directed that after 5th January 2026, all Tehsildars and Naib Tehsildars would hear land partition (Taksim) cases every week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to ensure their time-bound disposal and ensuring 12 hearing-days per month. He said that Deputy Commissioners would review the progress of these cases every Saturday and submit a report to the Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue) the same day. The Revenue Secretary would place a detailed report before the Revenue Minister Jagat Singh Negi on Monday and the Minister would brief the Chief Minister on the progress on the last Monday of every month.
The Chief Minister also directed the Revenue Department to submit complete details of private land, forest land and government land in the State. He further asked the department to provide detailed information on cases pending in revenue courts, including the type of cases and the period for which they have been pending.
Emphasizing speedy and time-bound resolution of revenue matters, the Chief Minister directed that all pending correction-related revenue cases be disposed of by March 31, 2026. He said the state government was working with full commitment to clear long-pending revenue cases. To expedite the process, he ordered the re-engagement of retired Patwaris, Kanungos, Naib Tehsildars and Tehsildars and also directed that concerned officers and staff be provided proper training.
Revenue Minister Jagat Singh Negi gave valuable suggestions for ensuring time-bound disposal of revenue cases. It was informed in the meeting that under Revenue Lok Adalats, from October 2023 till now, 4,24,368 mutation cases, 25,918 land partition cases, 47,075 demarcation cases and 12,896 correction cases have been disposed of across the State.