Settlement of revenue-related cases speeds up in Uttar Pradesh: Govt

During a review meeting of the Revenue Department held on October 16, the Additional Chief Secretary Revenue informed the Chief Minister that at present, the disposal ratio of pending revenue cases has been recorded at 100 percent while the disposal ratio of revenue cases in general has exceeded 90 percent, the government said.

It is worth mentioning here that the Chief Minister had reviewed the report of the CM Command Center in the annex on September 16, where he had strongly reprimanded officials for the delay in settling the revenue matters. He had warned officials to make improvements within a month, or face music. As a result, nearly five lakh revenue cases were resolved within a month, while over 2.6 lakh cases, pending for one to five years, were also been settled.

Additional Chief Secretary Revenue, Sudhir Garg, mentioned that in the revenue review meeting on October 16, the Chief Minister expressed happiness over the 100 percent disposal ratio of pending revenue cases, and gave directions to achieve a 95 percent resolution rate for other revenue matters.

The highest number of revenue cases were resolved in Lucknow (100,307 cases), followed by Ballia (70,761 cases), Prayagraj (65,771 cases), Gorakhpur (62,906 cases), and Gonda (58,264 cases).

Similarly, the top five districts in terms of resolving measurement-related cases are Ballia, Azamgarh, Etah, Ghazipur, and Lucknow. Out of a total of 533,089 registered cases, 436,921 cases have already been resolved. In the past month, 29,032 cases were resolved. There is a provision for resolving such cases at the Sub-District Magistrate level within 90 days.

There were a total of 1,26,29,738 applications for transfer of names, out of which 1,18,86,265 applications have been processed, with a resolution rate of over 94 percent. Notably, Ballia, Gonda, Shahjahanpur, Lucknow, and Basti have shown impressive performance in this regard. (ANI)