Following the commitment of Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann to provide hassle free and transparent online services to the residents of the state, the Revenue Department took several key steps under which Punjab became the first state in the country to successfully implement online registration and documentation for registries.
In the year 2024, major reforms were undertaken by the Revenue Department, which provided relief to the people. Apart from this, people have also derived advantage from the decision to approve registries without NoC since 1st December.
Divulging the details, Revenue and Rehabilitation Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian said that Punjab is the first state in the country to launch the National Generic Document Registration System and implement it in all the sub-registrar offices of the state.
More than 39 lakh wasikas have been registered through this system. Online time is available for registration and all the documents are submitted online. Apart from this, to make it easy to register properties, templates of properties have been prepared in easy language and uploaded on the website of the department.
Along with this, auto-locking of e-stamps and e-registration has been made in the said system, which has prevented the reuse of e-stamps and e-receipts. With these initiatives, an increase in the collection of e-stamps has been recorded in the state.
Mr. Mundian further said that taking an important decision to facilitate the residents of the state by digitizing the functioning of the revenue department, the Chief Minister has launched a website to streamline the process of registering private properties.
More than 184 applications were received on the portal, out of which about 100 were disposed of. The Minister further said that to compensate for the loss of crops, houses, human lives, and livestock due to natural disasters, the Revenue Department released a relief amount of Rs. 432.03 Crore during the financial year 2023-24 and Rs. 59.64 Crore during the current financial year 2024-25.
Mr. Mundian further stated that the Revenue Department was also figured prominently in the exercise of providing government jobs to the youth by the state government. During the year 2024, 75 Naib Tehsildars, 35 clerks and 2 stenotypists were recruited.
The recruitment of 49 Patwaris has been completed, of whom only appointment letters are yet to be issued. Apart from this, the process for further recruitment of 1001 more Patwaris is underway. Also, funds were released from the PLRS funds for the new construction and repair of the District Administrative Complex, Sub Division/Tehsil/Sub Tehsil Complexes in all the districts of the state.
Additional Chief Secretary Revenue Mr. Anurag Verma issued a letter and to end the inconvenience to the people, instructions were issued to the Sub Registrar, Joint Sub Registrar, Tehsildar and Naib Tehsildars to be present in their offices from 9 am to verify the properties.
Besides, taking the delay in the settlement of dispute-free mutation seriously, instructions were given to complete all the pending cases within a month. Strict action should be taken against the concerned officer if any case remains pending after 31st December 31. Also, 1100 helpline number was rolled out in case of any problem in mutations.