Dogra front and Shiv Sena demand digitization of land record to save the common man
25-08-2022 : The workers of Dogra Front & Shiv Sena under the leadership of President Mr. Ashok Gupta took out a massive rally demanding the digitalization of revenue records so that the common man can be saved from the loot. The party workers in mass gatherings raised slogans demanding the digitalization of records. Mr. Gupta stated that The Department of Revenue that takes care of land records is one of the most important, and the oldest, departments in Jammu and Kashmir. It maintains records of all categories of land viz, proprietary, government, agriculture, non-agriculture, abadi deh, shamilat, graveyard land, church land, cemetery land, kahcharai, land of shrines, banjar jadeed/ kadeem, forests, water bodies, roads, passages, etc. With the description of their measurement, usage, and owners under a Hadbust in a Tehsil.
Despite the detailed descriptions of the land, there is an alarming number of land-related disputes/litigations in Jammu & Kashmir which ruin rural development culminating in retarded economic growth. This is because in various cases the names of landowners/landholders are mentioned either incorrectly or with incomplete detail. Somewhere first name/surname is not mentioned, middle name distorted/omitted and parentage half described or incorrectly mentioned. Then there are unregistered sales/purchases, wrong and illegal possessions over which the occupant has no proprietary rights as it belongs to the government or a community or other person and vice versa. Sometimes mutation entries are incorrectly/incompletely made or skipped altogether leaving the status of erstwhile vendors and vendees unchanged. Somewhere land owners are shown as tenants and vice versa
Digitization of land records is another latest step taken under the Digital India Land Record Modernization Programme, previously known as the National Land Record Modernisation Programme, launched in 2008 (2014 in case of J and K) in this direction to digitize and modernize land records and develop a centralized land record management system.
The digitization will save the common man from the corruption and cleverness of the officials sitting in the revenue office. The party people who were present at the time of protest were Abhishek, Prem, Ashish, Rahul, Nanki, Sushma, Beena, Rampal, and various others were present.
