Gone are the days when farmers had to frequent the office of patwari and grease his palm for getting copies of revenue records relating to their land.
"Farad" and "jamabandi", the two official documents regarding the ownership and possession of landholdings, will now be delivered on the doorstep on a phone call.
Deputy commissioner V. Umashankar will inaugurate the new facility at Mandi Dabwali in Sirsa district on March 12, where it is being started as a pilot project. Later, the facility will be started in other tehsils of the district.
The revenue department has been in news for rampant corruption and this is manifested from the fact that patwaris outnumber any other cadre of employees having been nabbed red handed accepting bribes during the recent times. The facility will ensure transparency, besides saving farmers from exploitation.
The new scheme ensures that the farmers do not have to remain at the mercy of the patwaris and once a call is made at telephone number 01668-229035, it will become the duty of the kanoongo and halqa patwari to ensure that computerised copies of these documents reached farmer's house within 72 hours of his request.
The nominal fees for issuing copies of the documents will be collected from the farmers while delivering the documents and that too against a valid receipt.
Besides this, the farmers will have to pay Rs 100 for the home delivery of the documents.
Those not interested in the service can get the computerised copies of these documents from the office of tehsildar on any working day.
Source: Tribune News Service By Sushil Manav March-10-08
