After Three Decades, Panjab Revenue Dept gets 740 Revenue Officers

29
November
2023

After more than 30 years, on 24 Nov, 740 patwaris (revenue officers) joined the Revenue Department. Another 350 patwaris will join soon after the mandatory 18-month training. Last recruited around 1989, Panjab has been facing an acute shortage of patwaris, which resulted in delay of various land and land mutation processes. On the revenue side, with several private builders defaulting on the payment of government dues over $84M, the Panjab Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has written to the Revenue Department to stop registration of properties in respective townships. In several cases, the housing department has also withdrawn the facility of rescheduling of dues and installments that was available to realtors. Maximum defaulters are projects approved by Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA). While revenue officials have now joined service, the Puanjab Public Service Commission (PPSC), which recruits Class-1 officers in the state, has been without a chairperson for the past seven months, leading to a delay in appointments. Amid strained ties, the AAP government is yet to recommend a panel of three names for the PPSC  chairperson to Governor Banwarilal Purohit. The post of the PPSC chairman fell vacant in March when Jagbans Singh Powar retired from service. On 10 Apr, PPSC member Jamit Kaur Teji was appointed officiating chairperson, but she also retired on 29 Sep 2023. PPSC work has been held up at the PPSC. The PPSC has so far put off three exams to select candidates for various posts.

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