Asks officers to act swiftly against encroachments
SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 15: Custodian General J&K, Rishpal Singh, conducted extensive tour of evacuee property assets and land situated at Peerbagh, Hyderpora, Sanath Nagar, Panthachowk, Boulevard, Kathidarwaza Rainawari and other places of Kashmir division.
Deputy Custodian (HQ), Custodian Evacuee Property Kashmir, Assistant Engineer E P Department Kashmir along with field staff accompanied the Custodian General J&K.
During the visit to Evacuee property flats, Convention Centres and marriage halls and shopping complex Hyderpora Srinagar, various delegations of tenants met the Custodian General with their demands and issues.
The Custodian General redressed some of the issues on the spot while directing the Custodian Kashmir for redressal of other genuine demands of the tenants within the shortest possible time.
The Custodian General also convened a review meeting with officers of the Evacuee Property Department Kashmir.
The Custodian General assessed different aspects of the functioning of the Evacuee Property Department Kashmir besides reviewing the action taken on decisions taken in the previous meetings. He expressed satisfaction over remarkable achievements including the reconciliation of figures of notified evacuee land in due consultation with the Revenue Department in the Kashmir division and the retrieval of a big chunk of evacuee land.
He asked the officers and officials to act swiftly on receiving reports of encroachment of evacuee land in collaboration with Revenue and Police departments.
The Custodian General also asked the Deputy Custodians to liaise up with district administration for proper management and safeguarding of the evacuee’s property. He asked for identifying the evacuee land which is potentially viable for commercial purposes including other lands which can be fenced with the installation of sign boards to avoid any further encroachment. He said that the land not viable for departmental use should be put into an e-auction for which the department has already developed an e-auction portal and subsequent constitution of an auction committee by the government for the auction of Evacuee Property.
Meanwhile, a group of employees met the Custodian General and demanded the conduct of a Departmental Promotion Committee meeting which has not been conducted since 2017.
The Custodian General assured them that he would take up the matter with the administrative department for early finalization of recruitment rules of the department so that the genuine demands of the employees for promotion to the next higher grade are acceded to keeping in view their seniority, integrity and performance.
Later, the Custodian General emphasized the need to scan all records pertaining to the department up to ending February 2024 besides asking for the completion of geo-tagging of all the Evacuee Property within 15 days. He also emphasized the skill development of the employees as a priority through skill enhancement sessions and other orientation programmes.
