BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday inaugurated new sub-registrar offices at 44 tehsils in 13 districts.
Opening of land registration offices at tehsils will benefit the common man by saving time and hassles of travel, ensuring timely registration, easy mutation, improved revenue collection and efficiency. All tehsils in the state will have the facilitiy in a phased manner, he said.
The chief minister said access to government services is a fundamental right of the people and it is the responsibility of the Revenue department officials to provide quality services with dignity and respect to the people.
“All new sub-registrar offices are being monitored through smart surveillance via CCTV cameras to ensure punctuality and efficiency of employees. This system will be instrumental in making the registration process corruption-free and free from middlemen,” he said.
The state government is currently providing 433 services of 32 departments online. Recently, the e-registration mobile app was launched for allowing users to book slots and access essential documents like encumbrance certificate (EC) and other necessary papers.
Of the total 317 tehsils in the state, sub-registrar offices have already been opened in 217. After the opening of 44 new sub-registrar offices, 261 tehsils are now fully equipped with land registration facility. These remaining 56 will be included by the end of this year, Majhi said.
“Over the past 16 months, the government has introduced several administrative reforms with the primary goal of making governance transparent, efficient and people-centric. The aim is to bring governance as close to the people as possible with use of new technologies,” the CM added.
He lauded the Revenue department under minister Suresh Pujari for its efficiency in providing services to the people. More than 2.18 crore online services are provided including patta distribution to over 25,000 homestead landless people.
This apart, 27 lakh land records have been surveyed and records of deceased persons have been transferred to their legal heirs. Around, 23,988 government educational institutions have been granted permanent pattas in the last year.
Pujari said the department has been working hard to bring wide-ranging land reforms and simplify processes. “Efforts are on to update revenue records, promote cashless transactions and expedite land record registration and patta distribution. The department is striving to make the system more efficient, transparent and user-friendly,” he added.