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| Vital records dying imminent death in Muhafizkhanas | | Beyond Govt's hyped claims of digitization | |
Abodh Sharma
Jammu , Aug 10:With hyped initiative of the Omar Government to get the land records across the state digitized, nothing significant has been done on ground, and with the land records stored in medieval fashion decaying in the Muhafizkhanas, thick and fast, people are being subjected to gross inconvenience.
The records dating back to Vikrami era, which is often requisitioned by the Revenue officers while processing applications for the issue of Permanent Resident Certificates (PRCs), have succumbed to the decay of time and even that which is available and legible, has been so ill kept in the dark, sultry and unventilated halls of Muhafizkhanas, that most of it is hardly traceable and revenue officials are reaping silver out of the helplessness of the seekers.
"For twenty days I have been coming here daily to get the copy of the record of my ancestral land, but each day, the officials here tell me to come the next day," said Malkiat Singh, a fragile septuagenarian. Malkiat is not the only one being tortured at the Muhafizkhana, there are scores of others who travel to the Revenue complex situated at the remote corner of the city and return disappointed even after greasing the palms of rude and arrogant officials posted there as they are told that their land record is not traceable.
A retired Revenue official who had served a posting in Muhafizkhana at Jammu admitted that the vital records were not only dying, they were ill kept and misplaced, making it difficult to locate them when required. "Most of the time the record is not traced even though it is available because of its inept handling and those seeking the record have to face inconvenience and they then grease the palms of officials to help them locate the record. Let alone the digitization, you will not find a single computer in the entire office" he said. His claims were substantiated by another Revenue officer who emphasized the immediate need for digitization of records to save it from further decay. "No matter how carefully it is kept, the documents dating back to 1875 and even beyond are bound to wither with piling years", he said. It is pertinent to mention here that last year, Minister for Revenue, Aijaz Ahmad had stressed upon the need of computerization of land records. While replying to the grants of his department, the Minister had said, "we are all aware that the condition of land records in patwar khanas in the shape of Lathas, Fards and other records is not so good as a result of which people face difficulties in getting the extracts of their survey Nos. The process of computerization of land records has started and hopefully, the records of entire settlement of the State would be computerized within 6-7 years". However, one year after the Minister's assurance, nothing significant has been done on ground. |
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