Land bank policy to be notified soon

Chandigarh, August 7

Financial Commissioner (Revenue) and Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue and Disaster Management) Sanjeev Kaushal today directed the Deputy Commissioners to ensure that the Haryana Government was mentioned as the owner of government land during the ongoing ‘girdawari’.

The department name would be mentioned under the column ‘khana kasht’ and complete details of the land would be given. The last column would contain details such as buildings on the land, vacant area and encroachment, if any.

He said land banks would be drafted in accordance with the recent decision of the state Cabinet. These would contain all information pertaining to all types of government land, which would help ensure speedy execution of government schemes. He also said the land bank policy would be notified soon. Expressing satisfaction over the pace of work for modernisation of record rooms and execution of various tasks under the SVAMITVA scheme, Kaushal directed the officers to ensure that the work was completed on time. — TNS