Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha
By Neeraj Kumar
Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and Revenue and Land Reforms Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha on Tuesday asserted that any form of irregularity in the department would not be tolerated. He said the time had come to crack down on the “games of fraud” being played in the name of land mutation, measurement, correction and land dispute resolution. Clear instructions in this regard have been issued to the concerned officials, he added.
Sinha said the proactive functioning of the Revenue and Land Reforms Department had strengthened public confidence, with people keen for their land-related disputes and procedural hurdles to be resolved at the earliest. Continuous public outreach programmes are being conducted for this purpose, yielding tangible benefits. He said monitoring would be carried out not only at the district level but also at the circle level.
The Deputy Chief Minister warned that officers found negligent would face strict action. Using a medical analogy, he said that while the department was currently adopting a “homeopathic” approach, it was fully prepared to switch to “allopathic treatment” — including surgery — if required. “We will not allow any manipulation in the name of land,” he said firmly.
Sinha noted that public expectations from the Revenue and Land Reforms Department had risen and the collective effort was to live up to that trust. “Miracles do not happen overnight. The disease exists and we are administering the dose gradually. An excessive dose at one time can have adverse reactions,” he said.
The Deputy Chief Minister also released a departmental circular highlighting the achievements of the Land Revenue Department at a press conference. He said pending cases were being disposed of swiftly under the Land Reforms Public Welfare Programme. The pace of corrections, mutations and land measurement has picked up significantly, leading to a reduction of over 4,000 pending cases.
Sinha said detailed data of the department would be released after Makar Sankranti. He added that action taken on public applications had increased from 19 per cent to 69 per cent, while disposals had risen from 11,000 to 27,000. He acknowledged that slackness caused by the inactivity and malpractices of some individuals was being addressed.
The minister further said that in the current financial year, the disposal rate of applications received stood at 75.30 per cent at the beginning of his tenure, which has now improved to 82 per cent, with a reduction of over 30,000 pending cases. Similarly, for applications received during the financial year, the disposal rate has risen from 65.16 per cent to 74.41 per cent, bringing down pendency by more than 90,000 cases.
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