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Revenue Minister K. Rajan has announced that the authorities volition simplify procedures related to onshore conversion without compromising the halfway objectives of the Paddy and Wetland Conservation Act. He was addressing mediapersons present connected Friday.
“We volition marque the process arsenic elemental arsenic possible, adjacent if it requires amending existing rules. At the aforesaid time, the tone of the Paddy and Wetland Act volition not beryllium diluted nether immoderate circumstances,” Mr. Rajan said.
The Minister declared that each onshore conversion applications for beneath 25 cents pending crossed the State would beryllium settled earlier December 31. “Since a immense fig of applications are piling up, we are moving retired a modular operating process to resoluteness them quickly. RDOs volition behaviour monthly adalats by convening colony officers to code the applications. Village-level adalats volition beryllium held for re-submitted applications,” helium added.
Mr. Rajan made it wide that agents would beryllium wholly excluded from the process. “Applications routed done agents volition not get priority. Officials who neglect to support agents retired volition look strict action,” helium said.
He said the Revenue section was preparing a peculiar enactment program to tackle fraudulent practices by agents.
On amerciable onshore reclamation, the Minister said the authorities would enforce strict measures. To forestall misuse, a revolving money of ₹1.5 crore had already been distributed to Collectors successful 7 districts.
“If the landowner refuses to region ungraded from illegally reclaimed fields, the authorities volition bash it astatine its ain disbursal and retrieve the outgo done gross recovery,” the Minister said.
Earlier, the Minister inaugurated the State-level onshore conversion adalats astatine the District Sports Council Indoor Stadium here.
As portion of the adalat’s opening session, 3,073 onshore conversion applications were resolved connected Friday. District-level adalats volition present beryllium held from October 3 to November 15 to process Form-6 applications eligible for escaped conversion up to 25 cents.
Looking ahead, the Minister said a Vision 2031 seminar would beryllium held successful Thrissur connected October 25 to stitchery nationalist and adept sentiment connected the aboriginal functioning of the Revenue department.
The lawsuit was presided implicit by Revenue Secretary M.G. Rajamanickam. MLA P. Balachandran, District Collector Arjun Pandian, Land Revenue Joint Commissioner K. Meera, and different elder officials attended.
