Raj govt directed to appoint 3 officers in every district to dispose of piling revenue cases

The Rajasthan High Court has directed the state government to appoint three assistant collectors in every district to deal with the mounting pendency of revenue cases in the state.

In the wake of the impending assembly polls, the court ordered that the government will comply with this direction within two weeks of declaration of the election result.

A division bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nadrajog and Justice P S Bhati gave these directions while disposing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by Moti Singh, who claimed that over 3.80 lakh revenue cases and appeals have been pending in the state for the past two decades.

"The first level officer for hearing of the cases under Rajasthan Tenancy Act 1955 and Rajasthan Land Revenue Act 1956, is the Assistant Collector (ADM) and they remain busy with work related to administration most of the time with no adequate time to hear the revenue cases," Singh said.

Terming this to be a major cause of augmented pendency of the cases, the ...