In the name of ALLAH the Most

Beneficent, the Most Merciful

KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT MUZAFFABAD

Abdul HafeezDepartment of Agriculture

Date 18-2-2014Sponsor DS: Mr. Abdul Sattar Khan

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1ST Basic Management Course

Presentation on

• INTRODUCTION

• HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION

• RELEVANT LAWS

• FUNCTIONS

• MANAGEMENT

• MANAGEMENT STYLE

• ISSUES

• CONCLUSION

• RECOMMENDATIONS

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PRESENTATION FLOW

INTRODUCTION

Under the Rules of Business 1985 Schedual-I The AJ&K Board of

Revenue is the highest Court of Appeal and Revision in Revenue cases in

the State of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. It is the controlling Authority in all

matters related to the collection of land Revenue, Administration of the

land, preparation and maintenance of records and any other matter relating

thereto. The Board of Revenue is vested with general superintendence and

control over all other revenue officers in the state.

Source: Rules of Business 1985 Schedule-I 2 (i) (iii) & (xii) & 3 (i)

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HISTORY

1948 as Revenue Department of AJK under the Rules “Rules for the Grant of Land Revenue 1935” under the Land Acquisition Act 1884 headed by Financial commissioner (Secretary Revenue)

Board of Revenue established 1993 under the AJK Board of Revenue Act 1993 by integration of nine departments. Headed by SMBR.

1) Revenue

2) Rehabilitation

3) Relief

4) Evacuee Property

5) Mangla Dam Affairs

6) Settlement

7) Land Record

8) Stamps

9) Secretariat TransportSource: Merger of Certain Departments with the BoR .nt.dt 9-12-1992

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RELEVANT LAWS GOVERNING THE ORGANIZATION

AJK BoR Act 1993

Constitution of BoR (Nt. Dt. 9-12-1992

AJK BoR (conduct Meeting ) Rules 1993

AJK BoR (conduct Appeals and Revisions) rules 1993

Merger of Certain Departments with the BoR . Nt.dt 9-12-1992

Delegation of Powers BoR. Nt.dt 9-12-1992

AJK BoR Divisional and district Magistrate Service Rules 1993.

AJK Regularization of Notour and Grant of Khalsa Land Ordinance

1974

The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act,

2011 (II of 2011) (Deputy Commissioners given powers as District

Collector)

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FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT

• Collection of Land Revenue under Land Revenue Administration

• Revenue field staff, District and Divisional Establishment matters

connected with their Transfers, etc,

• Compulsory acquisition of land.

• Settlement and re-assessment.

• Rehabilitation of refugees.

• Evacuee property, its allotment,

• Relief and Rehabilitation of LOC affected persons.

• Land Commission.

• Mangla Dam Affairs.

• Colonization and disposal of state Lands; Transfer of state land

from one Department to another Department

• Computerization of Land Records

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FUNCTIONS…

• Preparation of Periodical Land Revenue Record.

• Evaluation of Record of Rights and other Land Record.

• Printing and distribution of Land Record forms.

• Establishment of Patwar Schools and selection & training of candidate

Patwaris.(not present )

• Maintenance of record regarding Land Revenue receipts and other fees

etc.

• Computerization of Land record(started at Dadyal, Dhirkot and Hattian)

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1. DIRECTORATE OF LAND RECORD

FUNCTIONS..

9

Preparation / Updating of Record of Rights.

Settlement completed.1. Muzaffarabad (except 02 villages) 2. Hattian Bala (except 13 villages) 3. Authmaqam -4. Bagh (except 02 village)5. Poonchh (except 03 villages)6. Sudhnoti -7. Haveli (except 06 villages)8. Mirpur (except 01 village)9. Bhimber (except 65 villages)

Settlement to be conducted District Kotli

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COMMISSIONER SETTLEMENT

EVACUEE PROPERTY

• Administration of Evacuee property.

• Control & Management of Evacuee Funds.

• Grant of Proprietary rights to the allottees.

• Disposal of revision petitions under rehabilitation laws.

• Service matters except those vested in S &GAD.

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FUNCTIONS…

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INSPECTORATE OF STAMPS

• Printing storage and distribution of Stamps.

• Inspection of Govt. treasuries and preparation of reports.

• Scrutiny of Stamp Duty.

INSPECTORATE OF STAMPS

MANAGEMENT AND STYLE OF AJK BOARD OF REVENUE

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Recruitment Policy

As under the Service Rules 1985 S&GAD Applies for

recruitment and Transfers

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Human Resources

Gazetted Staff:141

Non Gazetted: 1468

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MANAGEMENT STYLE…..ADMINISTRATIONORGANOGRAM

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ADMINISTRATIVE SET UP

Div Districts Sub Div Sub tehsils

MZD 3 7 2

Poonch 4 14 3

Mirpur 3 11 2

Total 10 32 7

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Board of Revenue

i) Revenue

ii) Rehabilitation

iii) Relief

iv) Evacuee Property

v) Mangla Dam Affairs

vi) Settlement

vii) Land Record

viii) Stamps

i) Divisional Commissioners

ii) Commissioner Rehabilitation

iii) Commissioner Relief

iv) Custodian Evacuee Property

v) Commissioner Mangla Dam Affairs

vi) Commissioner Settlement

vii) Director Land Record

viii) Chief Inspector Stemps

ATTACHED DEPARTMENTS

SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS

1. Revenue Academy Muzaffarbad.

2. Mian Muhammad BukhshPublic Library Mirpur.

3. AJ&K Land Commission

4. AJ&K Transport Authority

5. Revenue Foundation

Settlement Commissioner working as ex-officio Director.

Director

Chairman Land Commission (ex-officio)

Chairman (Presently addl. Charge with Secretary Sports, Youth & Culture)

Chairman (ex-officio)

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DISTRICT WISE DETAIL OF LAND/ AREA AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Name of District Detail of Land/ AreaKanal Marla

Muzaffarabad 1689764 0Hattian Bala 815494 0Neelum 436800 9Bagh 1345985 13Haveli (Kahuta) 898385 0Poonch (Rawalakot) 1301483 15Sudhnoti (Pallandri) 1110371 08Mirpur 1727960 12Bhimber 2612301 8Kotli 3413614 0

Total 1,53,52,160 17

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II. FINANCIAL RESOURCES (CURRENT YEAR BUDGET)

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Department Budget (Rs in millions)

Board of Revenue 29.733

Muzaffarabad Division 123.03

Mirpur Division 130.808

Poonch Division 141.425

Land Record Settlement 18.310

Stamps 13.396

Custodian(Evacuee Property) 86.616

Land Commissions 13.290

Kashmr Revenue Academy 3.853

Total 560.461

II. FINANCIAL RESOURCES INCOME & RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR 2012-13

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Revenue Income(Millions)

Mutation Fee 0.378

Copies of the documents 0.151

Lease/Teh Zamini 10.044

Stamp Duty 12.088

Total 22.661

IV. TECHNICAL RESOURCES

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REVENUE ACADEMY

• Established in 2008 at Muzaffarabad by funding of “Asian Development

Bank.

• The aim is to prepare Officers & Staff to ensure better service delivery

and redressal of public grievances.

• It has conducted Revenue Training Programs for under training Revenue

Officers (ACs, EACs, Tehsildars & Naib Tehsildars) and Refresher

Courses for Revenue Officers and Staff.

• Training Programs include Land Settlement and a sufficient knowledge

of Land Laws.

• Number of Revenue Officers & Staff trained so far is 491.

• Project was closed on June 2010, but keeping in view the need and worth

it is now being run from the Land Commission Funds.

Division-wise Detail of Revenue/ Acquisition Cases(1995 to date)

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Name of

Division

Total Cases Decided Under

Hearing

Total

Award

Cases

Award

Issued

Under

Process

MZD 241 61 180 173 19 153

Mirpur 2661 2175 486 145 38 107

Poonch 588 161 427 144 51 93

G.Total 3490 2397 1093 462 108 353

ISSUES

BoR and all attached Departments

Office and Residential accommodation, including Patwar

khanas.

Monitoring and Evaluation System not effective

Disposal of Revenue and Acquisitions cases are very slow

Wastage of Land Commision fund

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ISSUES…CONT

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Settlement

Settlement of 65 villages of Chamb still pending

Land Record

style and management operations

Very old method of record keeping

Very meager Funds for Printing of Forms.

Budget deficit (Rs. 1,13,65,500/- are to be paid to Govt. Printing Press).

Revenue Academy

Not functioning closed due to lack of funds

Monoply of Patwaries, bribery, political interference, patwaris has

hired their own munshies and private clerks who are involved in

corruption

CONCLUSION

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Having said all the above functions, management , operations and

human, financial and physical resources of the BoR , it can be

concluded that the Revenue Department is one of the important

department of the state. It faces a lot of pressure and interaction with

civil society. The management style of the department seems multi-

funtionary and lack in human, physical, financial and technical

resources. The modus operandi at gross root level especially by

patwaris is outdated. Lack/insufficient patwarkhanas is the other

obstacle that hamper the smooth functioning of the department.

RECOMMENDATIONS

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• A Special Revenue Magistrate should be at each District to hear the land

Disposal of Revenue/Acquisition cases to speed up the cases

• Provision of office and residential accommodation especially to Patwaris,

• Establishment of Patwar Schools

• Provision of funds/Developmental funds for capacity building

• Settlement of 65 villages of Chamb

• Preparation of fresh Land Revenue Record for left over areas.

• Computerization of Land Revenue Record in whole state of AJK.

• Strengthening of Revenue Academy as a quality Training Institution.

RECOMMENDATIONS

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• A Complaint Cell headed by the Additional Deputy Commissioners

with representation of Civil Society

• M&E system should be more effective

• Revenue of Land(Malia) sould be restored that will generate more

receipts(income generation to the State

• Land Commission fund should be deposited in State Deposit Head

• Kalsa Sarkar Land situated in Town areas etc should be auctioned

in stead of lease grant,(income from this auctioned should be used

for welfare of people)

CONT…..

RECOMMENDATIONS

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• No Patwari should keep private clerk / Munshi, in case of failure,

action under AJK (Efficiency & Discipline) Rules, 2011 shall be

initiated against the concerned Patwaris

• The Patwaris discretionary powers should be ceased by installing

Rates of Taxes on the Notice Board in the offices of Patwari,

Tehsildars and Sub – Registrars as well as Additional Assistant

Commissioners (Revenue) in the Districts for awareness of the general

public.

CONT…..

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Thanks