Several revenue officials transferred in J-K

The Jammu and Kashmir government today transferred several revenue department officers here after it receiving complaints alleging that they were involved in a nexus with land grabbers.
On the directions of Minister for Revenue Javaid Mustafa Mir, Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Dr Pawan Kotwal today transferred Shabir Ahmed Naib Tehsildar Bahu to Niabet Koteranka (Kandi) Rajouri, Abdul Shakoor Naib Tehsildar Rakh Bahu to Niabet Ratanpur Sarara and Bashir Ahmed Malik Naib Tehsildar Ratanpur Sarara (Samba) to Naibet Bahu, an official spokesman said.
He said that seven girdawars working in Bahu tehsil against one sanctioned post have also been attached in the office of Divisional Commissioner.

The Girdawers attached are Bodh Raj, Mohd Maqbool, Karam Dutt Khan, Mohammad Ashraf, Mohammad Hanief, Tanveer Hussain and Sajjad Hussain, he said.
He said that the revenue minister initiated the step after it was brought to his notice that a nexus existed between the field functionaries of the revenue department and some land grabbers.
In order to streamline functioning in Bahu tehsil and to instill work ethics and transparency, a senior most tehsildar from among the direct recruits has been recently posted as tehsildar, he said.
He said that all the staff has been changed from tehsil Bahu where from a large number of complaints were received from people.

This action is a message to all the field functionaries that work ethics and transparency are to be maintained at all costs, and corruption and dereliction of duty shall not be tolerated, the spokesman said.