Unhappy over large number of complaints related to land disputes, Bihar CM summons chief secy

PATNA: Unhappy after receiving a series of complaints regarding land disputes and non-execution of orders passed by the public grievance redressal officers at his weekly “Janata Ke Darbar Mein Mukhyamantri” programme; Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday summoned chief secretary Tripurari Sharan and asked him to look into the matter of utter negligence by subordinate officers.
“Look, what is happening. The cases of land disputes and matters of utter negligence by the block-level officers are continuously pouring in at the Janata Darbar. Majority of the matters are related to negligence by the officers of the circle office and local police stations. It has also surfaced that the orders by the public grievance redressal officers under the Bihar Right to Public Grievance Redressal Act-2015 are not being executed by the concerned officers. People are complaining that the circle officers are not executing the order,” Nitish told the chief secretary.
The CM also pointed out that a committee headed by then chief secretary was constituted in 2018 to look into the issues and disputes related to Bhoodan movement lands. “Till date, the report of the said committee has not been submitted,” Nitish said.
The CM further asked the chief secretary to review as to what work the committee has done so far and what kind of progress the committee has made so far.
The CM heard the grievances of a total of 153 visitors who had come from different districts to join the ‘Janata Ke Darbar Mein’ programme, and issued instant instructions to the concerned officials. Cases related to the general administration department, home, revenue and land reforms, prohibition, excise and registration, vigilance and mines and geology departments were heard by the CM during today’s programme.
A youth from Muzaffarpur complained to the CM that no work was executed without receiving money as bribe in the office of DCLR and land registrar at Muzaffarpur. Employees at the registrar office demand even up to Rs 10,000 for providing certified copies of land records. “When I told the employees that I am going to complain to the CM, they taunted and said nothing adverse would happen against them, even if I go to the PM office to complain against them,” the youth also alleged that the registrar office employees even make unsavory remarks against the CM.
Hearing the youth’s complaint, the CM expressed displeasure and asked the additional chief secretary (revenue and land reforms) to conduct a thorough probe into the youth’s allegations.