Fard Kendra proving very beneficial for the general public to obtain their land records: Sidhu

By 121 News Reporter

Mohali 22^nd December:- With a view to provide all type of revenue services from single window to the citizens, the Farad Kendra established by the Govt. of Punjab is proving to be very beneficial for the general Public. Earlier it was very time consuming to get the land records from Tehsildar & Patwaris, but now with these Farad Kendras a lot of time & energy & money could be saved. Explaining this, Deputy Commissioner Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu said that 2 lacs 55 thousand 842 Farads & 9 lacs 99 thousand 411 attested copies have been issued through these Farad Kendras, so far.

Deputy Commissioner said that it takes hardly 10 to 15 minutes to get a land record through these Farad Kendras & with a nominal fee of Rs. 20/- petr page, one could easily get the attested copy of land record. Tejinder Pal Singh. sidhu said that there are 6 Farad Kendras located at DC office SAS Nagar, Tehsil Complex Kharar, Tehsil Complex Dera Bassi, Sub Tehsil Majri, Sub Tehsil Banur & Zirkpur which are working satisfactorily. He said that 34 Thousand 71 Farads & 1 lacs 23 Thousand 604 attested copies of land records have been issued through Farad Kendra at DC Office SAS Nagar. Farad Kendra at Tehsil Complex Kharar has issued 35 Thousand 785 Farads & 1 lacs 32 Thousand 286 pages of attested land record copies. Farad Kendra at Tehsil Complex Dera Bassi has issued 25 Thousand 247 Farads & 1 lacs 03 Thousand 749 pages of attested land record copies. Meanwhile Farad Kendra at Majri has issued 39 Thousand 748 Farads & 1 lacs 31  Thousand 514 pages of attested land record copies. Whereas Farad Kendra at market
 committee Banur has issued 7 Thousand 794 Farads & 33 Thousand 373 pages of attested land record copies.

He said that there are 464 villages falling within the jurisdiction of SAS Nagar district, out of which attested copies of land records are being provided on the spot for 435 villages and land record for these villages is being computerized & the entire record is online available. He said that for the remaining 29 urban villages, the land record will be computerized very soon.Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu further directed the entire staff of these Farad Kendras to ensure transparency in their work and said that negligence towards duty will not be acceptable. He said that entire revenue department in the district should ensure transparent & fair working.