Commissioner of Jalandhar Division Mr. B Purushartha today asked the Deputy Commissioners of seven districts to expedite the process for recovering pending dues from willful defaulters by initiating stern action against them.Presiding over a review meeting regarding Revenue here today at the local Circuit House with the Deputy Commissioners of Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Hoshiarpur, Amritsar and Tarn Taran, the Divisional Commissioner asked the Deputy Commissioners to accord top priority to the collection of the pending arrears from the defaulters. He said that the Deputy Commissioners should ask the concern officer/ official to ensure that there was zero cases of recovery pending towards them. Mr. Purushartha asked the Deputy Commissioners to fix the accountability of those officers/ officials who fail to perform their duty accordingly.The Divisional Commissioner asked the Deputy Commissioners that the willful defaulters should not be spared at any cost and stern action should be taken against them.
He said that the Revenue officers should be directed to initiate the proceedings of attaching the properties of the affluent defaulters. Mr. Purushartha said that the main focus must be on recovering every single penny back from the defaulters by taking every possible action.Meanwhile, dwelling on another agenda the Divisional Commissioners asked the Deputy Commissioners to evolve a proper mechanism to send the required record from the lower courts to his court. He said that the service of required record must be prompt so as to ensure that the public was facilitated by timely disposal of the appeals in his court. Mr. Purushartha also asked the Deputy Commissioners to further streamline the system of pendency of the different files in various branches of their offices.Prominent amongst others present on the occasion included Deputy Commissioner Kapurthala Mr. Mohammed Tayyab, Deputy Commissioner Hoshiarpur Ms. Isha Kalia, Deputy Commissioner Amritsar Mr. KS Sangha, Deputy Commissioner Tarn Taran Mr. Pradeep Sabharwal, Deputy Commissioner Pathankot Mr. Rambir, Deputy Commissioner Gurdaspur Mr. Vipul Ujjawal, Additional Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Mr. Jasbir Singh and others.