Lekhpal will sit in the village secretariat from July 1, will get relief from the hassle of tehsil

There is going to be a big relief for the villagers of Uttar Pradesh from July 1. On the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, now Lekhpals in all the districts of the state will sit regularly in the village secretariats as per the prescribed roster. The Revenue Council has issued instructions to all the District Magistrates in this regard. After the implementation of the new system, villagers will not have to visit tehsils again and again for income, caste, residence certificate, Khatauni, inheritance and other revenue related works.

Revenue Council Commissioner and Secretary Kanchan Verma said that the aim of the government is to make revenue services more transparent, timely and accessible at the village level. Under this, a roster is being prepared to ensure regular presence of accountants in village secretariats in every district, which will be effective from July 1.

Major services of Revenue Department will be available in the village itself.

After the implementation of the new system, many important services of the Revenue Department including income certificate, caste certificate, residence certificate, status certificate, copy of Khatauni, inheritance will be available to the villagers in the Village Secretariat itself. The role of Lekhpal will be important in the timely disposal of online services operated through Panchayat assistants.

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Will get relief from the hassle of tehsil

Till now there was no fixed arrangement for the seating of accountants at the Gram Panchayat level. In such a situation, the villagers had to make several trips to the tehsil or other places even for small tasks. After the implementation of the new system, both time and money of the people will be saved, while the availability of government services will also improve.

Not just certificates, accountants also perform many important responsibilities.

Accountants are not limited to just issuing certificates. Many important works like Tehsil Day, Police Station Day, settlement of land disputes, ownership scheme, Kisan Samman Nidhi, relief and rehabilitation, disaster management, crop girdawari, agricultural census, census, investigation of illegal encroachments, public distribution system and verification of various government schemes are also included in his responsibility.

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New system will be implemented in the entire state from July 1

The Revenue Council has instructed all the District Magistrates to ensure proper seating arrangements for accountants in their respective districts and prepare rosters. The government believes that with this initiative, village secretariats will actually develop into ‘one stop service centres’ and villagers will be able to easily avail the benefits of government services in their villages.