Loralai DC reviews agricultural income tax recovery and revenue matters

LORALAI: 28 October. The eleventh review meeting on agricultural income tax recovery and administrative matters of the Revenue Department was held under the chairmanship of Loralai Deputy Commissioner Captain (retd) Muhammad Haseeb Shuja. The meeting reviewed in detail revenue matters, tax collection and the overall performance of the Revenue Department.

Agricultural income tax and revenue matters

The meeting considered in detail agricultural income tax recovery, recovery of past dues, correction and completion of revenue records, pending revenue cases, protection of state land and the performance of various branches of the Revenue Department. The revenue officers concerned briefed the Deputy Commissioner on progress in agricultural income tax recovery and other revenue matters. The meeting also reviewed tax collection in various tehsils, action against defaulters and the current position of pending cases.

Deputy Commissioner Captain (retd) Muhammad Haseeb Shuja directed the officers concerned to achieve the set targets for recovery of agricultural income tax and other government revenue at all costs. He also directed them to speed up the recovery of government dues from defaulters. He made it clear that no negligence or unnecessary delay in recovering amounts due as revenue would be tolerated.

Directing that pending revenue cases be disposed of on a priority basis in accordance with the law and rules, he said effective steps should be taken to spare the public unnecessary delays in revenue matters. He said every case should be decided on time under the prescribed legal procedure.

Correction of records and state land

The Deputy Commissioner also stressed the correction of revenue records and making them secure in line with modern requirements. He said any error, irregularity or incompleteness in land records could cause difficulties for the public and the administration in future. He directed the officers concerned to ensure scrutiny and verification of records.

He also issued instructions to the authorities concerned on protecting state land. He said any illegal occupation of or Encroachments on government land should be identified in time and action taken in accordance with the law.

The Deputy Commissioner said the Revenue Department was an important part of the district administration, and its performance was directly linked to resolving public problems and collecting government revenue. He said revenue officers should therefore perform their duties honestly, transparently and responsibly, and provide timely facilities to the public in revenue matters.

He added that transparency, accountability, effective monitoring and timely relief for the public in the Revenue Department’s system were among the district administration’s top priorities. He said the performance of all officers concerned would be reviewed regularly, and negligence, unnecessary delay or any irregularity in the performance of duties would not be tolerated.

At the end of the meeting, the Deputy Commissioner directed the officers concerned to ensure that the instructions given at the meeting were implemented within the set time and that a full progress report was presented at the next review meeting.

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