STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The government on Friday constituted four-member District Level Standing Committees (DLSCs) for addressing litigation regarding encroachment of State/Departmental land.
“Sanction is accorded to constitution of the District Level Standing Committee for each district for dealing with court matters involving encroachment of State/Departmental land,” reads an order issued by, Dr Piyush Singla, Secretary, General Administration Department.
As per order, the committee will be headed by Deputy Commissioner (concerned) as its Chairperson while Superintendent of Police, representative of the concerned Department and representative of Director Litigation will be its Members.
“The Committee shall finalize the draft objections to be submitted by the concerned Officer Incharge Litigation within a period of 15 days within receipt of the draft objections by the concerned Department,” it stated and added, “The draft objections so finalized shall be thereafter submitted to the appropriate office within a period of 15 days thereof.”
The order further stated that the Deputy Commissioner shall take periodic review of all pending cases, on monthly basis, preferably on second Monday to expedite the draft objections. It is further ordered that Deputy Commissioner, shall nominate senior-most officer of the concerned Department as Officer-In-Charge for each case.