Punjab: 46 thousand mutations pending, officials warned of action
Punjab: The rising number of overdue mutations in 180 tehsils and sub-tehsils has set the alarm bells ringing in the government.
As 46,125 mutations were pending till March 24, Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Finance Commissioner Anurag Verma shot off a letter to all Deputy Commissioners, Sub-Divisional Magistrates, Tehsildars and Naib Tehsildars to review the situation and clear the pendency by April 4.
According to information, 7,746 mutations are pending in Ludhiana, 4,479 in Mohali, 2,941 in Amritsar, 2,901 in Tarn Taran and 2,611 in Patiala.
Ludhiana East tehsil has maximum overdue mutations (2,316), followed by Tarn Taran (1,264), Patiala (1,108), Ludhiana West (1007) and Zirakpur (1,000).
“It must be made clear to the tehsildars, naib tehsildars, kanungos and patwaris that if any overdue mutation is pending after April 4, strict action will be taken against them,” reads the order by the ACS-cum-FCR.
Forty-five days from the day of the registry is the time-limit to complete a mutation, said officials of the Revenue Department, adding that technical glitches and inheritance cases add to backlog.
The pendency in Ludhiana is peculiar given that some officials were caught in a corruption case by the Vigilance Bureau after which the state government and revenue officials remained at loggerheads.
Least pendency has been recorded in Muktsar (1,123), SBS Nagar (1,016), Rupnagar (673) and Bathinda (592).
In November 2024, the department had issued a letter to the DCs, SDMs, DROs, tehsildars and naib tehsildars and directed them to launch a special campaign and decide all pending dispute-free mutations by December 31.
