The Revenue Department of Washim district in Maharashtra focuses primarily on land administration, which includes land revenue collection, record keeping, and resolution of land-related issues, as well as managing other government dues and assisting in disaster management.
Here is a more detailed overview of their work:
Land Administration and Revenue Collection:
Land Records:
They maintain and update records of land ownership, rights, and transactions.
Land Revenue:
They assess, collect, and recover land revenue from landowners.
Allocation and Settlement:
They handle the allocation and settlement of government lands, issuance of leases and pattas (land ownership certificates).
Government Dues:
They recover various government dues, including land development tax, irrigation dues, and other recoverable arrears of land revenue.
Land Dispute Resolution:
They play a role in resolving land-related disputes and assisting citizens in land-related matters.
Other Responsibilities:
Disaster Management: They help in the administration and monitoring of flood and drought measures, provide emergency relief to those affected by natural calamities.
Safeguarding Government Property: They are responsible for safeguarding government property.
Agriculture and Livestock Census: They do work related to agriculture and livestock census.
Small Savings: They handle work related to small savings.
Revenue Buildings: They are responsible for the administration and maintenance of revenue buildings.
Supervision of Revenue Affairs: They supervise the work of all revenue affairs in the state.
Assistance to the Government: They assist the government in various matters related to revenue and land administration.
Rehabilitation Branch
- Revenue Department Objective and work
- Land Grant cases
- Transfer of quasi-judicial cases to other revenue officers
- Conversion of Class-2 cases into Class-1
- Removal of encroachments on government land
- Handling of urban land and space demand and permanent lease cases
- Encroachment cases as per rules
- Cases regarding freehold
- Tribal land sale cases, referral of tribal to non-tribal cases to the government, restitution of tribal land
- Collective and individual forest rights claims
- Determining the demand and target of land revenue