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FCR Dr. Sumita Misra Announces Stringent Measures Including Monthly Targets, ADR Mechanism, and Performance-Based Incentives
Chandigarh, 29 December 2025
Financial Commissioner, Revenue and Disaster Management Department (FCR) Dr. Sumita Misra today issued comprehensive directions aimed at expediting the disposal of partition proceedings across the state. The initiative seeks to provide relief to thousands of citizens who have been facing prolonged hardship due to delays in revenue courts.
Dr. Misra emphasized that land partition proceedings constitute one of the most critical statutory responsibilities entrusted to Revenue Officers. After thorough examination, the FCR has issued a series of instructions and directions for immediate compliance, with the primary objective of ensuring time-bound disposal of partition cases.
Under the new directives, each Assistant Collector (Second Grade) has been mandated to dispose of a minimum of 12 partition cases per month. To ensure strict adherence to these targets, a robust three-tier monitoring mechanism has been established. Compliance will be reviewed on a monthly basis at the level of the Deputy Commissioner, Divisional Commissioner, and the Financial Commissioner Revenue. All districts have been directed to ensure strict monitoring and submit monthly progress reports without fail.
Addressing the issue of uneven workload distribution, Dr. Misra noted that certain Tehsildars are presently posted in branches with comparatively lesser workload. To optimize resource utilization, all Deputy Commissioners have been instructed to transfer pending partition cases to such Tehsildars. A minimum target of 20 cases per month has been fixed for these officers. District Collectors have also been directed to ensure equitable distribution of partition cases among all revenue courts under their administrative control, Dr. Misra added.
In a progressive step to facilitate amicable settlements and reduce litigation, the FCR has introduced an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism. Under this arrangement, Deputy Commissioners may engage retired Revenue Officers on a contractual basis specifically for disposal of pending partition cases.
She further stated that these retired officers will organize village-level ADR camps, wherein contesting parties will be encouraged to arrive at mutually agreed settlements through consensus. After reaching a settlement, the parties shall approach the concerned Revenue Officer for formal legal implementation. To incentivize this mechanism, an honorarium of Rs. 10,000 per successfully resolved case has been sanctioned, to be shared equally by the contesting parties. Detailed guidelines for the ADR mechanism have been provided to ensure transparency and fairness in the process.
Recognizing the need to enhance institutional capacity, the Dr. Sumita Misra has directed Deputy Commissioners to provide additional independent Readers to Revenue Officers wherever such support is currently lacking, and to establish independent revenue courts. To ensure regular access to justice, Regular Tehsildars and Naib Tehsildars have been mandated to hold revenue courts for a minimum of three days per week, while other designated officers shall hold courts for five days per week.
Dr. Misra said that in order to motivate efficient functioning and ensure accountability, a comprehensive performance review mechanism has been instituted. The performance of officers handling partition cases will be reviewed quarterly. As an incentive, the top five performing officers (excluding those already in revenue roles) may be posted to tehsils of their choice, subject to administrative feasibility.
Conversely, to ensure accountability, the bottom five officers posted in tehsils who consistently fail to achieve disposal targets may be shifted to non-revenue assignments. This carrot-and-stick approach is designed to create a culture of efficiency and responsiveness in the revenue administration.
Immediate Implementation of Substituted Section 111A
A critical aspect of the directive pertains to the enforcement of substituted Section 111A. This provision deals with compulsory partition in cases of joint holding between landowners. Under this section, the Divisional Commissioner is required to issue a notification specifying the date of giving effect to the provision and the name(s) of the revenue estate(s) to which it shall apply.
All Divisional Commissioners have therefore been directed to issue the requisite notification forthwith, within three days, as per the prescribed draft format.
The FCR has directed all concerned officers to ensure immediate implementation of the aforesaid instructions in letter and spirit. Partition cases shall be treated as a priority item of revenue court work, and no laxity or deviation from the prescribed targets, timelines, and procedures will be tolerated. All districts have been instructed to ensure that the provisions of substituted Section 111A are brought into effect without further delay.
Regular progress reports must be submitted to the office of the Financial Commissioner Revenue within the prescribed timelines. The FCR emphasized that this initiative aims to provide long-pending relief to the public and restore confidence in the revenue justice delivery system.
She stressed that the progress and performance of each revenue officer would be reviewed stringently as per these instructions any laxity would invite disciplinary action as well.
