UP govt to copy EC format to resolve 700,000 pending land dispute cases

The UP Revenue Board is gearing up to launch a three-month long state-wide special drive during January-March 2018 to resolve land disputes

Alarmed at the number of land disputes pending with the revenue courts in Uttar Pradesh (UP), the Yogi Adityanath government will now replicate the format of the Election Commission (EC) to spot verify and cut pendency of such cases.

Over 700,000 cases are pending before about 2,333 state revenue courts at the courts of the naib tehsildar, tehsildar, collector, commissioner and Board of Revenue in UP. Land cases pending for over five years number almost 100,000 and the bulk of such cases pertain to Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Agra, Lucknow, Faizabad, and Azamgarh.

Recently, Chief Minister Adityanath had expressed concern over pendency of land