Bengaluru: Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda took officers to job over pending instances on the Assistant Commissioners’ (AC) courts throughout a gathering with sub-divisional officers by way of video convention on Friday.
Not happy with the mounting pendency earlier than AC Courts for the final seven months and the justifications given by the officers that they have been deputed for election responsibility, the minister requested, “Is election work only an obstacle for serving the public and not for making money?”
There have been over 30 sub-divisional officers and zonal commissioners from Mandya, Chikkaballapur, Chikkamagaluru, Tumakuru, Koppal, Belagavi,
Mysuru and Dakshina Kannada districts.
“Despite setting targets for the officials to resolve the cases pending at AC courts, the public were made to visit the courts repeatedly and even the pace of resolving the cases has been stalled,” he expressed displeasure.
As per the small print shared, there are over 36,430 instances pending earlier than AC courts throughout the state, of which, Bengaluru North zone alone accounted for five,419 instances adopted by Bengaluru South zone with 4,351.
Interestingly, the officers at these zones have registered 65% of the instances outdoors their jurisdiction.
Expressing his anger over registering instances past their jurisdiction, the minister questioned, particularly the Bengaluru South and North ACs, how a lot cash they’ve made to register the instances.
“You both have registered cases outside your jurisdiction, how much money did you take to register the cases which were not under your purview,” he requested.
Published 23 August 2024, 23:52 IST
