Nawanshahr, June 26
Now residents of the district need not seek a “sifarish” or make several rounds to seek the favour of the revenue patwaris for getting their mutations done, thanks to the innovative delivery mechanism evolved for providing a hassle-free and transparent facility of deciding mutation cases and that too in a time-bound manner.

A special counter, which perhaps is the first of its kind in the country, has been set up at the Suvidha Centre here.

“A person desirous of getting mutation of his/her land just has to submit an application along with copies of the requisite documents (sale deed, will or decision of the court, etc.), an affidavit and a fee of Rs 150 at the counter. If the person has already deposited the fee at the time of registration of the land, he can submit a copy of the receipt as no extra charges other than the government fee would be charged for the delivery of the service. A receipt would be issued to the applicant from the suvidha counter,” said Deputy Commissioner Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, while divulging details to The Tribune here on Thursday.

“From the suvidha counter, the application would be sent to the patwari concerned who would have to register the mutation and send his report to the Tehsildar concerned within 10 days,” said the DC, adding that with it the first hurdle of registering the mutation would be crossed.

Then the applicant would be given a date by the Tehsildar in writing with his own hand on the back of the receipt for appearing before him for the final decision.

This process would help doing away with the excuses on the basis of which sometimes the mutation cases are decided or dismissed, the DC said. After hearing both the parties, the Tehsildar would decide the mutation case on merit within the stipulated time mentioned on the back of the receipt. “The on-line monitoring of the mutation cases would be made regularly by him and the officials concerned would be grilled for the delay,” said Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, adding that the revenue officials had been asked to ensure transparency in deciding the cases on merit, otherwise strict action would be taken against them. Recently, Gurpreet Singh, a revenue patwari posted at Poonia, was suspended for issuing a “farad” based on a fake mutation. 

Amritsar, June 26
Damdami Taksal has urged Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to restrain the Wakf Board from encroaching on the land of the Sikh shrines in Pakistan.

Taksal Chief Harnam Singh Dhumma said the step of the Wakf Board had hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community. He said soon a delegation of the Taksal would meet the High Commissioner of Pakistan in New Delhi and would submit a representation to be forwarded to the Pakistani President, the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister, West Punjab (Pakistan).

About 35 acres belonging to Gurdwara Dera Chahal on the outskirts of Lahore was allegedly being transferred by the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC) and the Wakf Board to the DHO branch of the Pakistan army. The gurdwara belonged to Babe Nanki.

Resentment prevailed among the various Sikh organisations and devotees in Europe, Canada, America and England, who wanted to construct a serai.

Dhumma appealed to the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee and other Sikh organisations to pressurise the Indian government to take up the matter with its Pakistani counterpart to stop the auction of gurdwara land.

Amritsar, June 26
Guru Nanak Dev University has extended the last date for submission of application forms for admission to one-year job-oriented certificate and diploma courses for matriculate and plus two-pass unemployed youth for the session 2009-10 till July 3.

Prof R.S. Sandhu, Director of the Department of Adult Continuing Education, said the matric-pass girls were eligible for admission to one-year certificate course in dress designing, cutting and tailoring, while plus two-pass girls could seek admission to diploma in textile designing, diploma in cosmetology, diploma in computer application and diploma in computer hardware maintenance.

The plus two-pass boys could seek admission to diploma in computer hardware maintenance only, he added. He said the courses would start on the university campus here.

The admission forms for the same could be obtained from the office of the department situated on the second floor of Working Women’s Hostel (university campus) and filled forms could be submitted to the same department by July 3. Earlier, the last date for submission of forms was June 26.

The Director of the Department of Adult Continuing Education said the interview for admission to diploma in textile designing and diploma in cosmetology would be held on July 6, for diploma in computer hardware maintenance on July 7 and for diploma in computer applications on July 8 in the office of the Adult Education Department.

Prof R.S. Sandhu said the interview for admission to certificate course in dress designing, cutting and tailoring would be conducted on July 13 (10 am).