Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Friday instructed concerned offers to draft a new Revenue Act and as well a new Municipal Act , besides new Telangana Urban Policy to provide corruption and hassle free services to the people better than the existing.
He felt, the Telangana Urban Policy needs to be drafted keeping in view the idea of developing the Urban areas.
He said that under the able-guidance of the District Collector or the District Administrative officer (whatever might be the nomenclature), an IAS officer, an effective official system has to be established consisting of important officers, who would be known as an Additional Collector or Additional District Administrative Officers to work as a team.
The CM explained that this official team would be responsible for sanctioning of layouts and assessment of properties, mutations etc. He also said that on the lines of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) it may be contemplated to create the Telangana State Administrative Service (TSAS).
He made these observations at a high-level review meeting at Pragathi Bhavan on formulation of new Revenue Act and new Municipal Act.
Ministers Erraballe Dayakar Rao, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, V Srinivas Goud, Council Whip Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, MPs BB Patil, Kotha Prabhakar Reddy MLAs K T Rama Rao, Balk Suman, Vivekanand Goud, MLC Bhanu Prasad, Chief Advisor Rajiv Sharma, Chief Secretary SK Joshi, Senior officers S Narsing Rao, Sunil Sharma, Arvind Kumar, Smita Sabarwal, Nitu Prasad and Secretary Legislature Niranjan Rao and others attended the meeting.
“There cannot be a greater responsibility than providing better and qualitative services to the people by peoples representatives and officers. People should get their work done in government offices without paying even a single rupee as bribe.
In Revenue offices, Municipalities and Village Panchayats people should be able to get their works done without bribing anyone. For this effective and strong Acts are to be formulated. Unfortunately, due to the irresponsibility’s of political parties the local self – government system have degenerated. They are to be made as effective working administrative divisions, he said.
He also opined that the Zilla Parishads and the Mandal Parishads too should have clarity about their roles and responsibilities. By creating new districts, new divisions, new mandals, new municipalities and new village panchayats, the government committed to bring in administrative reforms. “It is possible only when in these offices people get their work done without any scope for corruption then the objective of these reforms will be fulfilled,” the Chief Minister added.
“Day-in and day-out I have been receiving complaints from the people in large numbers. Their grievance is that they are not able to get their works done in government offices unless they bribe. They are blaming the government. Why should the government be cursed like this? Why should people bribe the officers?” he asked and added; “We should put a corruption free system in place”.
For this effective and strong Acts are to be formulated as well implemented effectively. Have to create environs where the people develop confidence in these institutions, where people feel get their work done without any hassles. None should pay even a single rupee for any work.
A powerful official body has to be there headed by District Chief Administrative Officer and consisting of senior officers of the district at the district level.