Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Board of Revenue on Friday launched its new website and a quarterly journal aimed at making revenue administration more transparent, accessible and citizen-centric.
Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari formally launched the two initiatives at an event attended by Board of Revenue Member Satyabrata Sahu, Secretary Laxmikant Sethi and senior officials of the revenue administration and other departments.
Pujari said the initiatives marked a new chapter in making technology, information and judicial knowledge more accessible within the revenue administration. He stressed the need to strengthen the Board’s infrastructure and manpower to improve efficiency and ensure speedy disposal of land-related cases.
The minister also lauded the Board for its prompt and impartial decisions, particularly those recently taken for the protection and restoration of the land assets of Mahaprabhu Shri Jagannath.
Sahu said the new website integrates the Board’s administrative legacy with modern technology and provides organised information on its activities, branches and divisions. It also provides access to information relating to major revenue institutions, including the Commissioner of Land Reforms, Commissioner of Land Records and Settlement, Commissioner of Consolidation and Inspector General of Registration.
The quarterly journal has been introduced as a knowledge-based reference on revenue laws, judicial trends and complex land and revenue matters. It will carry important and landmark orders concerning land disputes, correction of land records, classification of land, title, possession, mutation, leases and government land, among other issues.
The Board said the journal was earlier published annually, but the pace of case disposal has increased significantly. Around 11,000 cases have been disposed of by 41 Revisional Courts functioning under the Board in the past eight months, prompting the shift to quarterly publication.
The journal is expected to serve as a reference for revenue courts and officers, including Tahasildars, Additional Tahasildars and Sub-Collectors, helping ensure consistency in decision-making, proper application of law and greater transparency in the judicial process.
