PANAJI
The government has decided to dispose the around 700 pending mundkarial cases languishing in the quasi-judicial magisterial courts for the past several years within the next two months with January 31 next year as a deadline.
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said dedicated mamlatdar courts dealing with Mundkarial cases will also work on Saturdays for which a high level meeting will be held on Monday morning to work out and finalise the modalities.
In several talukas, mundkarial cases have been pending for long and Sawant indicated that the January 31, 2024 deadline will be set to dispose the around 700 such cases.
Earlier in September, the revenue department had issued a circular for appointing dedicated mamlatdars to hear and dispose the backlog of mundkar cases.
In that circular, there were instructions to both the District Collectors to appoint dedicated mamlatdars to hear the cases by keeping the revenue courts functional on Saturdays as well.
Sawant said in Monday’s meeting more measures will be finalised like limiting adjournments to just three in each case, quick disposal of those cases which are over three years old and disseminating information about hearings and adjournments to the litigants through SMS from registered mobile phones.
Also a time limit of 30 days to pass final judgment orders after hearings are completed is expected to be issued in Monday’s meeting.
