WORK FOR PEOPLE, RESOLVE PROBLEMS AT DISTRICT LEVEL: CM TELLS OFFICERS
CM addresses batch of 97 PCS officers after giving them appointment letters
LUCKNOW : Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said officers posted in districts were probably not taking interest in resolving problems of the people, who find it easier to take their grievances to higher levels for redressal.
“There were hundreds of people with applications this morning (in Gorakhpur). It took me two hours to meet them. But I met every person. Problems of 90 per cent of the people were related to revenue department. If all SDMs, tehsildars and others listen to their problems and resolve them in a time bound manner, will these people come to me. No,” Yogi said while addressing a new batch of 97 PCS officers at a programme organized here to give them appointment letters.
LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said officers posted in districts were probably not taking interest in resolving problems of the people, who find it easier to take their grievances to higher levels for redressal.
“There were hundreds of people with applications this morning (in Gorakhpur). It took me two hours to meet them. But I met every person. Problems of 90 per cent of the people were related to revenue department. If all SDMs, tehsildars and others listen to their problems and resolve them in a time bound manner, will these people come to me. No,” Yogi said while addressing a new batch of 97 PCS officers at a programme organized here to give them appointment letters.
Yogi, who returned from Gorakhpur in the afternoon, used
the occasion to not only convey how his government was giving jobs, in a transparent manner, but also to give a lesson or two to the young officers, and asked them to become good officers and provide better administration. He said the people were not only from Gorakhpur but from nearby districts and may have got disappointed after meeting officers in their district.
“It is possible that their problems were not heard. Many of them may not have gone to their respective tehsil. Many of them may have found it easy to come to me directly. But a large number
of them may have gone to the lekhpal, nayab tehsildar, tehsildar, SDM, ADM and DM. But when they did not get justice, they might have felt disappointed and waited for the CM’s visit to Gorakhpur,” he said.
The chief minister also referred to his recent directives to the state revenue department to run a special campaign for ‘varasat’ (inheritance) cases and said he has had first-hand experience about how such cases remain pending.
“I know this personally. My Guruji died in 2014 and the issue of ‘varasat’ remained pending. I was an MP from 1998 to 2017. I was an MP when I applied for this (varasat to the trust). The work on varasat remained pending for two years. I had to speak to the DM. One can imagine what will happen to a common man under such a situation,” said Yogi.
He said he had given freedom to officers and there was no political interference. “Why should a common man run from pillar to post to get justice when there is no political interference? Justice should be done to them at their doorstep,” he said.
Yogi said a major issue of dispute was measurement of land. “Murders do not take place for large chunks of land. Major disputes continue for long time. Small disputes, for a small piece of land, lead to major incidents . If our tehsils become sensitive, we can run a campaign and take steps,” he said.
He said people speak good about good officers. He said people conveyed thanks when officers not working for the people were removed. “Do you want to earn goodwill of the people… or spoil your career,” he said.
He asked the officers to work for the people.