Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has instructed authorities concerned to formulate new acts to provide corruption and hassle free services to the people at Revenue department offices, Municipalities and local bodies in the state.
"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 irresponsibilities of political parties the local self-government system have degenerated," the release quoted the chief minister saying Friday.
The Chief Minister also said his government contemplated creating the Telangana State Administrative Service on the lines of Indian Administrative Service (IAS). KCR held a high-level review meeting at Pragathi Bhavan this afternoon on formulation of a new Revenue and Municipal Act.
"The roles and responsibilities of Collector or District Administrative Officer, Additional Collector or Additional Administrative Officer has to be clearly drafted," he said. Layout permissions, assessment of properties and other such regulated works have to be carried out by the team headed by the IAS officer, who will be the Collector or District
Administrative Officer, he added. The Telangana Urban Policy should be drafted in such a way that the needs of the people in urban areas are addressed,
Rao said.
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