Due to shortage of sub-registrars, offices are headed by clerical staff
Yogesh.Kabirdoss@timesgroup.com
Chennai:22.02.2019
A shortage of subregistrars has led to clerical staff heading at least seven sub-registrar offices in and around the city. The offices should be led by sub-registrars in the rank of district registrars.
Official sources with the registration department said 172 of the 767 sub-registrar posts or about one-fifth of them have not been filled. “This has resulted in staff below the rank of sub-registrars, such as assistants (in the grade of clerk), acting as officers at the registration offices,” an official said. Chennai zone, comprising 64 sub-registrar offices spread across the city, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts, does not have sub-registrars heading seven offices. “Of these, a few include registration offices that should have officials designated as district registrars. But, they are headed by clerks,” the source added. These offices include the ones in Sowcarpet, Sembium, Chennai Central Joint I and II, sources said.
The posts are usually filled through direct recruitment or by promoting existing staff. While registration department sources said 20% of subregistrar posts are vacant, several clerical-level officials facing disciplinary action could not be promoted.
There are 575 sub-registrar offices functioning across the state and of those offices registering more than 5,000 documents annually must have a joint sub-registrar as well. Sub-registrars are also engaged in other wings of the registration department, such as guidelines and chits and societies at the district registrar offices.
The registration department is a key source of revenue for the state government. This fiscal, property registration has generated revenue of ₹5,750 crore from April 2018 to November 2018, of which Chennai zone contributed nearly 45%.
When contacted, a senior registration department official said as per rules clerical staff can serve as the registration officer.
Official sources with the registration department said 172 of the 767 sub-registrar posts or about one-fifth of them have not been filled
Yogesh.Kabirdoss@timesgroup.com
Chennai:22.02.2019
A shortage of subregistrars has led to clerical staff heading at least seven sub-registrar offices in and around the city. The offices should be led by sub-registrars in the rank of district registrars.
Official sources with the registration department said 172 of the 767 sub-registrar posts or about one-fifth of them have not been filled. “This has resulted in staff below the rank of sub-registrars, such as assistants (in the grade of clerk), acting as officers at the registration offices,” an official said. Chennai zone, comprising 64 sub-registrar offices spread across the city, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts, does not have sub-registrars heading seven offices. “Of these, a few include registration offices that should have officials designated as district registrars. But, they are headed by clerks,” the source added. These offices include the ones in Sowcarpet, Sembium, Chennai Central Joint I and II, sources said.
The posts are usually filled through direct recruitment or by promoting existing staff. While registration department sources said 20% of subregistrar posts are vacant, several clerical-level officials facing disciplinary action could not be promoted.
There are 575 sub-registrar offices functioning across the state and of those offices registering more than 5,000 documents annually must have a joint sub-registrar as well. Sub-registrars are also engaged in other wings of the registration department, such as guidelines and chits and societies at the district registrar offices.
The registration department is a key source of revenue for the state government. This fiscal, property registration has generated revenue of ₹5,750 crore from April 2018 to November 2018, of which Chennai zone contributed nearly 45%.
When contacted, a senior registration department official said as per rules clerical staff can serve as the registration officer.
Official sources with the registration department said 172 of the 767 sub-registrar posts or about one-fifth of them have not been filled
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