Maharashtra to reorganise Talathi saza

* The ‘decisive’ meeting of State-level committee headed by Nagpur Divisional Commissioner held in the city on Friday

By Kartik Lokhande 

Maharashtra Government is in the process of reorganising Talathi Saza. In the ‘decisive’ meeting held at Divisional Commissionerate here on Friday, a special committee discussed the issues involved and decided to forward a proposal regarding increasing the number of posts of Talathi in the State.
The members of the committee made presentations on issues involved. It is learnt that the committee arrived at a decision to increase number of Talathi to over 3,000. Compared to the total number of Talathis today, this will be around 25 per cent increase in number of posts. Of these, around 400-450 may be created in Nagpur Division alone.
State Government had appointed a committee headed by Nagpur Divisional Commissioner to look at the issue of reorganisation of Talathi Saza in the State. At present, there are a total of 12,367 Talathi Saza, as per the ‘Functional Review Report of Revenue Department’ prepared by Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (YASHADA). Considering the ever-increasing workload on Talathis, the organisations representing Talathis had resorted to agitation and had sought increase in number of posts. Since then, the issue was under consideration of the State Government. Later on, the Government appointed a committee.
A top-level meeting of the committee was held earlier this year at Aurangabad to discuss the issue. Then, it was decided to meet again in Nagpur and share observations on the issues discussed. Accordingly, the ‘in-camera’ meeting was held at Divisional Commissionerate here on Friday. Settlement Commissioner Chandrakant Dalvi, Divisional Commissioner (Nagpur) and committee head Anoop Kumar, Divisional Commissioner (Amravati) D R Bansod, Divisional Commissioners of Nashik and Konkan divisions, Deputy Commissioners of Aurangabad and Pune attended the meeting. Deputy Commissioner M A H Khan, Deputy Commissioner Appasaheb Dhulaj, and representatives of Talathi Sanghatana also were present in the meeting.
Asked about the meeting, Divisional Commissioner (Nagpur) and committee head Anoop Kumar said that the issues were discussed at length. “All the members did a fantastic analytical work. Everyone hailed the hard work done by the team of Nagpur Divisional Commissionerate. Now, the committee is finalising its report. Within a week, the report will be submitted to State Government,” he told ‘The Hitavada’. However, he refused to share the details of the decisions taken in the meeting. “Since it was an in-camera meeting, sharing the details will be breach of norms,” he added.
After the meeting, the top-level officers also accorded a warm farewell to Amravati Divisional Commissioner D R Bansod who would be superannuating on July 31. Anoop Kumar presented a bouquet to and felicitated Bansod.

At a Glance * Divisional Commissioners -- 6
* District Collectors -- 35
* Sub-Divisional Officers -- 121
* Tehsils (Tehsildars) -- 358
* Revenue Circles -- 1,564
* Talathi Sazas (Talathis) -- 12,367
(Source: ‘Functional Review Report of Revenue Department’ by YASHADA)