An important decision has been taken in the cabinet meeting of the Punjab government. The government has denotified the land pooling policy. In such a situation, now this policy has been canceled. The meeting took place at the residence of CM Bhagwant Mann in Chandigarh. At the same time, approval was given to amend the Punjab Cooperative Societies Act 1961 and
to withdraw the exemption in stamp duty and registration fee for certain categories of cooperative societies. While the creation of the post of 'Panchayat Development Secretary' was also approved by combining the cadre of Panchayat Secretaries and Gram Sevaks (Gram Vikas Adhikaris). Although the Finance Minister was to hold the meeting earlier. But later it has been postponed.
Amendment in Cooperative Societies Act 1961
The cabinet approved amendment to the Punjab Cooperative Societies Act 1961 and to withdraw the exemption in stamp duty and registration fee for certain categories of cooperative societies. Exemption was made for compulsory registration under the Punjab Cooperative Societies Act, 1961,
which was originally meant to facilitate the growth of cooperative institutions, but this led to a situation that allowed property transactions (particularly in urban housing societies) to take place without formal registration or payment of stamp duty and registration charges.
This led to unregistered possession, benami transactions and other legally risky arrangements. Therefore, Sections 2 and 3 have been added by amending Section 37 of this Act,
Post of Panchayat Development Secretary created
To accelerate the development of rural areas through proper efficiency and monitoring, the Cabinet also approved the creation of the post of 'Panchayat Development Secretary' by merging the cadres of Panchayat Secretaries and Gram Sevaks (Village Development Officers).
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Subsequently, a State-level cadre for these posts will be created to accelerate rural development across Punjab. A 'dying cadre' will be created for the existing Panchayat Secretaries, who will be placed after the existing Gram Sevaks (VDOs) in the seniority list, on the basis of their self-declaration forms and as per their seniority.
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