Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar has asked all Collectors to grade now non-functional Village Revenue Officers (VROs) in their respective districts and send them to the government leading to speculation that they may be accommodated in other departments.
The government had abolished the VRO system in the State when Dharani portal of land transactions was introduced in September 2020. Since then, the 5,384 VROs in the State had been not been without assigned duties and reduced to assisting the Tahsildars.
The latest communication of Mr. Somesh Kumar to the Collectors asking them to mandate Tahsildars to grade VROs in A,B,C and D groups mandal-wise has raised doubts whether they would be adjusted in Panchayati Raj and Municipal Administration departments. But, sources also said their services were also identified for absorption in 13 other departments.
