Punjab Land Records Authority (PLRA) has decided to adopt Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) recruitment system to ensure transparency and promote in the hiring process of 700 vacant field staff positions of BS-11 or above scale. These vacant positions include Service Centre Officials (SCO), Service Centre Incharge (SCI), Assistant Service Centre Incharges (ASCI) Land Record Officers (LRO) and Assistant Director Land Records (ADLR).

These positions constitute of more than 60 per cent of total strength of the Authority and are not only responsible for efficient service delivery but also are the Public interface of PLRA.

A government spokesman said that Punjab Land Records Authority (PLRA) has been playing a vital role in improving the lives of the people through service provision of computerized fard and mutation through Arazi Record Centres across Punjab. The delivery of computerized land record services to over 4 million land owners over a period of ten months and the overwhelming response by the public at the Arazi Record Centres is a manifestation of the success of PLRA. After transformation of Project Management Unit into PLRA, new posts were created.

With the permission from the Chief Minister Punjab PLRA would soon undertake recruitment process for the vacant posts, as per the requirement, further improving the efficacy of the Authority.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2018