A total of 172 posts of Assistant Commissioners (land) across the country have been lying vacant, hampering land-related services including mutation and monitoring of tax collection, among others.
Sources at the land ministry said there are 494 posts of AC land throughout the country and of them only 292 posts have been filled up.
On 29 September, the public administration ministry has issued an order for posting of 30 AC land.
“However, 172 posts still remaining vacant,” the sources added.
A senior official at the land ministry said ministers and members of parliaments have been repeatedly sending demo official (DO) letters to the ministry for immediate appointment for the vacant posts.
The official also added that the issue ¡was also discussed during a meeting of parliamentary standing committee on land.
A senior official, who have earlier performed duties as an AC land, said when the posts of AC land remain vacant land-related works, such as mutation, monitoring of fellow land, vested property and revenue collection halts.
“Although many UNOs perform the duty of AC land as his or her additional responsibilities, but being very occupied with their own responsibilities the UNO cannot carry out the job properly, the official clarified.
“I have been requesting the Public Administration Ministry for filling up the vacant posts,” Senior Secretary of the Land Ministry Mohammad Shafiul Alam told the Dhaka Tribune over phone yesterday.
He also said there is not enough manpower to fill all the vacant posts.
“If we want to fill all posts, we have to recruit fresh manpower,” Alam said.
