Technical snag in land record portals paralyses revenue services in J&K

STC NEWS DESK
SRINAGAR, MAY 15 (STC): Land-related public services across Jammu and Kashmir have been marred by a technical snag in the Jammu and Kashmir Land Records Information System (JKLRIS) and its companion platform, Revenue Plus. Both the systems have remained non-functional for several consecutive days.
This malfunction of the system, vital for land record access, verification, and mutation processes, has severely disrupted revenue operations in tehsil offices, leaving citizens in distress.
According to the reports, from Baramulla to Poonch, people have been queueing up at revenue offices, only to be turned away due to non-responsive servers.
Officials have privately admitted that the problem is not just technical. Reports quoting a senior revenue officer, requesting anonymity, revealed that many of the issues stem from deep-seated infrastructural challenges, especially in border districts still grappling with the aftermath of the latest Indo-Pak hostilities. “Connectivity and server infrastructure in many areas are outdated and vulnerable, largely due to the region’s prolonged instability and lack of upgrades,” the report quoting the official said.
The Revenue Department issued a terse statement attributing the failure to “technical maintenance and necessary system upgrades,” and assured that teams were working with the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to restore services soon.
However, digital governance experts are not convinced. “This repeated collapse of land record services reflects systemic flaws. J&K’s digital infrastructure lacks redundancy, proper data backups, and conflict-resilient design. Depending solely on centralised systems without disaster planning is a serious governance gap,” the report quoting an IT expert said.
(STC)