LAHORE: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Lahore Muhammad Ali dismissed a patwari of Shahpur Kanjra over corruption charges and ordered to initiate inquiry against him.
He issued instructions during an open court (khuli kutchehri) being arranged in his office to heard public complaints against various departments. He directed Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) to initiate inquiry against the patwari as a complainant filed a complain that the said patwari demanded Rs 80,000 as bribe to get his work done.
The deputy commissioner also listened to problems of people and issued necessary instructions.
On-the-spot directives were also issued for redressal of complaints and directed the departments to improve their quality of service for providing maximum relief to the people.
The DC assured the applicants for an early resolution of their problems and directed the officers concerned to take necessary steps in this regard. He is holding open courts on daily basis from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and people could attended it in his office. He assured to the people that their complaints would be resolved on emergency basis in open court, saying that open court was being conducted with an aim to serve the masses.