nashik farmers from 300 talukas across the state can get their digitally signed record of rights also known as 712 extracts online from may 1this will ensure farmers dont have to make rounds of the local revenue office before they get hold of such documentsstate revenue minister chandrakant patil said we have almost completed the entire process to ensure farmers receive electronic record of rights in 300 talukas by may 1 farmers in these talukas will have access to digitally signed and valid 712 extractsthe minster was on a tour of nashik city when he conducted a meeting with revenue and land record officersthere are a total of 365 talukas in the state in nashik 12 talukas out of 15 will be ready to serve farmers e712 extract from may 1the applicant can file a request for the record from their home an internet caf or seek the help of mahaonline centres to complete the process and receive the certificatethe minster also pointed out that the state government had moved supreme court on the issue of promotion of officers belonging to reserved categoriesthe bombay high court had ordered that no promotion be granted to government officers belonging to reserved categories based on caste promotion must be on the basis of merit the state government has challenged the high courts order in the apex court at present promotion of officers who are not from any reserved category will be carried out patil saidthe minister also spoke on the governments plan to do away with archaic laws to make governments activities seem propeoplein case of ready reckoner rates the governing laws limited the governments role only to provide suggestion on the rates of land to the inspectorate general of stamps and registration igr we amended the law asking igr to accept the governments suggestion this led to ready reckoner rate being unchanged whereas the rate was supposed to increase by seven percent the state government suffered a loss of revenue of rs 450 crore the minister claimedhe added that if the rates were increased the rise would have affected the real estate marketthe minster also said that he plans to conduct districtwise meeting of revenue officers from all the districts starting with nashikpatil said the first round of such meetings will be held at divisional headquarters thereafter meeting will be held at other district headquarters with an aim to get first hand information about the developments being carried out and what more is needed in nashik we tried to understand what the city and the district needs the provision of funds and releasing them will be based on these inputs