A Pauri climbs a steep, narrow, slippery track for 100 meters before reaching a remote outpost in Jakhanikhal tehsil of Garhwal district. The outpost is a dilapidated two-storey structure, its central hall serving as a common office for several patwaris-revenue sub-inspectors, who are tasked with policing the dozens of villages between them. The rusted lockup now holds old documents and body bags; The toilet has become a record room. Some broken chairs next to a bench; Faded maps hang on the walls. It has been just a few months since 27 year old Roshni Sharma posted here. “We handle both land records and police work,” says the young patwari, who has seven villages under her jurisdiction. “It makes it harder to do anything right.”