A whopping eight lakh files are pending in the State’s Revenue Department, thanks to frequent holidays and the model code of conduct that was in place for the byelections to the Legislative Assembly and the Lok Sabha. This is after the department conducted a ‘File Disposal Week’ from November 12 and cleared nearly 2.56 lakh filessaid Revenue Minister R.V. Deshpande here on Friday. Currently, about 7.97 lakh files related to various issues across the State are pending and efforts would be made to clear them in the next few months, Mr. Deshpande told presspersons. Some of the files have been awaiting clearance for several years owing to legal disputes, he said.