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lokesh batra | 1 Nov 2010 05:37
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Mid-DAY: RTI boss blocked info on Adarsh

 

 
MidDay
 
 
RTI boss blocked info on Adarsh
 
By: Sanjeev Devasia
 
Date: 2010-11-01

State information commissioner Ramanand Tiwari's son got a flat in Adarsh; dodgy replies came every time activist sought info on his family assets

Even as the Adarsh Housing Society scam threatens to cost the CM his chair, a recently unearthed fact implicates the State Information Commissioner for allegedly stonewalling information disclosing his assets.

The issue, overlooked till now, came to light after Ramanand Tiwari's son Onkar's name figured among the flat owners of Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society.

 

According to RTI activist Vihar Durve, he had repeatedly attempted to obtain information on the assets owned by Tiwari and other senior government officials. But Tiwari had stonewalled all his efforts, he claims.

"I first applied to the Public Information Officer (PIO) of the General Administration Department of the state government in November 2008.
 
In December the same year, an undersecretary and PIO of the state government replied that as the officers had retired, the information of their assets could not be made available.

The RTI reply also said that since the information was not in public interest, it was not binding on the state to provide it to the applicant," said Durve.

When Durve appealed to the appellate authority, his efforts were blocked again with claims that he had not signed the application.

Said Durve, "They tried to avoid giving the information as well.

A particular reply by the PIO (copy of which is available with MiD DAY) said that the information on the assets of the concerned officials was destroyed at the level of the joint secretary Seema Vyas, who was authorised to destroy it, as the officials had retired from service."

Incidentally, even Vyas's name figured among the beneficiaries of Adarsh Society. Eventually, Durve went on to appeal before the Information Commissioner in March 2009.
 
"In reply, the office of the information commissioner said that June 11, 2009 had been set as the date of hearing.

Immediately after that, another letter informed me about the hearing being cancelled because of certain unavoidable circumstances. I am still waiting to hear from them," Durve said.

"If the Central Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi can disclose his assets, what stops the state information commissioners from disclosing theirs? They just did not want to disclose their assets," he added.  

The Other Side

When we called Tiwari's mobile phone, a woman answered and asked what the issue was. When we disclosed the issue, she said he was not at home and would be available for comment only the next day. Messages to the number went unanswered after that.

Shailesh Gandhi starts the trend

Activist-turned-CIC member Shailesh Gandhi first raised the issue of declaration of assets by information commissioners. Gandhi had said that he made his property statement public in the interests of "transparency" of the office, and that other commissioners should follow suit too.

After a letter from a Pune-based applicant asking information commissioners to reveal their assets, Gandhi gave details of his perso nal income and family wealth amounting to Rs 5.38 crore.

Other Officials

Other officials under the scanner in Adarsh scam:
- Uttam Khobragade, former Food and Drugs Administration commissioner
- Jairaj Pathak, former municipal commissioner
- Pradeep Vyas, collector in 2004, when the plot was handed over to Adarsh CHS
- IA Kundan, former Mumbai collector
- P V Deshmukh, former Urban Development deputy secretary
- D K Shankaran, former state chief secretary, and his wife Joyce
- Ranjit Sangitrao, son of former suburban collector C S Sangitrao
- Arun Pawar, a former Income Tax commissioner


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    lokesh batra | 1 Nov 2010 05:43
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    DeccanChronicle: RTI cases pile up, state yet to panel vacancies

     

     

    RTI cases pile up, state yet to panel vacancies

    Nov 01 2010
     
    Chennai, Oct. 31: Seven posts of state information commissioner are vacant in the Tamil Nadu Information Commission despite a large backlog of RTI applications.
     
    With the passing away of T.R. Ramasamy and retirement of S. Ramakrishnan, the commission has only three commissioners in R. Perumalsamy, T. Srinivasan and Sarada Nambi Arooran. State chief information commissioner K.S. Sripathy heads the commission.
     
    Of the 10 sanctioned posts of information commissioner, only five have been filled since the creation of the commission.
     
    The government has not filled the seven other posts, despite large pendency of RTI appeals with the commission.
     
    RTI activist R. Gopalakrishnan said that with the increasing pendency of the cases, the work burden of the commissioners increases and it also affects their performance. He said the government should immediately take steps to fill up the vacant posts without any further delay. “Rather than filling up the post with retired bureaucrats, the government should give opportunities to RTI activists,” he said. FACT India general secretary T. Retna Pandian said that with appointment of bureaucrats as commissioners, RTI applicants are being denied information by the commission.
     
    He said that now the commission has become defunct with the cases taking years to be heard by the commissioners.

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      lokesh batra | 1 Nov 2010 05:48
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      PTI/TOI : Even CM office can't get info for RTI reply

       

       

      Even CM office can't get info for RTI reply

      PTI, Nov 1, 2010, 06.23am IST
       
      NEW DELHI: The chief minister's office seems to be struggling to get information from the divisional commissioner (DC) on alleged financial irregularities at Chhattarpur temple even though the report has been lying with the latter for the past eight months.

      Information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi, while hearing the plea of an RTI applicant, said, "It appears that a report has been lying with the divisional commissioner since February 9, 2010 but the chief minister is unable to get the worthy comments of the divisional commissioner on this." K K Sandhir had filed a complaint at the office of Sheila Dikshit alleging ''financial malfeasance'' at Chhattarpur temple, on June 24, 2009. The CM had asked the DC to inquire into the matter and report back.

      After the orders, the DC constituted a committee which submitted its report on February 9, 2010. Sandhir then filed an RTI plea to get information about the probe.

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        lokesh batra | 1 Nov 2010 06:16
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        TOI : Govt college has 74 staff, 100 students

         

         

        Govt college has 74 staff, 100 students

        TNN, Nov 1, 2010, 03.32am IST
         
        PUDUCHERRY: A government college in the union territory of Puducherry has 74 teaching and non-teaching faculty members, but just 130 students, reveals a reply to an RTI query filed by an activist.

        According to the replies given by public information officer and principal of Bharathiar Palkalaikoodam, M Jayaraman, the college has a staff strength of 74, while the student strength stood at a meagre 130. Rajiv Gandhi Human Rights Awareness Organization president P Rag upathy had filed the RTI query.

        The only government performing and fine arts college in Puducherry, it has three departments and offers four-year undergraduate programmes in music, dance and fine arts. The students' strength in the music department, across all four years, is 29, while the number of students in dance and fine arts departments stood at 13 and 88 respectively.

        Pondicherry University has denied permanent affiliation to the college and has been granting only provisional affiliation, which needed renewal every year. The university has been telling the government society that runs the college that it should employ only UGC-qualified teaching faculty to handle degree classes. In this academic year, after granting provisional affiliation, the university has sought a report from the college on whethe r the management had complied with the rules and regulations.

        "The university has granted provisional affiliation to the college for this academic year. The reasons for granting only provisional affiliation cannot be divulged at this stage," Pondicherry University assistant registrar (academic) B N K Radipe told The Times of India when asked why the university denied permanent affiliation to the college.

        The college spends almost Rs 17 lakh per month on salaries to its staff members. The government has posted a considerable number of staff members of the college to other departments on deputation but they draw their salaries from the society, which runs the college. TOI had reported the case of the former principal of the college, Dr M Hariharan, who has been posted as officer on special duty to constitute Lalit Kala Academy and Sangeet Natak Academy, and has been drawing salary from the college without doing any work.

        A cross-section of academicians and artistes were of the opinion that the society must engage only UGC-qualified teaching faculty members to handle degree classes and create adequate opportunities for students to interact with eminent artistes in the country to revive the college.

        However, Jayaraman cited lack of adequate opportunities' for artistes in Puducherry as one of the major reasons f or the poor enrolment ratio of students. "The government must release adequate funds and create awareness among the students to take up performing and fine arts as their career," he said.

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          lokesh batra | 1 Nov 2010 06:35
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          HT : Cops suspect arson in 2009 RTO fire

           

           
           
          Hindustan Times
           
          Cops suspect arson in 2009 RTO firesanj
           
           
          Mumbai , November 01, 2010
           

          The fire at the Regional Transport Office (RTO) at Thane in 2009 was not an accident. This is what the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) suspects.

           

          On February 5, 2009, a fire burnt all records of details about two and four-wheeler vehicles registered with the RTO, including professional taxes paid by commercial vehicles.

           

          The police suspect foul play as the fire had mysteriously broken out 16 days after an Right to Information query sought details on vehicle registration and professional tax.

           

          The RTI, filed on January 19, 2009, sought details on imported vehicles, their customs bill of entry, taxes on such vehicles, cess tax, and proof of residence provided by the importers in the past four years. Moreover, information pertaining to professional tax paid by commercial vehicles, the number of vehicles from outside Maharashtra registered with the RTO in these period (among others), had also been sought.

           

          For the query on imported vehicles, the RTO, in its reply furnished on February 18, 2009, said the records were gutted. For the professional taxes, the RTO did not give records of three-and-a-half years. The remaining six months — June 2007 to December 2007 — it said that though it had received payments of over Rs 17 crore from owners, the receipts for the same were not available. For outstation vehicles’ registration, the RTO reiterated that the records were gutted.

           

          “It is unlikely that all the records were kept in one section. This was never investigated,” said a senior ACB official, who is investigating the professional tax fraud at the RTO.

           

          On October 22, the ACB had raided the Thane RTO following a tip-off that a racket was being run in the collection of professional tax from commercial vehicles. During the raid, the ACB team had come across Rs 10 lakh unaccounted cash stashed inside a locker.

           

          The ACB on Friday conducted searches and truckloads of documents were seized —mostly fake bank challans. A senior ACB official, requesting anonymity since he is not authorised to speak to the media, said the RTO had not furnished details of the professional taxes collected by it to the transport commissioner’s office since the past three years.

           

          ACB sources said a senior clerk, Gharat, has emerged as the key ‘coordinator’ in the scam which has been running for the past four years.  They said the amount of the fraud is feared to be more than Rs 400 crore — at least Rs 100 crore every year.


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            Amitabh Thakur | 1 Nov 2010 06:35
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            Issues related with Arms licence

             

            Whither Arms

            I had three Arms licences in my name till only a month back. One of them was for revolver, one for rifle and one for gun. My wife Nutan also had the same kind of three Arms licences. The first one of these we got in the year 1996 when I was very new in the service. The second one we got the next year when I was at Pithoragarh. The last one we again got together when I was posted at Ballia. Three is the upper limit for the number of Arms licence an individual can have. With each of them, we also got the corresponding Arms sooner or later. The last weapon that I purchased was in the year 2007 when I was posted at Ballia for the second time.

            We got our licences issued within no time. I was a member of the Indian Police Service and that was enough to get the licence sanctioned within minutes. I remember I had been thinking of getting an Arms licence sanctioned for many a days and suddenly one day I went to the then District Magistrate of Moradabad. He was sitting in his office, asked me the reason for coming and I said I wanted an Arms licence for myself and one for Nutan. He laughed, called his Assistant and ordered him to bring the Arms licence form. I submitted them the next day and while I was sitting in the office itself, I got my licence issued.  The other two cases were no different.

            I am sure this must have happened with many of us, who have any kind of power and authority attached with them. But then I also know of hundreds of cases in which people have not got their Arms licence issued even after years. They go on submitting their completely filled forms which moves from one office to another and by the time, it has reached the District Magistrate’s office, some kind of election gets declared and with it the Model code of Conduct gets imposed. Thus, the entire process is often repeated because in many states, a time limit has been prescribed between the submission of the Police Report and the sanction of licence by the licencing authority, viz. the DM.

            Yes, many a reasons can be ascribed to this delay. In fact, anyone who is closely associated with the administrative setup knows fully well that many of these cumbersome and circuitous processes have in fact been devised deliberately to somehow control the number of licences issued. This is because administrators and police officers related with law and order feel that if the number of Arms in the district (or region) becomes uncontrollably high, then it could pose a serious danger to law and order problem. They genuinely feel that this might even become a threat to the security of the State. Yes, there could be varying viewpoints on this but the reason has its own genuine validity.

            But the real question is-“Why shall a common man suffer because of this thought?” What I want to say is that the Arms Act 1959 and the accompanied Arms Rule do not prescribe any such limit in the number of Arms licence to be issue. Yet the pragmatic view seems to warrant such a number. Thus if either a definite total number of Arms is prescribed (which is known to one and all) or some time limit is given within which the decision on the licence form gets taken up, a lot of unnecessary harassment and wasteful exercise in this direction will actually be saved.

            We all know that there is a craze in many people in India (and definitely in the states of UP and Bihar) to own a weapon (first preference being a valid and legal one) and hence from my own experiences in the districts, I can say that there is no other issue that occupies the District Magistrate’s (and to some extent that of the Superintendent of Police’s) time and energy than the grant of Arms licence. Many a times people complain of partisan attitude and favouritism on the part of administration to some selected applicants based on various consideration. Other less fortunate people go on applying for years, moving from one office to another (right from the Police station and Sub-divisional Office) to the higher ones in the district only to go on circulating in this never ending loop.

            This exercise and these efforts can be minimized and this energy channelized in some other purposeful work only if-
            1. There is a more clear and well-specified policy on the total number of licences to be issued in each district/ region
            2. The arms licence application gets disposed of within a given time, on the basis of first come first serve basis. Disposal would obviously include rejection as much as grant of licence.

            This is a very serious and important issue that district administrations in so many States face day in and day out. It is high time that a responsive democratic country like ours takes care of this problem which does not need much of efforts and brainstorming and hardly has any effect on its exchequer.

            I end this with one more personal note. Recently it came to our mind that we had not used our Arms even once during these years and also presumed that we would never ne using them in our lives. Hence it seemed better and prudent to us that we get our Arms licence cancelled and accordingly sell our Arms. The first stage is over and we are waiting for the second one. But not everyone is fortunate enough to go through all this process, so easily and so fast.

            Amitabh Thakur
            IPS,
            Currently at IIM Lucknow
            94155-34526


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              lokesh batra | 1 Nov 2010 06:49
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              Hindu : “Medha-led campaign exposed scam in 2008”

               

               
              The Hindu
               
              Sunday, Oct 31, 2010
              “Medha-led campaign exposed scam in 2008”

               

              Meena Menon
               
              MUMBAI: The National Alliance of Peoples' Movements (NAPM) led by Medha Patkar exposed the Adarsh Housing Society scam in 2008 by filing complaints with the Defence Ministry and the Environment Department and the State government, say activists Simpreet Singh and Santosh Daundkar.  
               
              On the basis of the NAPM's complaint, the Defence authorities initiated action and the Department of Environment issued a show cause notice to the Society. The NAPM activists applied for information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act and filed a complaint on August 27, 2008 with the Department of Defence, the Maharashtra government, the Department of Environment, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).
               
              Acting on the complaint, the Ministry of Defence initiated an inquiry and ordered an investigation. The Department of Environment, Maharashtra, had served a show cause notice to the Adarsh Society. The scandal was related to the allotment of land at Colaba that was under the possession of the Army. After the Kargil War, a few Army personnel demanded the land for building flats to “accommodate and reward the heroes of the Kargil operation and those who had laid down their lives for the protection of the motherland.”

              They said the initial list of the Society members comprised 40 members and included only Defence personnel. Now there are 103 members of which only 37 belonged to the Army and only three had any connection with the Kargil War. 

               

              The bureaucrats whose children own flats in the Adarsh are: Jairaj Phatak, chairperson of the Rural Electrification Corporation; Ramanand Tiwari, former Secretary, Urban Development; D. K. Shankaran, former Chief Secretary; C.S. Sangitrao, IAS; S.C. Deshmukh, former Collector, Pune; P.V. Deshmukh, formerly with the Urban Development Department; and Uttam Khobragade, Secretary, Tribal Development.

               

              Chavan's family

               

              Chief Minister Ashok Chavan's family owned three flats. The former Union Environment Minister, Suresh Prabhu; Jitendra Avhad, NCP MLA; Kanhaiyalal Gidwani of the Congress and his two sons; Babasaheb Kupekar of the Congress were also among the flat owners, they said.

               

              Seema Vyas, an IAS officer and wife of Pradeep Vyas, former Collector, Mumbai, and Idzes Kundan, Deputy Secretary and former Collector, Mumbai city, also own flats.

               

              The NAPM says the following concessions were given to the Society as per the information it has obtained.

               

              The reservation of the plot was modified from Transit Camp and a Parade Ground to Residential Zone. Besides this, a road of width 60 metres was reduced to 19 metres and the floor space index (FSI) of the adjoining bus depot was given to the Adarsh Society. The income ceiling of Rs. 12,500 a month was waived for Army personnel and politicians and construction started without obtaining environmental clearance. The NAPM says the occupation certificate, which now stood revoked, was given even before the building was fully ready.

               

              The NAPM says that all these relaxations and concessions were given as it was mentioned every time that the building was for wives of war victims and for the Army personnel who served the country. But the fact remains that out of the total of 103 members only three are Kargil soldiers, and the land was taken in the name of the martyrs or their wives and used for the benefit of bureaucrats and politicians.


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                HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | 1 Nov 2010 17:14
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                Land Mafia silencing a woman in Puttaparthi Andhra Pradesh

                 

                S.O.S - e - Clarion Of Dalit - Weekly Newspaper On Web
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                Editor: NAGARAJ.M.R… VOL.4 issue. 45…… 10/11/2010

                 

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                SOS Appeal to SUPREME COURT of INDIA

                http://e-clarionofdalit.blogspot.com/2010/08/s-o-s-appeal-to-supreme-court-of-india.html

                 

                 

                 

                NICE Corridor Questions to Chief Minister of Karnataka

                http://sites.google.com/site/sosevoiceforjustice/nice-corridor-questions-to-chief-minister

                 

                 

                EDITORIAL : LAND MAFIA silencing an Innocent woman in Puttaparthi Andhra Pradesh

                -          LOCAL POLICE & JUDICIARY  hand in gloves with the mafia                          - An appeal to Honourable supreme court of India

                 

                Land mafia with the support of local police are harassing an innocent woman by name Ms.Pushpa & her family in Puttaparthi , Andhra Pradesh. Ms.Pushpa & her family are living under threat to their lives , the approach road to their house is partly closed , they have suffered attempts of murder on their lives by police & rowdy elements , police have illegally entered her house & illegally confiscated her property. All for the reason that THEY REFUSED TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY TO THE NEIGHBOURING BUILDER (WHO IS AN INFLUENTIAL POLITICIAN)  WHO IS  ILLEGALLY BUILDING A HUGE COMPLEX . On top of this , the police have foisted false cases on Ms.Pushpa to silence her , circulated pamphlets , fake stories in the local media defaming Ms.pushpa & her family , offending the dignity of a woman .

                 

                The local Judiciary has failed to stop further injustices to this lady & failed to take legal action against public servants who failed to do their duty . These public servants – local police , local judiciary , PUDA officials , Jail officials , Government Doctor together with the complainant Ms.Pushpa  must be subjected to narco analysis test. Till date Unauthorised construction by neighbouring builder (taking away the acess to Ms.Pushpa & her family’s property) is going on unhindered.

                 

                Ms.Pushpa presently an under trial  in district jail , Ananthpur  (admitted at Governement Hospital  Ananthapur) IS UNDER FAST UNTO DEATH protesting against the inaction of Local Judiciary & Police , which is aiding the criminals to continue their crimes. If Ms.Pushpa & any of her family member dies , suffers bodily injuries , etc , the Local Jurisdictional Police , Jurisdictional Magistrate together with the Superintendent of police , District Collector & Pricipal District & Sessions Judge of the said Ananthapur District , Andhra Pradesh will be responsible for it.

                Hereby , we do request the Honourable Supreme court of India , to conduct a thorough enquiry by a third party not belonging to Andhra Pradesh , to find the truth & give justice to the aggrieved. JAI HIND. VANDE MATARAM.

                 

                Your’s sincerely ,

                Nagaraj .M.R.

                 

                JUDICIAL ATROCITY  AGAINST  AN  INNOCENT   WOMAN

                 

                Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:16:50 +0530
                Subject: Sir..I need your kind attention immediately as iam in need..urgent..
                From: pkolasani7-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
                To: naghrw-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
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                sir..

                humbly..Iam miss.Pushpa.Kolasani resident of puttaparthi,Anantapur Dist.AP. a law graduate but engased in to computer animation bussiness..problem is  

                I am on hunger strike for last 37 days demanding for judicial enquiry on magistrate who has given me for illegal judicial remand in a falsly implicated case against me by the police.Anantapur in Cr.No.50/10, U/s.353C.P.Cto bend me for compromise in S.C.No.13/08, S.C.No.367/05 ,pending in the court of Asst.Sessions Judge.Penukonda, C.C.S.R.02/09, pending in the court of JFCM.Penukonda and few other related cases linked with them in which police or directly involved and now they are at trail stage but they have even influenced my legal councel also..now I am permited to take the procecution side party in person in the place of PP and Spl.PP who were appointed earlier in them who made me arrested exactly one year before same like this though my recall petition was pending before the bench IN COUNTER CASES..now again it has been repeated thats why i have started hunger strike since then to put an end for their dramma once for all..i have sent a petition to the NHRC and the Chief Justice of  High Court.AP but of no use at all..now I am under the treatment of Govt.General Hospital.Anantapur..police are forcing them too to not to issue any copyies of my medical reports to submit to the court..as i am taking a risk of sending this mail to you with the help of hospital staff only..may not e all the times possible..so i shall engage my sister Mrs.S.Ch.Padma to contact you over phone in this regard on behalf of me..i need your guidence and timely help..at any cost Iam not ready to let them go free..in this 3 magistrates and even GJ of anantapur is also involved now..i am ready to put forth all the clear and documentary evidence to prove their faults..my sisters phone Nos are...09441552129, 09441111772..pls o respond immediately..

                thank you sir,

                regards,

                pushpa.k

                D/o.K.Venkatesu.

                6/20-D.kolasani buildings,

                university road,

                puttaparthi,Anantapur.Dist.A.P.

                 

                Indian politicians get homes meant for war widows

                 

                By NIRMALA GEORGE

                The Associated Press
                Monday, November 1, 2010; 10:55 AM

                NEW DELHI -- The apartments in the upscale Colaba neighborhood of Mumbai were for the noblest of causes: giving shelter to wounded Indian war veterans and the widows of those slain in battle.

                But the Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai appears to have been a huge scam, with nearly every one of the valuable units being sold for a song to a clutch of top politicians, their kin and retired generals in a scandal that has rocked India's ruling Congress Party.

                The scandal, first reported last week in The Times of India newspaper, is considered so toxic that Congress Party chief Sonia Gandhi appointed India's defense minister and finance minister to investigate.

                Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, the top elected official in Maharashtra state where Mumbai is located, offered to resign over the weekend after media reports revealed that his mother-in-law and other relatives had apartments in the building.

                The scandal comes at a sensitive time for the Congress Party. Chavan is slated to play host to Barack Obama when the U.S. president visits Mumbai this weekend. Party leaders have not made a decision on whether to accept Chavan's resignation and quickly replace him.

                The land in the upscale neighborhood in southern Mumbai had been earmarked for a six-story building of apartments for disabled veterans, war widows and heroes of the 1999 Kargil conflict between India and Pakistan that raged for three months across the disputed Kashmir region.

                But the original blueprints for a modest building were cast aside and in its place arose a 31-story luxury high-rise, even though zoning laws and environmental regulations appear to bar tall buildings along the coast.

                Of the 103 apartments in the building, only three went to families connected to the Kargil conflict, according to the Asian Age newspaper.

                The remainder went to two retired Indian army chiefs, a former naval chief, relatives of federal ministers and scores of top politicians and bureaucrats in Maharashtra.

                The apartments, finished in 2008 and bought for as little as 6 million rupees ($130,000), are now worth about 80 million rupees ($1.8 million) in Mumbai's highly inflated real estate market, according to media reports.

                India's opposition parties have demanded the government come clean on who authorized the changes in the building plans and who allocated the apartments to powerful officials.

                The defense ministry has ordered an investigation into the building, said Sitanshu Kar, a defense ministry spokesman.

                Chavan has directed municipal officials to begin proceedings to expel the residents, and the local utility company has threatened to cut off power and electricity to the building.

                And some of the recipients have rushed to distance themselves from the building, with the former military commanders offering to give back their apartments.

                The allegations come just weeks after the end of the Commonwealth Games, which were marred by accusations of sleaze and corruption.

                 

                Adarsh Society scam: Associates of three former CMs got flats?

                 

                ·         Mumbai:  The Adarsh Society scam involves many heavyweights. While Maharashtra's Chief Minister Ashok Chavan stands to lose his chair, there are other top politicians who are also directly or indirectly involved.

                It now seems three former Chief Ministers of Maharashtra - Vilasrao Deshmukh, Sushil Kumar Shinde and Narayan Rane - not just gave clearances to the controversial building, but also to have benefited from the allotments. Sources  tell NDTV that associates of  all the three former Chief Ministers were allotted flats in the 31-storey Colaba complex.

                Vilasrao Deshmukh's associates Amol V Kharbhari, Kiran Bhadange and Uttam Ghakare figure on the list of 104 allottees. Deshmukh, a two-time Chief Minister of Maharashtra, and now the Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, denies the charges. He told NDTV, "I have not recommended flats for anyone."

                Sources also says allottees Rupali Raorane and  Girish Pravinchandra Mehta are close  associates of Narayan Rane, while Sushil Kumar Shinde's associate Major NW Khankhoje also has a flat. Rane declined from reacting to the allegations.


                Sushil Kumar Shinde says he may have signed the papers as the Chief Minister but denies any wrong doing. "I have never recommended anybody's name for an allotment and I have no 'benami' investment," Shinde said. (Watch: Associates of top Maharashtra politicians have Adarsh flats?)
                 
                Top politicians helped associates get flats?

                Other top politicians from the state, including senior NCP leaders Ajit Pawar, Jayant Patil and Anil Deshmukh,  are also now being implicated in the scandal.

                According to sources, the list of allottees includes Maharashtra Energy Minister Ajit Pawar's associates, Krishnarao Bhegade and Shivajirao Kale. Home Minister R R Patil's associate Chandrashekhar Gaikwad, Rural Development Minister Jayant Patil's relative, Aditya Patil, Food and Civil Supplies minister Anil Deshmukh's associate Mukundrao Mankar and Revenue minister Patangrao Kadam's associate, Balasahib Sawant have also been allotted flats in the Adarsh society.

                Former Revenue Minister Shivajirao Nilangekar's associates Arun Davle and Sampat Khidse were also allotted flats.

                However, top NCP leader and Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister, Chhagan Bhujbal says none of his party's members have anything to do with the Adarsh scam. " The NCP leaders are not linked to the scam. They have not given any extra facility to anyone. They have not bent the rules. Somebody must have come to them for  a recommendation, and writing recommendations is a routine for leaders," Bhujbal said.

                And its not just the politicians who have their fingers in the Adarsh pie. Top bureaucrats and army officers have also been implicated in the scam. (Read: Adarsh scam - Bureaucrats served themselves)

                Meanwhile, power and water supply  to the Adarsh building has been cut off. This comes after the building's occupancy certificate was revoked on Friday.

                Sources: Army probes top officers

                Sources say the Army is probing four successive General Officers Commanding (GOCs) of Maharashtra and Gujarat area, all of whom were allotted flats in the Adarsh Society. The Army has ordered a formal inquiry at the headquarters level into the allotments. Three retired Generals and one serving General is under the scanner.

                Prominent amongst them is Major General (retired) TK Kaul who was in Mumbai as a sub-area commander when the files was initiated in 2003. After his NDC Cource in Delhi, Kaul then came back as Area Commander of Maharashtra and Gujarat. Kaul was also an office bearer in the Adarsh Housing Society. Also being probed is Major General RK Hooda, who was the GOC in Mumbai till July this year. He is now posted in Delhi.

                The Army will probe not only if the Generals helped in  getting permits for the society, but how the General could afford flats which cost upwards of Rs. 75 lakh. (Watch)

                3 former service Chiefs, Admiral Madhavendra Singh and, Generals Deepak Kapoor and Nirmal Chander Vij, who have flats in the Adarsh Society have already offered of give up their flats. "I have written to the Adarsh Society I'd like my membership of the society terminated and my membership cancelled," General Kapoor told NDTV, denying all charges of nepotism. (Watch: Ex-Army chief Deepak Kapoor defends himself)

                Congress in a fix over Chavan's replacement

                Ashok Chavan, the Maharashtra Chief Minister met Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi this evening.  The Congress says a decision on Chavan's resignation will be taken after Mukherjee and his cabinet colleague, AK Antony submit their internal report on the Adarsh Scam. Antony is also the Congress General Secretary in-charge of Maharashtra.

                "We are examining the papers. I have just come back (to Delhi) this evening. I will consult with my colleague, A.K. Antony. We need more time," Pranab Mukherjee said after his meeting with Chavan. (Watch: We are examining documents, says Pranab)

                The Maharashtra Chief Minister had met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Union Defence Minister AK Antony on Saturday. (Read: Who will replace Ashok Chavan?)

                The BJP has urged the Congress chief to accept Chavan's resignation immediately. "Chavan's resignation should be accepted without delay and without wondering who his replacement should be. As for as the other three people are concerned, the BJP will discuss what action is to be demanded against them," Sushma Swaraj told reporters in New Delhi today.



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                KIADB de-notification scandal , BMIC – NICE SCANDAL  , MINING SCANDALS and Threats to RTI Applicant

                -  PIL Appeal To Honorable Supreme court of India For Writ of Mandamus

                 

                 Just months back , we have witnessed the collapse of a multi storied building in bellary ,Karnataka & we have witnessed  a fire tragedy in a  multi-storey building in Bangalore,  months ago there was collapse of a huge building under construction in Bangalore , all resulting in loss of human lives. Recently we have seen de-notification scam involving VVIPs . All these are the result of violations of Urban Town Planning Laws , Building bye-laws which  are observed more in breach by the criminals & conniving public servants .  The authorities are behaving like real estate agents of criminals , by-passing norms , framing laws to the tune of criminals . Authorities are not honoring RTI requests & even high ranking IAS officer  repeatedly threatens a commoner  seeking information under RTI ACT .

                 

                Before embarking on land acquisition for any projects government authorities must plan & assess what are the actual requirement of land for that particular project. After finding out the actual requirement of land , they must  assess the loss of forest area , cost of compensation pay-out , cost of rehabilitation of people , environmental damages & resultant health damages to people in surrounding areas ,it’s resultant losses when the project gets running , if at all the benefits , profits from that project far outweighs the losses ,then only project should be put before the public for their consent. Ministers & IAS officers must not take these decisions all by themselves in a hush – hush manner.

                 

                Even when a project is downsized , from the previously approved size , the land left over , surplus land must be given back to the original owner on first priority . The project managers must not sell those surplus lands to third parties for a premium .

                Even when KIADB ,BDA ,MUDA & other authorities acquire lands from farmers ,for constructing industrial  parks or residential layouts , etc , has framed comprehensive development plans (CDP) for their respective cities , clearly demarcating land usage pattern . However after acquisition of land , the KIADB , BDA , MUDA , etc are selling those very lands to private third parties for different land usage purposes ,completely violating CDP. Are these KIADB , BDA , BBMP , MUDA ,MCC real estate agents of Rich people ?

                 

                Now , consider NICE – BMIC SCANDAL or MINING Scandals , public servants in responsible positions are accusing each other , there by proving that almost all of them are criminals. In democracy , ministers & IAS officers are public servants , MLAs , MPs are not leaders just public servants  - representative of people. They must represent people’s wishes & must order the IAS & other officers to fulfil the wishes of people as per legal provisions.

                Information input  forms part of process of one's expression. One's expression in any forms – written , oral , etc becomes information input to the opposite person , in turn he expresses his reply. Information & Expression are inseparable parts & form lifeline of a democracy. That is the reason , Right to Expression is the basic fundamental right as well as human right of every Indian citizen. When a person's  right to expression is violated , his other rights to equality , justice , etc also  are violated. Suppression of Information amounts to curbing of Expression.

                 

                In a democracy , people have a right to know  how the public servants are functioning. However till date public servants are hiding  behind the veil of  Officials Secrets Act (which is of british vintage created  by british to suppress native indians). By this cover-up public servants are hiding their own corruption  , crimes , mismanagement , failures , etc. even RTI Act is not being followed intoto by public servants. However the recent delhi high court ruling affirming that CJI is under RTI purview & bound to answer RTI request , is noteworthy.

                 

                Our previous RTI request to CJI , union home secretary of GOI, President of India  , DG & IGP of GOK and others were not honored. The information I sought were answers to the following questions mentioned in the below mentioned websites . the questions concerned the past , present continuing injustices meted out to  millions  of Indian citizens , due to wrong / illegal work practices of  Indian judges , police & public servants  .   The  information we sought would expose the traitors , anti-nationals , criminals  in public service.  The information we are seeking are no defense secrets , no national secrets. The truthful information exposes the anti-nationals , traitors in the public service & strengthens our national security , national unity & integrity.

                 

                Hereby , I do request the honorable supreme court of India to consider this as a PIL for : "writ of Mandamus" and to issue instructions to the concerned public servants in the following cases to perform their duties & to answer the  questions.  JAI HIND. VANDE MATARAM.

                 

                Your's sincerely ,

                Nagaraj.M.R.

                 

                Yeddyurappa accused of getting land denotified in favour of his sons

                Special Correspondent

                Bangalore: The Janata Dal (Secular) on Tuesday demanded that Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa submit his resignation accusing him of indulging in “abuse of power” for “ordering” denotification of land held by his two sons, which had been acquired by Bangalore Development Authority (BDA).

                Addressing presspersons here, party leader H.D. Kumaraswamy said that the land registered cannot be purchased as they had been acquired by the BDA and the Bangalore Urban Deputy Commissioner had passed orders awarding Rs. 17.18 lakh compensation to the original owners Gowramma and Panduranga.

                The land located at Rachenahally in K.R. Puram taluk, which had been notified by the BDA, was not in the possession of owners Gowramma and Panduranga from whom Mr. Yeddyurappa's sons, B.Y. Raghavendra and B.Y. Vijayendra, purchased it.

                These transactions had taken place in March 2006 when Mr. Yeddyurappa was Deputy Chief Minister in the Janata Dal(S)-BJP coalition Government led by him (Mr. Kumaraswamy). The land was ordered to be denotified by Mr. Yedyurappa when he became Chief Minister in 2008, he alleged.

                Mr. Yeddyurappa had de-notified the land without placing the matter before the denotification committee and by curbing all information, Mr. Kumaraswamy said. Mr. Yeddyurappa, who took oath to discharge his responsibilities in a transparent manner, had violated rules and regulations and registered the property in the name of his two sons, he said.

                Mr. Yeddyurappa has no moral authority to continue in office, he said and demanded that the Chief Minister submit his resignation.

                Former Housing Minister S.N. Krishnaiah Setty was also a beneficiary getting 16 guntas of land denotified for “favours shown to Mr. Yeddyurappa's sons in purchasing land” of which he (Mr. Setty) was General Power of Attorney (GPA) holder, Mr. Kumaraswamy alleged.

                The former Chief Minister alleged that the BJP Government has denotified 2,300 acres of land in different parts of the State, including Bangalore.

                “This is a clear of case of nepotism and favouritism and Mr. Yeddyurappa must quit his office immediately,” he said and urged the Government to refer the case to the Lokayutka for a detailed investigation.

                Mr. Kumaraswamy said he has decided to submit a petition to the Governor in connection with the land scam.

                 

                 

                RTI – QUESTIONS COMMISSIONER OF BANGALORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY  ( BDA ) , COMMISSIONER , BRIHATH BANGALORE MAHANAGARA PALIKE ( BBMP ) & CHAIRMAN , KARNATAKA INDUSTRIAL AREA DEVELOPMENT BOARD ( KIADB)  ARE  AFRAID TO ANSWER

                 

                1. how many times since 1987 , BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT has revised / modified the Bangalore city's comprehensive city development plan ?

                2. how many cases of CDP violations were registered by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT since 1987 till date ?

                3. how many cases of CDP violations were legalized in the CDP revision / modification by the authorities ?

                4. when an application for alienation of land is made to you , say from civic amenity site to commercial , what norms are followed by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT?

                5. how do you provide alternate civic amenity site in the locality , if the area is already full ? do you deprive people of civic amenities ?

                6. during such alenation , is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT collecting market rate difference between civic amenity site & commercial site ? if not why ?

                7. in bangalore city , many building complexes , buildings have been built fully violating building bye-laws – no set off , no parking space , no emergency fire exit , no earthquake tolerant . what action by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT?

                8. how many cases of building bye-laws violations has been registered by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT since 1987 ? what is the action status report yearwise ?

                9. how much of BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT lands , sites , buildings & houses have been illegally occupied by criminal tresspassers since 1987 ?

                10. has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT registered criminal cases against each such illegal occupation ? if not why ? provide status report yearwise ?

                11. in how many cases of such illegal occupation BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT has legalized , regularized such illegal occupation just through BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT ` s resolution instead of of re-allotting the same through public notification to the next senior most in the waiting list , after giving notice of allotment cancellation to original allottee ? if not done so why ?

                12. has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT followed all legal norms in reallotment of lands , sites , houses , etc to the illegal occupiers ? what is the procedure followed ?

                13. in bangalore city , numerous housing societies & real estate Developers have mushroomed , Land allotments of how many housing societies , real estate firms among them are legally authorized by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT & how many not ? since 1987 till date ?

                14. has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT filed criminal complaints against such illegal housing societies & illegal real estate firms ? if not why ?

                15. what action BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT has initiated against real estate firms & housing societies who have violated BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT norms , layout plans , etc ? if not why ?

                16. the government has framed building bye-laws like width of road , space for civic amenities , parking space , emergency fire exit , etc keeping high in the mind safety of people first. BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT is in the practice of levying a pittance as penalty on the building byelaw violators , layout Development plan violators & legalizing those violations. Safety of public & amenities of public are totally neglected by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT. When public people die , suffer injuries / accidents – say during a fire tragedy in a complex due to lack of fire exit , when people park vehicles on pavement in front of a business complex as the complex doesn't have a parking space of it's own , the pedestrians going that way are forced to come down on road resulting in accidents , injuries & deaths . is not the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT responsible for those accidents , injuries & deaths ?

                17. what is the criteria adopted by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT for out of Turn allotment of Lands , sites , houses to renowned sports persons , judges , journalists , politicians , artists , etc ?

                18. how many judges , artists , politicians , journalists , sports persons , etc have benefited from these out of turn allotments by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT? specific figures yearwise since 1987 ?

                19. what action has been taken against developers , housing societies , who have violated BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT norms ?

                20. when poor scheduled caste , scheduled tribe people , minority people illegally live On BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT sites building temporary huts , BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT with the help of police razes down those huts & evicts the poor by brute force. Whereas , when cronies of political bigwigs illegally occupy BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT lands worth crores of rupees & build big complexes earning thousands of rupees monthly rent , BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT or authorities not even files police complaint against them instead regularizes the illegal occupation by levying a pittance as fine. Why this double standard by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT?

                21. HOW MANY CASES OF ILLEGAL OCCUPATIONS are regularized by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT since 1987 till date ? yearwise figures ?

                22. how much of BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT lands , sites , houses are under illegal occupation ? status report yearwise since 1987 ?

                23. how much of those has been recovered ? has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT arecovered the rents earned by illegal occupation ?

                24. have you filed police complaints against those criminals – tresspassers ? if not why ?

                25. is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT giving wide publicity & sufficient time to bidders about it's auction schedules ?

                26. is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT giving market value to land loosers ?

                27. is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT exactly using the acquired lands , for the same purpose mentioned in the project plan ?

                28. is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT acquiring lands at lower rates from farmers & selling it at a premium , by way making profits just like a real estate agency ?

                29. in villages , there are cattle grazing grounds meant for the usage of whole villagers, forest for the usage of whole village , lands belonging to village temples. Some villagers have donated their personal lands to village temples , cattle grazing for the benefit of whole villagers. All the villagers are stake holders , owners of such lands. When BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT acquires such lands to whom does it pay compensation ? what about welfare objectives of those lands ?

                30. till date , how many lakes , ponds , how many feeder canals have been closed , filled with mud , developed , sold as sites , etc by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT or other land developers ?

                31. has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT taken alternate steps to create new lakes , ponds ? how many are created till date ?

                32. in & around bangalore city , high tension electric lines are there in busy residential areas . as per Indian electricity act , no permanent structures should be under the HT lines. However there are buildings under it. In some places , HT lines runs in the middle of the road. The authorities Have developed those areas beneath HT lines as parks , rented out advertisement spaces & built permanent fencing of those areas spending lakhs of taxpayer's money. This fencing obstructs the movement of service personnel of electricity board , to service HT line. Are all these structures under & surrounding HT lines legal ?

                33. till date how many burial grounds are acquired & sold as sites by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT or other developers ? specific figures yearwise since 1987 castewise , religionwise ?

                34. in & around bangalore city , in how many areas developed by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT & private developers , the sewage water generated in those areas is directly let into lake , ponds ?

                35. how many tributaries , lakes , ponds are killed in this fashion by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT & other developers , housing societies ?

                36. how many business complexes , flats , residential layouts developed by private real estate developers , housing societies are dumping the sewage , / waste generated in their buildings , into unauthorized dumping grounds , lakes , etc . thus disturbing the environment & creating public health hazard ? how the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT is monitoring sewage / waste disposal ? status report yearwise since 1987 till date .

                37. how many unauthorized housing layouts are there in & around bangalore city ? what action by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT against them ? action taken report yearwise since 1987 till date .

                38. around bangalore city , vast areas of village farm lands , agricultural lands are acquired by private real estate developers for non agricultural purposes by a single firm or single owner. Are these actions legal ? some of these real estate agents have sold those lands to private industries , multinational companies for crores of rupees. Has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT given alienation of land ie conversion from agricultural to industrial usage. Has KIADB given consent to it ?


                39. can a single individual / firm can purchase such vast tracts of agricultural lands , is it legal ? is it within the KIADB's comprehensive industrial area development plan ?

                40. has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT given wide publicity , public notice calling for objections before alienation of such lands ?

                41. are all those alienations , strictly in conformance to BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT's industrial area development plan ? violations how many ?

                42. is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT revising / modifying CDP & INDUSTRIAL AREA DEVELOPMENT PLAN , to suit those real estate developers & Private companies ? on what legal grounds ?

                43.what action has been taken based on mysore district magistrate mr.T.M.Vijaya Bhaskar's report on land grabbings in mysore ?

                44.in mysore city , hebbal-hootagalli industrial area , a lake has been destroyed while building kaynes hotel , hinkal lake is shrinking , lake in front of BEML Quarters has been alloted to M/S THRILLER CLOTHING CO, are all these actions legal & in conformance to MUDA's CDP ? if not why ? what action ?

                45. while auctioning off the lands of sick industrial unit M/S IDEAL JAWA LTD , was there any pre-qualification to bidders that after purchase of lands only it must be used for industrial use or only industries can participate in the bidding process ?

                46.why not it has been clearly mentioned in the tender document that , said land is open for alienation ?

                47. about this issue , our publication has even raised it's objections , in it's newspaper . no action , why ? as a result , the government , banks , employees were cheated off their dues & the private firm made huge profits. is this auction & alienation legal ?

                48.numerous NGO's , trusts promoted by religious bodies , mutts are allotted prime lands at preferrential rates , for the reason that they will use it for public / social welfare. however many of the trusts are using the whole or part of the land for commercial purposes other than the stated public / social welfare purpose. what action has been taken by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT in such cases ?

                49.how many trusts have violated government norms in this way since 1987 till date? what action taken by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT action taken report yearwise since 1987 till date ?

                50.how many such illegalities / violations by trusts are regularized by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT, on what legal grounds ? ATR since 1987 till date ?

                51.before regularizing such violations have you sought public objections & given media publicity ? if not why ?

                52.how you are monitoring the net wealth growth of some BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT officials & their family members , who have land acquisition / denotifying , land usage conversion authorities ?

                53.how many trusts , NGOs are allotted prime residential / commercial lands by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT on lease basis , in turn the said trusts , NGOs have sulet it either partly or wholly to others ?

                54.how many such lease allotments are sold by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT before the expiry of lease period , without public auction ?

                55. what are the norms followed by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT for the sale of leased lands to the lessee before the expiry of lease period ?

                56. what is the status of house allotted to sri.chandrashekariah vide BDA allotment letter no: 310/267/BDA/ADM/KMRSL(H)/78-79 dt 11/08/1978.

                57. why BDA didn't file police complaint to evict encroachers?

                58. why BDA didn't inform the descendents of original allottee about the cancellation of their allotment ?

                59.what happened to the money deposited by original allottee?

                60.is the action of BDA allotting the said house to an illegal encroacher just by the resolution of BDA committee legal ?

                61. in case the BDA wished to re-allot the said house , first it must have informed the original allottee about cancellation of allotment allowing them sufficient time to reply with public notice in news papers , then they should have allotted the said house to the senior most in the waiting list. But BDA has just allotted the house to an illegal encroacher by the resolution of BDA committee. Is it legal ?

                62. BDA officials gave half truths to my RTI request & stated that the said file concerning this issue cann't be found ie lost . is it legal ?

                63. has the BDA filed police complaint regarding theft of file from the record room ? HONOURABLE COMMISSIONER OF BDA PLEASE REFER THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE.

                 

                RTI QUESTIONS  COMMISSIONER OF MUDA ( MYSORE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ) & COMMISSIONER OF MCC ( MYSORE  CITY CORPORATION ) ARE AFRAID TO ANSWER

                 1. how many times since 1987 , MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT has revised / modified the mysore city's comprehensive city development plan ?

                2. how many cases of CDP violations were registered by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT since 1987 till date ?

                3. how many cases of CDP violations were legalized in the CDP revision / modification by the authorities ?

                4. when an application for alienation of land is made to you , say from civic amenity site to commercial , what norms are followed by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT ?

                5. how do you provide alternate civic amenity site in the locality , if the area is already full ? do you deprive people of civic amenities ?

                6. during such alenation , is the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT collecting market rate difference between civic amenity site & commercial site ? if not why ?

                7. in mysore city , many building complexes , buildings have been built fully violating building bye-laws – no set off , no parking space , no emergency fire exit , no earthquake tolerant . what action by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT ?

                8. how many cases of building bye-laws violations has been registered by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT since 1987 ? what is the action status report yearwise ?

                9. how much of MUDA's / MCC's / GOVERNMENT's lands , sites , buildings & houses have been illegally occupied by criminal tresspassers since 1987 ?

                10. has the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT registered criminal cases against each such illegal occupation ? if not why ? provide status report yearwise ?

                11. in how many cases of such illegal occupation MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT has legalized , regularized such illegal occupation just through MUDA's / MCC's resolution instead of of reallotting the same through public notification to the next senior most in the waiting list , after giving notice of allotment cancellation to original allottee ? if not done so why ?

                12. has the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT followed all legal norms in reallotment of lands , sites , houses , etc to the illegal occupiers ? what is the procedure followed ?

                13. in mysore city , numerous housing societies & real estate Developers have mushroomed , Land allotments of how many housing societies , real estate firms among them are legally authorized by MUDA , MCC , GOVERNMENT & how many not ? since 1987 till date ?

                14. has the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT filed criminal complaints against such illegal housing societies & illegal real estate firms ? if not why ?

                15. what action MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT has initiated against real estate firms & housing societies who have violated MUDA norms , layout plans , etc ? if not why ?

                16. the government has framed building bye-laws like width of road , space for civic amenities , parking space , emergency fire exit , etc keeping high in the mind safety of people first. MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT is in the practice of levying a pittance as penalty on the building byelaw violators , layout Development plan violators & legalizing those
                violations. Safety of public & amenities of public are totally neglected by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT . When public people die , suffer injuries / accidents – say during a fire tragedy in a complex due to lack of fire exit , when people park vehicles on pavement in front of a business complex as the complex doesn't have a parking space of it's own , the pedestrians going that way are forced to come down on road resulting in accidents , injuries & deaths . is not the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT responsible for those accidents , injuries & deaths ?

                17. what is the criteria adopted by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT for out of Turn allotment of Lands , sites , houses to renowned sports persons , judges , journalists , politicians , artists , etc ?

                18. how many judges , artists , politicians , journalists , sports persons , etc have benefited from these out of turn allotments by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT ? specific figures yearwise since 1987 ?

                19. what action has been taken against developers , housing societies , who have violated MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT norms ?

                20. when poor scheduled caste , scheduled tribe people , minority people illegally live On MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT sites building temporary huts , MUDA / AUTHORITIES with the help of police razes down those huts & evicts the poor by brute force. Whereas , when cronies of political bigwigs illegally occupy MUDA , MCC / GOVERNMENT lands worth crores of rupees & build big complexes earning thousands of rupees monthly rent , MUDA or authorities not even files police complaint against them instead regularizes the illegal occupation by levying a pittance as fine. Why this double standard by MUDA / MCC GOVERNMENT ?

                21. HOW MANY CASES OF ILLEGAL OCCUPATIONS are regularized by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT since 1987 till date ? yearwise figures ?

                22. how much of MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT lands , sites , houses are under illegal occupation ? status report yearwise since 1987 ?

                23. how much of those has been recovered ? has the MUDA ,AUTHORITIES recovered the rents earned by illegal occupation ?

                24. have you filed police complaints against those criminals – tresspassers ? if not why ?

                25. is the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT giving wide publicity & sufficient time to bidders about it's auction schedules ?

                26. is the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT giving market value to land loosers ?

                27. is the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT exactly using the acquired lands , for the same purpose mentioned in the project plan ?

                28. is the MUDA / AUTHORITIES acquiring lands at lower rates from farmers & selling it at a premium , by way making profits just like a real estate agency ?

                29. in villages , there are cattle grazing grounds meant for the usage of whole villagers, forest for the usage of whole village , lands belonging to village temples. Some villagers have donated their personal lands to village temples , cattle grazing for the benefit of whole villagers. All the villagers are stake holders , owners of such lands. When MUDA / MCC /
                GOVERNMENT acquires such lands to whom does it pay compensation ? what about welfare objectives of those lands ?

                30. till date , how many lakes , ponds , how many feeder canals have been closed , filled with mud , developed , sold as sites , etc by MUDA MCC or other land developers ?

                31. has the MUDA , MCC taken alternate steps to create new lakes , ponds ? how many are created till date ?

                32. in & around mysore city , high tension electric lines are there in busy residential areas . as per Indian electricity act , no permanent structures should be under the HT lines. However there are buildings under it. In some places , HT lines runs in the middle of the road. The authorities Have developed those areas beneath HT lines as parks , rented out
                advertisement spaces & built permanent fencing of those areas spending lakhs of taxpayer's money. This fencing obstructs the movement of service personnel of electricity board , to service HT line. Are all these structures under
                & surrounding HT lines legal ?

                33. till date how many burial grounds are acquired & sold as sites by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT or other developers ? specific figures yearwise since 1987 castewise , religionwise ?

                34. in & around mysore city , in how many areas developed by MUDA & private developers , the sewage water generated in those areas is directly let into lake , ponds ?

                35. how many tributaries , lakes , ponds are killed in this fashion by MUDA , MCC & other developers , housing societies ?

                36. how many business complexes , flats , residential layouts developed by private real estate developers , housing societies are dumping the sewage , / waste generated in their buildings , into unauthorized dumping grounds , lakes , etc . thus disturbing the environment & creating public health hazard ? how the MUDA / MCC is monitoring sewage / waste disposal ? status report yearwise since 1987 till date .

                37. how many unauthorized housing layouts are there in & around mysore city ? what action by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT against them ? action taken report yearwise since 1987 till date .

                38. around mysore city , vast areas of village farm lands , agricultural lands are acquired by private real estate developers for non agricultural purposes by a single firm or single owner. Are these actions legal ? some of these real estate agents have sold those lands to private industries , multinational companies for crores of rupees. Has the MUDA / MCC /
                GOVERNMENT given alienation of land ie conversion from agricultural to industrial usage. Has KIADB given consent to it ?


                39. can a single individual / firm can purchase such vast tracts of agricultural lands , is it legal ? is it within the KIADB's
                comprehensive industrial area development plan ?

                40. has the MUDA / MCC , KIADB given wide publicity , public notice calling for objections before alienation of such lands ?

                41. are all those alienations , strictly in conformance to MUDA's / MCC's CDP & KIADB's industrial area development plan ? violations how many ?

                42. is the MUDA & KIADB revising / modifying CDP & INDUSTRIAL AREA DEVELOPMENT PLAN , to suit those real estate developers & Private companies ? on what legal grounds ?

                43.what action has been taken based on mysore district magistrate mr.T.M.Vijaya Bhaskar's report on land grabbings in mysore ?

                44.in mysore city , hebbal-hootagalli industrial area , a lake has been destroyed while building kaynes hotel , hinkal lake is shrinking , lake in front of BEML Quarters has been alloted to M/S THRILLER CLOTHING CO, are all these actions legal & in conformance to MUDA's CDP ? if not why ? what action ?

                45. while auctioning off the lands of sick industrial unit M/S IDEAL JAWA LTD , was there any pre-qualification to bidders that after purchase of lands only it must be used for industrial use or only industries can participate in the bidding process ?

                46.why not it has been clearly mentioned in the tender document that , said land is open for alienation ?

                47. about this issue , our publication has even raised it's objections , in it's newspaper . no action , why ? as a result , the government , banks , employees were cheated off their dues & the private firm made huge profits. is this auction & alienation legal ?

                48.numerous NGO's , trusts promoted by religious bodies , mutts are allotted prime lands at preferrential rates , for the reason that they will use it for public / social welfare. however many of the trusts are using the whole or part of the land for commercial purposes other than the stated public / social welfare purpose. what action has been taken by MUDA , MCC or government in such cases ?

                49.how many trusts have violated government norms in this way since 1987 till date? what action taken by MUDA , MCC & government action taken report yearwise since 1987 till date ?

                50.how many such illegalities / violations by trusts are regularized by MUDA , MCC or authorities , on what legal grounds ? ATR since 1987 till date ?

                51.before regularizing such violations have you sought public objections & given media publicity ? if not why ?

                52.how you are monitoring the net wealth growth of some MUDA / MCC / REVENUE officials & their family members , who have land acquisition / denotifying , land usage conversion authorities ?

                53.how many trusts , NGOs are allotted prime residential / commercial lands by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT on lease basis , in turn the said trusts , NGOs have sulet it either partly or wholly to others ?

                54.how many such lease allotments are sold by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT before the expiry of lease period , without public auction ?

                55. what are the norms followed by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT for the sale of leased lands to the lessee before the expiry of lease period ?

                 

                 

                NICE Corridor Questions to CHIEF MINISTER .Mr.Yediyurappa

                Read full questionnaire 
                http://sites.google.com/site/sosevoiceforjustice/nice-corridor-questions-to-chie\
                f-minister

                 

                 BMIC by NICE & land scams  in Karnataka  – an appeal to honourable supreme court of India & H.E.Honourable Governor Of Karnataka

                 

                When a crime is noticed , it is the duty of the government to investigate who did it ? and to legally prosecute them in court & provide justice . if  thousands of criminals , lakhs of criminals  got together & did the same type of crimes , all of them must be legally prosecuted. Just  for the overwhelming numbers of criminals law of the land cann't be changed. However  in the Karnataka state , many political bigwigs , rich crooks have done the same crime , LAND GRABBING – illegal possession of government land & illegal constructions over it. Important land records of those government lands , lands belonging to poor are lost in record rooms of civic bodies ( cunningly destroyed by corrupt officials ) Now, their political masters are legalizing the crimes . what a shame to the government of Karnataka ?

                 

                The  shri.A.T. RAMA SWAMY , (M.L.A) standing committee in the Previous legislative assembly probed  the land grabbings in Karnataka & gave it's report to the government . However the government in a hurry , is auctioning – off  those government lands without proper publicity  to the auction process , sufficient time for bidder's expression of interest. In some cases , a pittance is levied as penalty for the illegal occupation to get it legalized. The government is not bothered about legally prosecuting the illegal  occupier  of those lands. In many civic bodies , important property documents belonging to the government  & poor are missing from the record rooms. All these point towards the government intention , to legalise the crimes of  illegal land occupiers who are nothing but their own political  cronies.

                 

                The recent ordinance by government of Karnataka to regularize land deals is envisaging to legalize the crimes of rich. The illegal land conversions , land encroachments , encroachment of civic amenities made by the rich are being legalized with levying a pittance as penalty in the name of public welfare . Whereas the land worth at today's market prices are 10's of thousands of crore it is only wefare of the rich & mighty . IT IS GOING TO BE MOTHER OF ALL SCAMS.  The authorities evict poor tribal people from their ancestral forest area in the name of conservation , evict tribal people from villages in the name of development without proper rehabilitation measures. The government is not giving land rights to slum dwellers , poor , dalits over the land they are dwelling , the government is deaf to appeals of dalits for land rights. However the same government is sympathetic to rich who have encroached land & built huge commercial complexes worth crores violating all norms with total disregard to civic amenity or safety.

                 

                Questions Bangalore DC , BBMP Commissioner , BDA  Commissioner &  KIADB  Chairman are not answering & HIDING TRUTH , COVERING-UP CRIMES

                 http://sites.google.com/site/sosevoiceforjustice/rti---bda-bbmp-kiadb ,http://crimesofbda.blogspot.com/ , http://bdacrimes.wordpress.com/ ,

                Questions Mysore  DC , MCC Commissioner &  MUDA  Commissioner  are not answering & HIDING TRUTH , COVERING-UP CRIMES

                http://sites.google.com/site/sosevoiceforjustice/rti---muda-mcc ,  http://crimesofmuda.blogspot.com/ , http://manivannanmuda.blogspot.com/ , http://crimesatmudamysore.wordpress.com/

                 

                Hereby , e-voice urges the  concerned authorities  , to answer the following questionnaire about BMIC project by NICE

                http://www.vijaykarnatakaepaper.com/svww_zoomart.php?Artname=20100214a_009101001&ileft=50&itop=56&zoomRatio=130&AN=20100214a_009101001 

                 

                Hereby ,e-voice  appeals to honourable supreme court of India , to annul the bid process of government of Karnataka with respect to illegally occupied government lands &  to annul this ordinance of government of Karnataka which seeks to legalize land crimes. Jai hind . vande mataram.

                Your's sincerely,

                Nagaraj.M.R.

                 

                THE CLOUT OF LAND MAFIA IN INDIA -the governments daring to by-pass judiciary

                An appeal ( PIL ) to the honourable supreme court of India

                 

                The recent attempts by government of India & other state governments to legalise land grabbings by enacting new land laws in the name of public welfare is farce . while crores of people are without shelter & are living on streets , people in slums , tribal lands are struggling for land rights since decades the governments were mum & deaf. Now , as the rulers themselves & their cronies have built illegal constructions running into crores they are shedding crocodile tears in the name of public welfare. In india, various state governments have enacted " town municipal / city corporation laws & building laws" , to ensure orderly growth of cities & towns , to ensure the safety of buildings & it's occupants , to ensure the safety of pedestrians & road users.

                 

                Numerous educated people , ruling elite – ministers , police , government officials , M.Ps , M.L.As , etc knowing fully well about the laws have illegally built bungalows , commercial complexes , throwing to wind all laws. In their greed they have shown utter contempt towards law. They have encroached dried –up lakes , rivulets , rain flow paths , drainages , foot paths , civic amenity sites. In their building there are violations of- lack of fire safety exits , lack of parking space , encroachment of foot paths , conservancy line , drainages , etc.

                 

                There is wide spread corruption in the corporation / municipal authorities. For a price officials have converted  CA sites to commercial purposes , authorised deviations / encroachments of public

                lands like foot paths , drainages , parking space , set-off , etc. The corporation officials themselves are violating city master plans. Even before authorising the conversions & encroachments of lands , the

                corporation officials are not making alternate arrangements. By all these corrupt deeds many of the corporation officilas have become millionaires . however more & more road accidents are taking place , building collapses & fire tragedies are occurring , during heavy rainfalls water is getting  clogged – ALL THESE RESULTING IN LOSS OF HUMAN LIVE & PROPERTIES. In recent days numerous murders have taken place over the real estate issues . THE CRIMINAL LAND GRABBERS MADE DEATH THREATS & FORCED THE PIL APPLICANT IN THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ABOUT LAND GRABBINGS IN KORAMANGALA LAYOUT BANGALORE. The government of karnataka instead of protecting the PIL applicant & upholding the law has taken sides with the land grabbers.

                 

                 

                The state governments of karnataka & delhi has got M.L.As & officials who have themselves violated building laws & grabbed govt lands. Now , the two govts are contemplating to bring in laws regularising these land grabbing crimes for a pittance as penalty. All to by-pass judiciary. The governments are least bothered about the lives of poor & only too caring towards the land grabbing criminals.  The same governments have not yet given land rights to poor slum dwellers / dalits , land rights to tribals living in forest since centuries , land rights to poor agricultural labourers, where as it is full of concern towards rich & mighty land grabbers – criminals.  Bottom line – whatever be the magnitude of crime if you are rich & mighty law will be bended to suit you , by bad luck if you are a poor folk you are bound to suffer being on the right side of law also.  Hereby , e-voice  urges requests the honourable supreme court of india , to register this as a PIL , to provide protection to the PIL applicant in bangalore & to take appropriate actions against the GOK & GOD nipping at bud their illegal motives to regularise land grabbings.

                 

                ILLEGALITIES IN AUCTION OF M/S IDEAL JAWA LTD MYSORE

                 

                During the auction of above sick industry the land usage was for industrial purpose only. so, people with other commercial objectives were not allowed to participate in the auction. Thereby, the final auctioned amount was very much less than the market value. This has a direct bearing on employees of that industry , lending banks , govt dept , etc who have all put forward their claims for dues from that industry. noW, all of them are getting very much less than what is due from the closed company. A loss of crores of rupees to banks , government , employees has been made by the cunningness of civic bodies.

                Now in a backdoor move the M.U.D.A , K.I.A.D.B , M.C.C are moving to give land usage conversion to the new occupier, who is building posh villas & resorts here. Is it right & justified ? should not they conduct auction once again or charge market value to the new owner.

                 

                LAND MAFIA IN KARNATAKA

                 

                The land mafia which has links with political leadership & top govt servants in the state, is running business widely in & around bangalore,mysore & other major towns. The authorities like city corporation , B.D.A, M.U.D.A , K.I.A.D.B , etc are denotifying the lands meant for public welfare in favour of land mafia. The authorities have earmarked these lands for public welfare ie parks , schools , hospitals at the planning stage itself for current & future needs of the people. In most cases the land mafia has illegally occupied the lands , built commercial complexes & sold it for crores of rupees.

                 

                1. the authorities are not demolishing these illegal structures & prosecuting the occupiers.

                 

                2. In some cases the authorities are denotifying , regularizing those illegal occupations by levying a pittance as penalty which is very much less than the market value.

                 

                3. In some cases for example a notified site for school is alloted to an educational trust. They build 2 rooms in 25% of the site & state that this is free school meant for weaker sections. After a year or two , they state before the authority that to run this school they need funds. So they are planning to build commercial complexes around the school site & by the rent collected from shops they will run the school. In this manner sites meant for schools , hospitals , temples & other social organisations apply for conversion of land usage & use major portion of the land for commercial purposes.

                 

                Hereby , e-voice  urges the govt of karnataka & other authorities ,

                 

                1. to clearly demarcate the govt lands & announce it boldly to the public.

                 

                2. To clearly demarcate lands meant for public amenities both for current & future usage.

                 

                3. To clearly demarcate lands required for town planning say 20 years down the line.

                 

                4. To clearly mention in such plans the purpose it is reserved for ie parks , hospitals , schools , etc.

                 

                5. To impartially act against illegal occupiers – rich or poor.

                 

                6. Say while denotifying a land meant for school an alternate land for school must be incorporated in the original plan.

                 

                7. Before denotification public objections must be called for & considered responsibly.

                 

                8. After denotification the land must be sold at the market rate not the govt rate.

                 

                9. In case of land usage conversion also the objections from the public must be called for & considered responsibly.

                 

                10. After land usage conversion an alternate land must be incorporated in the plan for the original use.

                 

                11. In case of land usage conversion also the occupier must be charged at the market value.

                 

                12. To declare annually the property details of all officials with denotifying / land usage conversion authorities together with details of their family member's properties with provision for public scrutiny, cross checking.

                 

                13. To ruthlessly prosecute the corrupt officials & ministers.

                 

                14. To make public the report of past district magistrate mysore mr. T.M. VIJAYA BHASKAR about illegal land dealings in & around mysore. Also the action taken report.

                 

                ILLEGALITIES IN BANGALORE-MYSORE EXPRESSWAY PROJECT BMIC by NICE

                 

                Different political parties are trading charges against each other about illegalities in the mysore-bangalore expressway project. Grave mistakes have been committed by the previous state governments. The saving grace is judiciary has taken note of it. The fundamental principle behind land acquisitions by the governments is to use that acquired lands for public welfare. As the govt acquires the land with this noble intentions even the land looser contents himself with compensation at govt rate. Always the govt rate is much below market value. If at all the govt wants to give out that acquired land to a private party for private use or for the use of a selected few, the govt must give prevailing market rate to the land looser. In such cases the govt does not have authority to force the land owner to sell his property.

                 

                In this mysore-bangalore 4 lane expressway project, following inconsistencies are there,

                 

                1.   this road is not for free public use, but only for those who pays the toll fees.

                 

                2.   The luxurious resorts , townships , etc which are to be built alongside this road are not open for free public usage but only for the rich who can afford it.

                 

                3.   The govt has concluded this deal in a hush-hush manner.

                 

                4.   Any disputes raised by this project should be addressed to international arbiter at london which a poor land owner or general public can ill-afford.

                 

                5.   The govt has not paid the prevailing market value to the land loosers.

                 

                6.   The govt has not given the option to land owners not to sell their property.

                 

                7.      This whole project is for rich , built by the rich for the rich & not meant for public welfare.

                 

                The govt must give back the lands to the owners who wants it back & must pay the market value to those willing to sell. As this project is built by wealthy people for wealthy people why cann't they cough- up market value?

                 

                CRIMES BY BANGALORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ( B.D.A)

                AGAINST A POOR WOWAN

                 

                The B.D.A flouts it's own rules & spreads red carpet for big land developers & land grabbers. B.D.A posting is a huge money spinner for corrupt officials. The corrupt B.D.A officials work hand in glove with criminal elements & rowdies. They illegally evict genuine allottees who are poor & without any connections from allotted prime lands & sell-off those prime land to the highest bidder of bribe. The poor fellow is re-alloted lands in backward areas & in some cases left in the lurch.

                 

                Now , take the following case. Mr. S.D. chandrashekaraiah a poor old man aged around 80 years was allotted with house no.185, kumaraswamy lay-out, first block, bangalore in 1978 vide letter no.

                310/267/BDA/ADM/KMRSL(H)/78-79 dt 11/08/1978.

                 

                The chairman of B.D.A has allotted the built house on lease cum sale basis. The poor old man mr. S.D.chandrashekaraiah complied with all the rules & in accordance with it even deposited 25% of the house cost in B.D.A'S account. However when he went over to his allotted house for residing in it, he found out some rowdy elements were already residing there. He complained about this matter to the legal owner of the house ie B.D.A . the B.D.A officials didn't take steps to evict the illegal encroachers nor did they make any complaint to the police. His appeals to B.D.A, chief minister of karnataka , etc fell on deaf ears. Hurt by this gross injustice & mounting financial burdens the poor old man died.

                 

                Subsequently, the poor man's daughter smt. Nagalakshmi who was also very poor , appealed to the B.D.A authorities once again , to evict illegal encroachers from her father's allotted house. This time the corrupt B.D.A officials played a different game. They showed her a vacant house, gave her oral instructions to live in that vacant house & told her that they will regularise it in due course. The hapless poor woman took huge loans & repaired the house fit for occupation.  Just before she was to occupy that house , corrupt B.D.A officials once again planted rowdy elements in that house. Once again the poor woman was cheated. She lost her house, on top of it her loan burden mounted.

                 

                Till date, that poor woman is suffering from these gross injustices of B.D.A . SHAMELESS B.D.A OFFICIALS who take thousands of rupees salary & perks every month, all at the expense of tax-payer has not even cared to rectify the injustice. Thereby, they are violating the poor woman's fundamental & human rights.

                 

                Hereby,  e-voice urges  the honourable chief minister of karnataka, honourable lokayuktha for karnataka , honourable chairman national human rights commission , honourable chairman national commission for women & honourable chairman state commission for women karnataka, to take the appropriate action & to speedily provide justice to this poor woman.

                 

                 edited , printed , published & owned by NAGARAJ.M.R. <at> : LIG-2 / 761 , HUDCO FIRST STAGE , OPP WATER WORKS OFFICE , LAKSHMIKANTANAGAR ,HEBBAL , MYSORE -570017 INDIA  cell : 09341820313 

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                  urvashi sharma | 2 Nov 2010 03:13
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                  UPSIC summons LU vice-chancellor

                   

                  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/SIC-summons-LU-vice-chancellor/articleshow/6855544.cms

                  The UP State Information Commission (UPSIC) has taken a stern view of
                  the RTI anomalies in Lucknow University (LU). The commission has
                  directed LU vice-chancellor (V-C) to appear before it in connection
                  with at least three RTI cases and explain why the cases were not
                  disposed of. The V-C is also the first appeals authority in these
                  cases.

                  The three cases pertain to the complaints made by three RTI applicants
                  where either they were not provided the information or the first
                  appeals was not disposed of. The complaints were heard by information
                  commissioner Gyanendra Sharma.

                  In connection with one of the first appeals, filed by applicant Mohan
                  Krishna, the commissioner has issued a show cause notice to the V-C on
                  why the appeal was not disposed of as per the Right to Information
                  (RTI) Act. The commission is yet to get V-C's reply.

                  The commission said it was shocking to learn that despite notices
                  being sent by the SIC, the university did not take the matter
                  seriously. "The commission takes it very seriously and orders the V-C
                  to be present in the commission in the next hearing and explain about
                  the action taken on the applicant's first appeal," said the
                  commissioner.

                  Similarly, in connection with the complaint filed by another applicant
                  Vikas Kumar, though the first appeals authority of the university (V-C
                  in this case) heard the appeal, he did not mention the date when the
                  appeal was heard in his order. The commission has also ordered the
                  university to pay a compensation of Rs 10,000 and Rs 5,000 to two
                  applicants.

                  This isn't the first time when the UPSIC has taken note of the lapses
                  on the part of the state universities as far as implementing the RTI
                  Act is concerned. In April, the commission had issued show cause
                  notices to the V-Cs of at least three universities in the state asking
                  them to explain the failure on their part on the above count.

                  The universities in question were Uttar Pradesh Technical University
                  (UPTU), Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut and Lucknow
                  University. The commission was getting lot of complaints from students
                  regarding delayed or no response from the universities on their
                  queries about marksheets and certificates.

                  The SIC took a stern view of it and sent show cause notices to the
                  V-Cs of the universities asking them to explain why the students were
                  not being provided information under RTI.
                  --
                  Urvashi Sharma

                  RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
                  aishwaryaj2010-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org

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                    Dipak Shah | 2 Nov 2010 14:31
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                    Re: [rti_india] Re: DECISIONS OF CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER ARE NOW UPLOADED ON CIC’S WEBS

                     

                    Can any body explain me as to process to approach CIC. I had filed one application to PIO, Registrar of Companies and also appeal.On appeal I have not informed anything so far.  But denying information from the reply given by company that my all cases had been disposed off and rejected. But it is a differnet story than record of Registar of Companies.
                    Pls guide me personally by e mail.
                    C A Shah D J


                    From: Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
                    To: rti_india-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org
                    Sent: Tue, 2 November, 2010 8:09:58 AM
                    Subject: Re: [rti_india] Re: DECISIONS OF CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER ARE NOW UPLOADED ON CIC’S WEBS

                     

                    Dear Mr Gupta

                    Have I said even 1 word in "defence" of C'IC ? I am simply stating facts.

                    Fact #1: The NIC perforce publishes decisions of the C'IC because
                    the C'IC IS the Commission., and ONLY decisions where the
                    C'IC is on the ":bench" are legal decisions of the CIC. So decisions of
                    say Mr Wajahat Habibullah were being GENERALLY uploaded, but
                    decisions of IC(ANT) were not, but decisions of C'IC(ANT) are.

                    Fact #2:  A certain non-babu (but of course now a babu) IC had been
                    tipping ('bribing") NIC to ensure that his decisions were uploaded. This
                    caused some heartburn among his brothers and sisters but the Great
                    White Father never listened to them. Now with another Father in position
                    the prodiigal son had better control how he spends his BLACK money
                    and account for all the BLACK and/or WHITE cups of coffee he has been
                    dishing out at his office.

                    Sarbajit

                    On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 4:51 PM, M.K. Gupta <mkgupta100 <at> yahoo.co.in> wrote:
                     

                    Surprising, I do not know when something is said about the CCIC, why Mr Sarbarjit Roy jump for his defence.  Is he the official spokesman of the CCIC or do the CCIC need some advocate to put forward his views or it is a volunteer act of Mr. Roy.
                    Any way, the comments "I was briefed that Mr Shailesh Gandhi is tipping (bribing) the NIC to upload his Registry's decisions from his personal funds - and for a very long time. The other ICs being honest ex-gov babus with only their retirement pensions obviously could not compete with an industrialist and black money" are undesirable.  

                    From: sarbajitr <sroy1947-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
                    To: rti_india-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org
                    Sent: Tue, 2 November, 2010 4:24:48 PM
                    Subject: [rti_india] Re: DECISIONS OF CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER ARE NOW UPLOADED ON CIC’S WEBS

                     

                    1) The decisions of the Chief Information Commissioner have always been available on the CIC website. <-- Read this very carefully.

                    2) Notwithstanding the above, the members of this group have always been pressing the CIC to upload all the decisions faster. When I discussed this with a senior member of the CIC (decisions of whose Registry were not being uploaded for months together) I was briefed that Mr Shailesh Gandhi is tipping (bribing) the NIC to upload his Registry's decisions from his personal funds - and for a very long time. The other ICs being honest ex-gov babus with only their retirement pensions obviously could not compete with an industrialist and black money. Fortunately the balance has been restored now by CIC(ANT) and all ICs are being given a level playing field when it comes to uploading of their decisions.

                    Sarbajit

                    --- In rti_india-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org, "M.K. Gupta" <mkgupta100 <at> ...> wrote:
                    >
                    > DECISIONS OF CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER ARE NOW UPLOADED ON CIC’S WEBSITE
                    > Â
                    > The decisions of Chief Central Information Commissioner are now available on CIC
                    > website. Recently, the RTI activists had pointed-out that the decision taken by
                    > Shri A N Tiwari, CIC are not being uploaded on the website. It is evident that
                    > the discussion on blogs has impact on the authorities. Â
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