Free Press Journal: Mumbai: Sunday, February 21, 2016.
Officials are
often penalised for denying time-bound information under the RTI Act. However,
perhaps for the first time in the history of the Mira Bhayandar Municipal
Corporation (MBMC), an employee has been slapped with a monetary fine for
alleged disobedience in conducting his duties.
Under the
relevant provisions of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act, 1949, MBMC
chief Achyut Hange slapped a monetary fine of Rs 1,000 on junior engineer
Prashant Jankar for dereliction.
According to
officials, Jankar has been accused of signing a report related to the waste
management project, despite his transfer from the concerned health wing to his
current posting with the public works department. Not satisfied with the
clarification given by Jankar to the show cause notice, the civic chief not
only imposed a monetary fine but also directed the administrative wing to take
note of the indiscipline in his service book.
It should be
noted that Prashant Jankar had been caught red handed on December 9, 2011,
while accepting Rs 50,000 as bribe from a municipal contractor to process his
pending bills. However, after facing suspension for almost two years Jankar was
reinstated back to service in 2014.
Interestingly, a suspended MBMC ward officer had been caught red handed
by the ACB last week while accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a vada-pav
vendor in Mira Road.
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