Moneylife: Pune: Tuesday, May 10,
2016.
The Maharashtra
Chief Minister's Office (CMO) has two employees working but instead of the CMO,
they are being paid salaries by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development
Authority (MMRDA), reveals a reply received under the Right to Information
(RTI) Act.
According to
information received by activist Anil Galgali from MMRDA, Vishwas Dadasaheb
Bansode and Jagannath Tungvel Acharya are employed on contract as peons and
have been deployed at the CM's office. "The salaries of the two peons are
being paid by MMRDA. Bansode has been appointed from 1 November 2014 onward and
Acharya has been appointed from 1 July 2015 onwards," the reply says.
"Pertinent
to note here is that, one of the appointed peons Jagannath Acharya had retired
from the CMO as Jamadar, but continues to function there and surprisingly there
is no approval of the CM taken for the appointment," Galgali says.
As per the information
received under the RTI, both the peons, Acharya and Bansode have not even
worked for a single day at the MMRDA and have been working in the CMO from day
one.
Galgali says,
Acharya retired from the CMO as Jamadar and on the next day submitted his
application to MMRDA for the job. On the same day, i.e. on 1 July 2015 the
Deputy Metropolitan Commissioner (DMC) and the Additional Metropolitan
Commissioner Sanjay Sethi approved it and issued internal order for appointment
and the very same day onwards Acharya resumed work at the CMO.
Bansode, on
the other hand, has been working in the CMO since 1 November 2014, but approval
for his appointment was taken on 19 November 2014. Kiran Hadkar, under
secretary in the CMO, wrote to the DMC seeking Bansode's services on loan
basis. "The MMRDA paid Bansode Rs12,000 per month from 1 November 2014 to
30 December 2015 and thereafter Rs13,200. Acharya is being paid Rs17,500 per
month since his appointment," the reply received under the RTI reveals.
When Galgali
sought copy of the CM's approval order, he was handed over copy of the request
letter sent by Hadkar. "...actuality it is binding to take the
Government's approval for appointment of retired person's on contract basis,
but the rules seems to have been ignored in both the cases," he said.
"In a
case of Dr Jagannath Dhone versus Govt of Maharashtra, the state government has
filed an affidavit stating that it would not appoint retired personal on
contract basis and in case of extreme emergency, would seek due approval. The
affidavit has itself been violated by the CMs office," Galgali says.
Expressing
surprise, Galgali wondered as to whether the CM has been kept in the dark about
such activities by some officers in the CMO. "This is a matter for
investigation due to the reason and purpose of importance of a retire Jamadar
Acharya's actual requirement in the CMO," the RTI activist added.
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