Free Press Journal: Mumbai: Wednesday,
June 29, 2016.
RTI reply
puts MCGM’s Additional Municipal Commissioner Dr Sanjay Mukherjee in the dock.
“I have
written a letter to Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta and demanded an inquiry
into the lavish lifestyle of the officer.”
A senior BMC
officer spent over Rs one crore on the renovation and maintenance of his
official bungalow in posh Malabar Hills, a RTI query has found.
Dr Sanjay
Mukherjee, an IAS officer posted as Additional Municipal Commissioner in the
MCGM, incurred a total expense of Rs 1.0044 crore on the bungalow since January
2015, according to the reply furnished by MCGM’s Water Supply Department to RTI
activist Anil Galgali.
The expense
includes maintenance charges, expenditure on renovation, electricity bills,
etc. Galgali also claimed that Mukherjee tried to hinder this information.
“Initially,
the IAS officer issued verbal instructions to the department to not provide the
information sought. But since there is no provision in the RTI Act enabling the
Public Information officer to conceal information on the grounds of verbal
orders, the PIO of the department provided details on the bungalow allotted to
Mukherjee,” Galgali said.
The bungalow
of 2682 sqft was a guest house before being allotted as a residence to
Mukherjee, after obtaining permission from the Municipal Commissioner in
January last year, the reply said.
“I have
written a letter to Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta and demanded an inquiry
into the lavish lifestyle of the officer,” he said.
Despite
repeated attempts, Mukherjee could not be reached for comments.
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