Friday, June 4, 2010

State ordered to collect arrears from babus

By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad,June 3: Justice Ramesh Ranganathan of the AP High Court gave his verdict on a petition filed by Mr Rajiv Trivedi, an IPS officer, challenging the demolition of an extra bedroom for installation of a lift at Block No 4 in Government Officers’ Flats on Road No. 10 of Banjara Hills.

The judge observed that the “no-holds barred squabble in full public gaze by officers... and occupation of the government quarters without payment of arrears of rent... does not augur well for the bureaucracy”.

During the course of hearing the petitioner said the other occupants of Block No 4 had defaulted in payment of monthly rent and continued to retain possession of the flats even though they were transferred.

On the direction of the judge, the government submitted details of the rent arrears due from officials. According to the government, Mr S.V. Rajasekhar Babu, ASP, had not paid rent from July 12, Mr K. Satyanarayana, secretary of A.P. Yogadhyana Parishad, had to pay Rs 20,000, Mr G. Sudheer Babu, IPS (Rs 1,35,333), Dr A. Ravi Shankar, IPS (Rs.82,258), and Mr Vijaya Kumar, DCP, Cyberabad, had not paid rent from 2009.

Other officials who have to pay rent arrears are Mr P. Hari Kumar, IPS (pending from 12/09), Mr K. Prabhakar Chowdary, executive director, A.P. Dairy Development Co-operative Federation Ltd (from 2/09) Ms. K. Parimala Hana Nutan, ASP (Rs 2,10,000), Dr Prabhavathi, regional deputy director, State Audit Zone-VI, Hyderabad (from 12/08), Ms B. Udaya Lakshmi, assistant director, WD & CW Dept, (from 2/09) Dr R. Satyanarayana, secretary to the Board of Governors, Hyderabad Public School (from 1/09) Mr M. Kantha Rao, IPS (Rs 50,000), Mr K. Sreenivas Reddy, IPS (Rs 49,000), M. Jyothi, IAS, RIMS, Kadapa (Rs 1,10,000), and Mr Kripanand Tripathi Ujela, IPS (Rs 60,666).

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