400 Govt. Quarters unauthorizedly occupied in Bhubaneswar by retired Govt. Employees and Employees transferred to other districts in Odisha, exposed through RTI
Dear friends
On 5.2.13, RTI Application was submitted to the Department of General Administration, Govt. of Odisha seeking information about Govt. quarters unauthorizedly occupied in Bhubaneswar by retired Govt. employees or employees who have been transferred to other districts in the state. The other information sought is as follows.
i.Provide information about procedure to be followed for eviction in case of unauthorized occupation by the employees.
ii. Is there any arrangement of collection of penal fee for these category of employees. If yes, Please provide details of it including copy of Govt. circular.
iii. Provide information about steps taken by the Govt. for eviction of these employees from Govt. quarter unauthorisedly occupied.
On 11.3.13, the PIO has supplied the information which is as follows.
a.Total No. of 400 Govt. quarters has been unauthorisedly occupied in Bhubaneswar by the retired Govt. employees like IAS officers, OAS officers, police officers, school teachers, judges, law officers clercks, section officers, steno, diarists, Drivers, caretakers, watchman and the employees who have been transferred to other districts in the state.
b. With regard to procedure for eviction, it is provided that after cancellation of allotment of Government quarters, OPP (E) case is to be filed in the court of Estate Officer, G.A. Dept. against the unauthorized occupants. After finalization of eviction procedure by the Estate Court, steps are taken for their eviction as per Rule. After receipt of the orders under section 5(2) of the Odisha Public Premises Eviction Act from the court of Estate Officer, G.A. Department, eviction of unauthorized occupant is taken up following due procedure of law.
c. No steps has been taken by the Govt. for eviction of the employees unauthoriesly occupying Govt. quarters.
d. Penal rent (Standard license fee ) for Govt. quarters illegally occupied by Govt. employees has not been revised since 1998.
Some important illegal occupants of Govt. quarters are as follows
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Sl.No |
Name of retired employees with their designation |
Details of quarters |
Date of retirement |
Employees transferred out of Bhubaneswar |
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No. |
Type |
Unit |
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1 |
Haradhan Pal, retired Executive Engineer, O.C.C.Ltd. BBSR |
17 |
C |
I.R.C. |
30.4.2011 |
|
|
2 |
Smt. Madhur Sarangi, IAS Ex-chairman, OFDC |
5 |
VIIIMR |
VI |
31.12.2011 |
|
|
3 |
Sarat Ch. Behera, Retd. Under secretary, IT Dept. |
44/4 |
E |
IX |
31.1.2011 |
|
|
4 |
S.K.Fakiruddin, Retd. Under Secretary, Agrl. Dept. |
230 |
E |
VIII |
31.3.11 |
|
|
5 |
Pramod Ch. Panda, OSS (Retd.) Under Secretary to Govt., Dept. of Science and Technology |
101 |
IVR |
VI |
31.8.2011 |
|
|
6 |
Dolamani Kandher, OAS (SB), Addl. Secy. Agrl. Dept. |
71 |
C |
VIII |
31.10.2012 |
|
|
7 |
Nabin Ku. Behera, Ex-Agrl. Marketting Officer, O/o- the Director of Hurticulture |
2/2 |
D |
CRP |
Relieved on 30.6.2010 |
Nayagarh |
|
8 |
Lingaraj Rath, OAS, Ex-joint Secy, now ADM Ganjam |
67 |
VR |
VI |
Transfereed on 27.12.2011 |
Ganjam |
|
9 |
Smt. Babita Mohanty, OAS, Addl. Sub-collector, Dhenkanal |
19 |
VR |
VI |
25.6.12 |
Dhenkanal |
|
10 |
Santosh Senapati, OAS, Niali |
7/3 |
IVA |
II |
25.6.2008 |
Niali |
|
11 |
Debaraj Pradhan, retired Superintendent, Odisha State Archeology, Bhubaneswar |
1 |
3R |
MA |
28.2.09 |
|
|
12 |
Duryodhan Mohanty, retd. Deputy Secretary, Home Dept. |
87 |
IVR |
VI |
31.3.10 |
|
|
13 |
Nimai Ch. Rout, Retd. Deputy Secretary, G.A. Dept. |
22/5 |
2RA |
VIII |
31.8.11 |
|
|
14 |
Chitta Ranjan Sahu, retired Under Secretary, P.E. Dept. Bhubaneswar |
172 |
E |
N.A |
30.10.11 |
|
|
15 |
Natabar Nanda, Deputy Secretary, H and FW Dept. |
7/4 |
IVB |
I |
31.01.12 |
|
|
16 |
Dr. Banambar Panigrahi, Retired Eye Specialist, Capital Hospital |
17/1 |
IV |
I |
31.1.12 |
|
|
17 |
Ananda Ku. Mishra, retired Addl. Secy. H &FW Dept. |
28 |
4RF |
IX |
31.12.11 |
|
|
18 |
Siba Prasad Mishra, retd. CDI and Ex-officio Special secretary, G.A. dep. |
7 |
C |
IX |
30.4.11 |
|
|
19 |
Madam Mohan Barik, Ex-Asst. Survey of India |
15/5 |
F |
IX |
Transferred on 23.12.2009 |
Survey of India, Kolkatta |
|
20 |
Kelu C\h. Swain Retd. Director Housing Ex-officio Addl. Secretary, H & U.D. Department |
22 |
4R |
IX |
29.2.12 |
|
|
21 |
Sarat Ch. Patra, Ex-SI, O/o- the S.P., Khurda |
2 |
2RB |
IX road-6 |
1.4.2008 |
1.1.2008, SP, Khurda |
|
22 |
Surendra Mohanty, retd. Under Secretary, Home Dept |
266 |
E |
VIII |
1.5.2012 |
|
|
23 |
Pratap Mohanty, Ex-Addl. SP, puri |
46/1 |
IV |
I |
|
2.12.08, Puri |
|
24 |
Madanmohan Dhir Ex-Havildar-720, Commissioner of police |
106/7 |
F |
CSP |
|
30.9.2008 Sundargarh |
|
25 |
Arun Kumar Sahu, Ex-law officer, Commissioner of Police |
10 |
4RF |
IX |
|
30.8.10 Jajpur |
Pradip Pradhan
Date-4.4.13