Tahasildar , Bhubaneswar does
not care to appear during hearing of the
case and simply ignore order of Odisha Information Commission
Tall claim of Nabin Patnaik
as Transparent Govt. is false and fraud with OIC finding helplessness and busy in
issuing notice after notice ……..
The Case is non-supply of information about Ghangapatna
Land Scam , biggest land scam in
Bhubaneswar perpetuated by
politicians of BJD and BJP
patronised by Nabin Patnaik, Chief
Minister of Odisha
Dear friends
In August, 2014, it
was exposed by the local people and media that huge acres of tribal was illegally
acquired by late Kalpataru Das and his MLA Son Pranab
Balabantaray and Sri K.V.Singhdeo, BJP
MLA in name of her daughter and many powerful people connected
with BJD party in
Ghangapatana area of Bhubaneswar under jurisdiction of Tahasildar,
Bhubaneswar. After this expose , all the
opposition political parties and Civil Society Groups coming to the streets organised
protest dharana demanding CBI
inquiry into scam. It is
popularly known as Ghangapatna land Scam in Odisha. It is another type of KIIT
Land Scam in Bhubaneswar. In the
midst of protest, Chief Minister ordered
for Crime Branch enquiry and
after few days the Govt.
declared that 70 acres of
land of Ghangapatna returned back to Govt. fold. It was highlighted by all Print and Electronics Media
during that time.
To verify the authenticity of information,
RTI Application
dt. 17.9.14 was submitted to the PIO, Office of Revenue and Disaster Management,
Govt. of Odisha, Bhubaneswar seeking
information about details of Ghangapatana
land returned back by Govt. Though 30 days passed, the PIO did not
supply the information. Then, on 31.1.2.14, I made first appeal to the First Appellate
Authority to hear the case and provide
the information. Though 30 days passed, the FAA neither heard the case nor
provided the information. Then, Second
Appeal dated
1.2.15 was filed to Odisha Information Commission seeking
information and penalty against PIO under section 20 (1) of the RTI Act.
After two and half years, on 14.7.17., Mrs. Sashi Prava
Bindhani, State Information Commissioner started
hearing the Second Appeal petition Case No.
284/15. The PIO, office of
Collector, Khurda submitted that though he had noticed thrice to the
Tahasildar, Bhubaneswar to provide the information, he did not respond. After hearing it, the Commission issued
direction to the PIO, office of Tahasildar, Bhubaneswar to produce all
the information about Ghangapatna land to the Appellant within 7 days and fixed
16.8.17 for second hearing of the case.
On 16.8.17, during hearing, the PIO, office of
Tahasildar neither filed any affidavit nor appeared the case nor provided any information. The order of the Commission was simply thrown
to the dustbin. However, the Commission has issued
notice again to PIO, office of
Tahasildar to appear , file the affidavit
in the next day of hearing.
Pradip Pradhan
M-9937843482
Date- 20.8.17
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