Outstanding
Order of Child Welfare Committee, Khurda
to Authority of KISS to get registered under Juvenile Justice Act, 2015.
Bhubaneswar: 3.5.19., In a significant development, exercising power conferred under section 37 A
of JJ Act, on
2.3.19., the additional Child welfare Committee, Khurda has
directed to Secretary, Kalinga Institute
of Social Science ( KISS), Patia, Bhubaneswar to ensure
registration of the institution
under section 41 of
Juvenile Justice ( Care and protection of children ) Act 2015. Similarly, direction has also been issued
to the Collector, Khurda to take
immediate and urgent action to ensure registration of KISS under JJ Act.
The directive of the
Additional CWC, Khurda came following
complaint filed filed
by Pradip Pradhan along with members
of Civil Society Groups dated 5.12.18 with prayer
to take all necessary steps to bring KISS tribal school within fold of JJ Act.
Kalinga Institute of Social Science, a private institution
located at Patia, Bhubaneswar which claims
to have housed 30,000 tribal
children has not been registered with Women and Child Development Department and Department of SC and ST welfare , Govt. of Odisha. As per
information obtained under RTI dated 13.11.18 in response to RTI query
about no. of institutions registered under section 41 of JJ Act within
jurisdiction of Khurda district, the PIO, Dept. of Women and Child Development has
provided list of 14 organisations
registered with Govt. But astonishingly,
the name of KISS, Patia, Bhubaneswar does not figure in the list. On 19.6.2017, while submitting
the inquiry report into alleged
torture of children in KISS Hostel, the
CWC, Khurda has recommended
for registration of KISS in Tribal welfare Department
and issued necessary direction to the Collector, Khurda to take steps
to get it registered
under JJ Act.
It deserves to be mentioned here that as per Supreme Court
direction, all the institutions whether
run by a state government or voluntary
organisations or NGOs which are meant either wholly or partially for housing the
children in need of care and
protection , shall be registered under
section 41 of the Juvenile
Justice ( Care and Protection of
Children) Act, 2015.
But KISS
institution under control of Achyuta Samant has been constantly ignoring order
of CWC and defying
law of the land without
getting it registered.
Astonishingly, despite
order of Additional CWC, Khurda, Secretary, KISS has written a letter dated 18.4.19 to CWC, Khurda in constant to
order of CWC that their
Institution need not be
registered under JJ Act. We are
waiting to see what legal action Additional CWC will take
against authority of KISS
for non-compliance of order of
the CWC.
Pradip Pradhan
M-9937843482
Date- 3.5.19
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