Citizens’
Monitoring of Functioning of Odisha Lokayukta through RTI
·
Odisha
Lokayukta is still ill-equipped to discharge its duties due to huge staff
shortage.
·
Only 28
officer and staff appointed against sanctioned post of 137.
·
109 sanctioned
post still vacant.
·
Lokayukta
has not yet completed preliminary inquiry in a single Complaint case so far.
Dear friends
RTI Act has empowered the citizens not only access information
held by the public authorities but
also demand accountability from
the Govt. employees and
monitor their activities. Keeping it in view, RTI Application
dt. 5.7.19. was filed by Santosh Mohanty, RTI Activist of Mayurbhanj district to the PIO, office of Lokayukta, Odisha seeking
information about details of complaint
cases received , preliminary
inquiry completed, details of officer and
regular staff appointed etc. On 1.8.19., the PIO has supplied the following
information.
It needs to be mentioned here that Justice Ajit Singh of Assam has been appointed as Chairman of Lokayukta who joined on 20.3.19. Office of Lokayukta, Odisha started functioning w.e.f. 8th April 2019. Justice Bijay Nayak, Dr. R.P. Sharma, Debabrata Swain have been appointed as Members of Lokayukta.
1.
As
per section 14 of the Lokayukta Act, 2014, Lokayukat
is required to receive complaints
and finish preliminary
inquiry within 90 days( section 20). The PIO
has supplied the
information that from May to
July, 2019, Odisha Likayukta has
received total no. of 128 cases ( May- 28, June- 26 and July-74 ( upto 24.7.19) , But yet
to complete preliminary inquiry of any complaint cases filed so far
within 3 months.
2.
Details of
officers and Staff appointed in the office of Lokayukta, Odisha
|
Sl. No
|
Name of posts
|
Sanctioned strength
|
Men in Position
|
Vacant
|
|
1
|
Addl. Secretary
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
2
|
Finance Officer ( Joint Secretary)
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
3
|
Deputy Secretary
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
4
|
Sr. Private Secretary
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
5
|
Private Secretary/ Personal assistant
|
12
|
2
|
10
|
|
6
|
Sr. Steno/Jr Steno
|
9
|
2
|
7
|
|
7
|
Court Master / Section Officer
|
10
|
7
|
3
|
|
8
|
ASO/Asst.to Court Section
|
22
|
6
|
16
|
|
9
|
Sr. GR. Diarist
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
10
|
JR. GR. Diarist
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
11
|
JR/SR Driver
|
9
|
1
|
8
|
|
12
|
Librarian
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
13
|
Data Entry Operator ( DEO)
|
12
|
0
|
12
|
|
14
|
Record Keeper
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
15
|
Zamadar
|
10
|
0
|
10
|
|
16
|
Peon
|
41
|
3
|
38
|
|
17
|
DEO ( Issue and Despatch)
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
|
18
|
Choukidar-cum-Night Watchman
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
19
|
Receptionist
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
Total
|
137
|
28
|
109
|
Sanctioned strength and Men in
Position ( Contractual)
|
Sl.No.
|
Name of post
|
Men in position
|
|
1
|
Date Entry Operator
|
1
|
|
2
|
Peon
|
3
|
|
|
Total
|
4
|
Srikant Pakal
M- 9830440742
Date- 26.8.19
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