STATUS OF RDC ENQUIRIES IN ODISHA

Status of RDC Enquiries in Odisha (from 2000 to 2015)

Whenever any law and order situation occurs or any unlawful event occurs, the State Govt.  orders for RDC enquiry   or Judicial enquiry  into it. Revenue Divisional Commissioner is entrusted to investigate into the matter and submit the report within the stipulated time period fixed by Govt.

RTI Application was submitted to the PIO,  Department of Home, Govt. of Odisha seeking information about status of enquiries conducted by RDC within the period of 2000 to 2015. On dated 23.5.15, the PIO has supplied the following information.

·          Total No. of 27 number of RDC enquiries on different incidents have been ordered   by Nabin Patnaik Govt.  from 2000 to 2015.

·          Information about enquiry Report into Biraja Idol Theft case of Jajpur has not been provided by the PIO, Dept. of Home. It was put here  following the information collected earlier.

·          Out of 27 cases, no Action   on RDC Enquiry Report has been taken in 12 cases.

·          RDC Enquiry into violent incidents at village Namatara under Kendrapara district on 8.3.15 is continuing.

Sl.No	Name of the enquiry  with incidents	Present position	Follow up action
1	Demolition of Church at Vill- Churchunda of Kodinga  Tahasil, Dist-Nabarangpur	Report received	No Action Taken
2	Inquiry into firing incident at Simulia, Balasore  on 7.2.2002	Report received	Appropriate follow up action has been taken
3	Inquiry  on firing  by Guard of WESCO  on V.S.S. Medical College students on 17.7.2002	Report received	Appropriate follow up action has been taken
4	Inquiry in Boat Capsize  at river Baitarani, Jajpur district  on 31.8.2002	Report received	Appropriate follow up action has been taken
5	Inquiry into murder of Jajati Keshari Sahu by Extremist  in Rayagada district	Report received	Appropriate follow up action has been taken
6	Inquiry  in Boat Capsize  at river Upper Kolab Reservior, Koraput on 7.2.2003	Report received	Appropriate follow up action has been taken
7	Inquiry on Drown to students of Burla High school  i Mahanadi Syphone  on 10.2.2003	Report received	Appropriate follow up action has been taken
8	Inquiry into alleged  misbehaviour  of Sri sankar Oram, MLA , Raghunathpalli assembly constituency on 4.3.2003	Report received	No Action Taken
9	Inquiry into alleged  police  atrocity  on 4.4.2003 at Bandhalli, chargochhia, Jajpur district	Report received	No Action Taken
10	Inquiry into death of two students  and injury to three other  students  of Saraswati  High School, Deypur  in Kendrapara district on 19.7.2003	Report received	Appropriate follow up action has been taken.
11	Inquiry into Law and Order Problem Between villagers of Kutharsingh-vrs-Manikpur and Tatadahipali in Ganjam on 28.7.2003	Report received	Appropriate follow up action has been taken.
12	Inquiry on police firing  during excise raid  at Ratansahi, Mayurbhanj district on 22.8.2003	Report received	Appropriate follow up action has been taken.
13	Inquiry  into police firing  at Kolabira of district Jharsuguda on 7.12.2003	Report received	Appropriate follow up action has been taken.
14	Inquiry into incident  of assault on Youth Congress leader , Bhawanipatna on 15.3.2003	Report received	Appropriate follow up action has been taken.
15	Inquiry into the alleged  misbehaviour  to Rajedra Ram, Advocate , Rairangpur inMayurbhanj district	Report received	Appropriate follow up action has been taken.
16	Inquiry into the Police firing incident  at ChakradharPur Outpost under Paradeep  P.S. in Jagatsingh Pur  o 29.11.2005	Report received	No action Taken
17	Inquiry into Assault  of Smt. Pramila Giri, MLA, Baisingha by some people  on 17.1.2006.	Report received	No Action Taken
18	Inquiry into police firing  on 15.2.2006 at village Bhatra, Rairkhol in Sambalpur district.	Report received	Appropriate follow up action has been taken.
19	Inquiry into police action  during the imitational activities  of members,  OSSTA and Block Grant Secondary  Schools Teachers Association on 17.11.2007.	Report received	No Action Taken
20	Inquiry into alleged Gang-rape of a 1st Year M.C.A. student  of Sambalpur  University  on 24.2.2008	Report received	Appropriate follow up action has been taken.
21	Inquiry into incident  violence  occurred  at Bolangir on 11.2.2009	Report received	No Action Taken
22	Inquiry into  the leakage  of  Toxic Gas in  the water treatment  plant at Sambalpur	Report received	Appropriate follow up action has been taken.
23	Inquiry into Kodala incident  in Ganjam district	Report received	No Action Taken
24	Inquiry into Chadaka festival  of Chandaneswar  in Balasore district	Report received	No Action Taken
25	Inquiry into  the incident  of attack  on Sri Husein Rabi Gandhi in Jajpur	Report received	No Action Taken
26	Inquiry into Idol Theft Case in Girija Temple , Jajpur district.	Report received	No Action Taken
27	Inquiry into violent incident  at village  Namatara  under Rajakanika PS in Kendrapara district	Continuing

Pradip Pradhan, M-9937843482

Date- 30.05.2015 

PERKs & FACILITIEs to MLAs of ODISHA

Perks and Facilities extended to MLAs  of Odisha

On 7.5.15, RTI Application was submitted to the PIO, office of Odisha Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Odisha  seeking  information about  details of salary and other allowances  to the Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly ( MLA). The PIO on dated 18.5.15 has supplied the following information. This information is disseminated as part of campaign strategy  to  sensitise the people  about  governance system of the state.

Sl.	Subject	Amount  ( Rs.)
1	Salary of MLA	16,000/- PM
2	Medical treatment outside the state	a.      Travelling allowances i.e., actual bus fare  or actual rail fare   in the class to which he is entitled. b.       Bus fare or single railway fare  both ways for attendant  authorised to accompany c.       Reimbursement of charges  paid at the institution  excluding dietary charges. d.      Cost of medicine
3	Daily allowance	800/- for each day of actual residence at the place where the assembly or a Committee meets or at a place to make an oath or affirmation as required by article  188 of the constitution.
4	Travelling allowance	In case  of journey by railway, double the fare  of the Air-conditioned  two-tier and in case of journey by steamer, double the second class fare.   In case of journey by road, one rupee and fifty paise for each kilometre travelled.
5	Fixed Travel allowance	Rs. 8,000/- per mensem to  defray the cost of travelling  which is not connected with business of assembly  or a committee.
6	Conveyance allowance	Rs.7000.00 per month
7	Constituency Allowance and Secretariat Allowance	Rs. 13,000 per month.
	Electricity consumption allowances	Rs.2,000 per moth.
8	Telephone facilities	8,000/- PM
9	Motor Car Advance	3,00,000/-
10	Periodical charges	1000/- PM
11	Accommodation  facilities at Bhubaneswar	Well-furnished quarter at monthly rent excluding electricity charges
12	Accommodations in inspection Bungalow	Free accommodation in Inspection Bungalow  not for more than three consecutive days at a time
13	Tour outside the state	For journey by rail, air and road, at the rate admissible to first grade  Govt. officers Daily allowance @ 1,000.00 per day

Pradip Pradhan,M- 9937843482

Date- 24.05.2015

FUND PLACED with POLICE by OCA for SECURITY

Fund received by Police Commissionerate from Odisha Cricket Association for security arrangement for cricket match in Cuttack from 2009 to 2014, 
exposed through RTI

Every time  during cricket match, huge security arrangement  is made  by police  to provide security   to the players, VIPs, VVIPs  and maintain  law and order  on the spot. But   the common people are hardly aware expenditure made for security arrangement and source of allocation of fund.  To understand about it, RTI Application was submitted to the PIO, Office of  Police  Commissionerate on 23.3.15.  The Information supplied by the DCP-Cum-PIO on 8.5.15 is as follows:

Date of Match played	Name of  the Association	Amount received	Date
19.3.2010	Odisha Cricket Association	Rs. 10,00,000.00	22.4.2012
21.3.2010		Rs. 10,00,000.00	1.5.2012
22.4.2012		Rs. 88, 36, 939.00	22.4.2014
1.5.2012		Rs. 30,69,171.00	5.5.2014
7.5.2014	Do	Rs. 51,00,000.00	3.5.2014
11.5.2014
14.5.2014	Do	Rs. 13, 50, 000.00	20.9.2014

Pradip Pradhan, M-9937843482

Date-12.05.2015 

STATUS of INQUIRY INTO LAND SCAM in ODISHA

A Public Review of Inquiry into land scam by Govt. of Odisha

• No enquiry conducted  so far , though  six months  have passed  since submission of  Task Force Report
• Not a single land arbitrarily allotted or allotted under discretionary quota has been resumed.
• Not a single man  who has illegally taken  single land or  multiple  plot   by filling false  affidavit  or  providing false  information  has  been arrested.
• List  of  plots/ lands  allotted  by GA, BDA, CDA, Odisha State Housing Board   allotted  during pre-1995  and post-1995  till 2014  has not been prepared  till yet.
• Finance Dept. is yet  to start  special audit  into allotment  of  land
• GA (Vigilance)  is yet  to start  enquiry  into  land scam.
• The whole enquiry process followed by Govt. is farce ad designed to buy time to cover up the scam.

After CAG expose on huge irregularities and illegalities   in respect of allotment of land by General Administration, Bhubaneswar Development Authority, and Cuttack Development Authority  in June 2014, the political parties and  Civil Society Groups  demanded  CBI enquiry  into  it  by organising demonstration, Dharana, rally  in Bhubaneswar. Being pressurised,  on 02.08.14, the State Govt.  constituted  a Task Force  under the chairmanship of Dr. Taradatt, Addl. Chief Secretary to submit the  report after  thorough study  into alleged irregularities  into allotment of land/plot  by BDA, CDA, Housing Board and GA.  The task Force produced the report to Chief Minister on 03.11.14.  The Govt.  in its cabinet meeting  held  on 18.12.14  passed resolution  accepting all the recommendations given by  Task Force and  produced  Action  Taken Report.  But the ATR was notified on 31.1.2015. 

Though around 10 months have passed since submission of CAG report, the State Govt. has not recovered a single land nor taken any action against the culprits.  The details of Task Force Report, its recommendations,  Govt. ATR and follow up activities of the Govt. is as follows.

Sl.	Recommendation of task Force Report presented to Govt. on	Action Taken Report presented by Govt. o 18.12.14	Notification with regard to ATR issued by Govt. on 31.1.15	Action taken by Govt. within 6 moths
1	All plots allotted under discretionary quota should be resumed, if the allottees have failed to construct houses within the stipulated five years.	Finance Department will conduct a special audit to find out the actual number of discretionary allotments made after 01.01.1995 including those not placed before the Task Force	Finance Dept. will conduct special audit of all allotments  made after 1.11995  which have been made  o the basis of applications received from time to time  under various schemes of NDA, CDA and Housing Board  and it will conduct a special audit to find out the actual number of discretionary allotments made after 01.01.1995 including those not placed before the Task Force	No step  has been taken so far
2	BDA, CDA, OSHB and GA Department should take up another exercise to obtain comprehensive details including the allotments made prior to 1.1.1995 to know the exact extent of individuals and families who have taken undue benefit of multiple allotments against the schematic provisions.	BDA/OSHB and General Administration Department will examine the allotments made prior to 01.01.1995 at Bhubaneswar to determine the exact list of allottees who have availed the irregular benefit of more than one allotment of land/flat/house against the specific schematicprovisions. CDA and OSHB will undertake a similar exercise for Cuttack urban area. This exercise will be completed within six months.	BDA/OSHB and GA  Department will examine the allotments made prior to 01.01.1995 at Bhubaneswar to determine the exact list of allottees who have availed the irregular benefit of more than one allotment of land/flat/house against the specific schematicprovisions. CDA and OSHB will undertake a similar exercise for Cuttack urban area. This exercise will be completed within six months.	No details of allotment  of land/ plot prior to 1995  has been prepared
3	All allotments made before the launch of the schemes and before last date fixed for the receipt of applications should be cancelled.	G.A. (Vigilance) Department may enquire into those cases of multiple allotments to individuals/families where such allotments have been made on the basis of false affidavits or misleading information in violation of specific schematic provision and initiate appropriate criminal action.	G.A. (Vigilance) Department may enquire into those cases of multiple allotments to individuals/families where such allotments have been made on the basis of false affidavits or misleading information in violation of specific schematic provision and initiate appropriate criminal action.	No step has been taken so far.
4	Allotments made under discretionary quota by the Minister, H & UD from 22.2.1999 to 17.5.2004 are illegal and void ab initio and may be cancelled since the notifications of appointment of Minister of State( Independent Charge) as Chairman, BDA and CDA were not revised and the Ministers concerned had not been appointed as Chairpersons of the concerned Authorities under the relevant laws and rules.	Government notification of the Minister, H & UD as Chairman, BDA and CDA will be examined in consultation with the Advocate General, Odisha	Government notification of the Minister, H & UD as Chairman, BDA and CDA will be examined in consultation with the Advocate General, Odisha	Nothing has happened
5	All discretionary allotments made after 1.1.1995 should be Cancelled. Further verification should be made to quantify the size of discretionary allotment.	All allotments of plot/house/flat under discretionary quota by the BDA, CDA and OSHB under different schemes after 1.1.1995 including their pre and post-possession transfers be cancelled and the plots/houses/flats are resumed to the concerned authorities.	All allotments of plot/house/flat under discretionary quota by the BDA, CDA and OSHB under different schemes after 1.1.1995 including their pre and post-possession transfers be cancelled and the plots/houses/flats are resumed to the concerned authorities	Not a single land allotted under discretionary quota has been cancelled.
6	All pre-possession transfers except in the event of death of the allottee should be cancelled and responsibility on officials should be fixed.			The Govt. is silent on it
7	As regards post-possession transfers, such transfers by discretionary quota allotees and multiple allottees should also be cancelled (except in case of allottees getting only one plot/house/flat through fair means and by following prescribed procedure for such transfer).	In case of multiple allotments, the additional units allotted to ineligible individual/families as pointed out by the Task Force in its report be cancelled and resumed to the concerned authorities.	BDA, CDA, OSHB and GA should cancel multiple allotments, additional units allotted  to ineligible individuals/ families and resume the same to the concerned authorities	No step has been taken till yet.
8	Recovery may be made from allottees who have disposed their allotted property under discretionary quota and have succeeded in getting further allotment.	ATR  is silent on it	Silent on it.	The Govt. inaction is quite visible
9	Allotment without evident publicity or by notifying the scheme only on the Office Notice Board needs to be cancelled.	ATR  is silent on it		The Govt. inaction is quite visible.
10	Applications of late entrants should be scrutinized and action taken for realization of costs or cancellation of allotment.	ATR  is silent on it		The Govt. inaction is quite visible.
11	Land meant for housing but allotted otherwise and land given for institutional purpose, but used for housing or otherwise should also be resumed.	ATR  is silent on it		The Govt. is silent on it
12		The modalities of implementation of the report in a time bound manner will be worked out in consultation with the Law Department and the Advocate General. This whole exercise will be  completed within ninety days.	The modalities of implementation of the report in a time bound manner will be worked out in consultation with the Law Department and the Advocate General. This whole exercise will be  completed within ninety days.	The modalities  has been prepared  i the first week of may 2015.  but yet  to be adopted.

Prepared by Pradip Pradhan

On behalf of 30 Social Action Groups leading campaign  against land scam  in Odisha

M-9937843482, Date- 15.05.2015