Private Hospitals and Nursing Home allotted Govt. land legally required to provide free treatment to BPL people

List of Private Hospitals and Nursing Home   allotted land   at highly subsidised price are  legally required  to provide  free treatment to the people of BPL category (  Information obtained  under RTI) .

·         A good number of private Hospitals and Nursing Home   have been provided  costly land in Bhubaneswar  at  highly subsidised price.

·         They are legally required to provide free treatment to the poor people.

·         It is seen  that  most of the private Hospitals ad Nursing Homes  are  acting  as  ruthless  business man  and  exploiting  people at any rate  in the name of providing  treatment.

·         Each Private Hospital  and Nursing Home  will display  publicly  regarding  the free  medical  facilities  provided  in   both  English  and Odiya language  in a most prominent  place  of the hospital  for viewing  of the patients and public

·         Time has come to monitor their activities and   quantum of free treatment provided by them to the poor patients free of cost.

·         RTI can be used extensively   to monitor their activities.

·         Appeal to all readers  to  monitor  the performance of Private Hospitals  and Nursing Home in the interest  of the people  of Odisha.

While  adjudicating  SLP (C) No. 18599 of 2007,  the hon’ble  Supreme  Court  has given direction  that  “ 25% OPD  and 10% IPD patients  have to be given  treatment free of cost.  The said patients should not be charged anything. But  that  will not  come  in the way  of the concerned  hospital  taking its own arrangement  for meeting  the treatment / medicines cost either by  meeting  the costs  from  its funds  or  resources  or by way of  sponsorship  or endowments  or donations.

Keeping it in view,  the State Govt.  in Health  and Family Welfare  issued  Notification  dated 24.7.16  that  all the private  Hospitals and Nursing Home  to whom  the Govt. land  has been   provided  in highly subsidised  rates  will abide  the following terms and   conditions

1.      25% of the  out patients department ( OPD)  and 10% of the  inpatients department (IPD) , in  all category  of patients , belonging  to BPL category  must  be  provided  with  free  treatment.

2.      They are to submit  monthly return  of the  hospitals  regarding above   in the  prescribed format  to the DMET, Odisha / DHS(0)  as the case may be  positively by  10^th of every month.

3.      If any hospital / nursing  home fails  to comply  the above stipulations, the same shall be viewed  seriously  and action  as deemed proper  will be initiated  for anellation  of NOC  as well as  allotment  of land.

4.      All the above hospitals  shall  display  regarding  the free  medical  facilities  provided  as per item No.-1 above  in both  English  and Odiya language  in a most prominent  place  of the hospital  for viewing  of the patients and public. 

Sl.No	Name of  Allottee	Purpose	Area  allotted	Mouza	Year of allotment	Premium ( in Rs. )
1	KIIT	KIMS /MCH	Ac.26.970	Patia, Bhubaneswar	2005 & 2006	Not provided by PIO
2	Apollo Hospital Pvt. Ltd.	Hospital	Ac. 4.000	Samantapuri,  Bhubaneswar	2006	1,40,00,000,00
	Apollo Hospital Pvt. Ltd.	Hospital	Ac. 3.500	Samantapuri,  Bhubaneswar	2006	35,00,000.00
3	Bombay Cardiovascular Surgical Pvt. Ltd.	Hospital	Ac. 2.872	Chandrasekhar Pur	2005	71,80,000.00
	Bombay Cardiovascular Surgical Pvt. Ltd. ( additional land)	Hospital	Ac. 3.600	Chandrasekhar Pur	2006	25,00,000.00
	Bombay Cardiovascular Surgical Pvt. Ltd. ( Additional land ) Locked up in SLP in Supreme Court  of India )	Hospital	Ac. 4.160	Chandrasekhar Pur	2008	25,00,000.00
4	SUM Hospital	IMS, SUM MCH	Ac. 15.000	Ghatikia, Bhubaneswar	2006	Not provided by PIO
5	Dr. G.P. Mahalik	Nursing Home	Ac. 0.101	Saheed Nagar	1985	11,363.00
6	M/s Holistic Health	DO	Ac. 0.157	Paika Nagar	1985	7,575.00
7	Dr. Anapura Devi	Nursing Home	Ac. 0.145	Laxmisagar Bhubaneswar	1981	10,842.00
8	Kalinga Hospital Pvt.  Limited	Hospital	Ac. 10.000	Jayadev Vihar	1991	20,00,000.00
9	Dr. Jyoti Routray	Nursing Home	Ac. 0.124	Kharavela Nagar	1983	61,984.00
10	Rajadhani Nursing Home	Nursing Home	Ac. 0. 300	Saheed  Nagar	1982	16,060.61
11	Dr. D.N.Mohapatra	DO	Ac. 0.128	Paika Nagar	1985	9,641.00
12	Deepak Nursing Home	Nursing Home	Ac. o.151	Saheed Nagar	1985	11,363.00
13	Dr. Jaganath Mohanty	DO	Ac. 0. 086	Jayadev Vihar	1985	6,456.60
14	Dr. Sushil Kumar Prusty	DO	Ac. 0.103	Kharavela Nagar	1991	51,653.00
15	Dr. P.K.Patnaik	DO	Ac. 0.124	Jayadev Vihar	1986	9,297.55
16	Dr. S.B.Mohanty	DO	Ac. 0.106	Jayadev Vihar	1986	8006.20
17	Dr. P. C.Pradhan	DO	Ac. 0.123	Chandar Sekhar Pur	1987	9,297.55
18	Dr. Sashi Sekhar Kar	DO	Ac. 0.260	Bhoumya Nagar	1987	19,524.00
19	Labela Electrolysis Clinic	Clinic	Ac. 0.124	Kharavela Nagar	1987	61,984.00
20	Dr. B.B.Sahu	Nursing Home	Ac. 0.115	Jayadev Vihar	1992	3,45,000.00
21	Lions  Club	Eye Hospital	Ac. 0.261	Jayadev Vihar	1998	1,91,736.00
22	Sun Hospital  Pvt. Ltd.	Hospital	Ac. 2.320	Jayadev Vihar	1998	1,16,00,000.00
23	M/s Usthi  Foundation Ltd.	Hospital	Ac. 0.138	Jayadev Vihar	1998	2,76,000.00
24	Santa Memorial  Spinal  Cord Injury  Centre	Rehabilitation Centre	Ac. 1.992	Jayadev Vihar	1999	Free of premium
25	Medirad  Tech  India  Ltd.	Cancer  Hospital and Research centre	Ac. 2.426	Jayadev Vihar	2000	12,13,000.00
	Medirad  Tech  India  Ltd. ( Additional land)	DO	Ac. 0.168	Chandrasekhar Pur	2005	4,23,324.00
26	M/s Swarna Hospital Pvt. Ltd.	Nursing Home	92’ x 105’	DO	2005	16,63,223.00
27	Sri Sri Thakur Anugul Chandra Charitable Trust	Charitable Hospital	Ac. 2.000	DO	2004	50,00,000.00
28	Bhubaneswar Eye Research Institute	Eye Hospital and Research Institute	Ac. 10.000	Patia, BBSR	2004	50,00,000.00
29	Cuttack Diabetes Research Foundation	Hospital and Research Centre	Ac. 2.000	Dumduma, Bhubaneswar	2006	50,00,000.00
30	Dr. S.K.Goswami	Mully Speciality Outdoor Poly clinic	Ac. 1.000	DO	2006	35,00,000.00
31	LIC HFL Care Homes Ltd.	Hospital	Ac. 5.000	Ghatikia and Aiginia	2006	35,00,000.00
32	Society for Nature, Education and Health		Ac. 0.069	Jayadev Vihar	2006	50,00,000.00
33	M/s Laxmi Franklin Hospitality Ltd.	Hospital	Ac. 3.600	Chandra Sekhar Pur	2006	25,00,000.00
34	Indian Medical Association	Hospital	100’ x 60’	Gangaagar, Bhubaneswar	2007	50,00,000.00
35	Advance Medicare Research Institute Ltd.	Hospital	Ac. 5.000	Aiginia, Bhubaneswar	2007	1,75,00,000.00
36	AMRI Hospital	Hospital	Ac. 5.000	DO	2007
37	Care Hospital PVT. Ltd.	Multy Speciality	Ac. 3.935	Chandrasekhar Pur Bhubaneswar	2008	1,37,20,000.00
38	Narayan Hrudayalaya Ltd.	Cardiac Hospital	Ac. 5.935	Dumduma	2008	2,07,79,000.00
39	Nuclear Medicine	Hospital and Research Centre	Ac. 2.500	Chandrasekhar Pur	2008	87,50,000.00
40	St. John Ambulance		Ac. 0.218	BJB Nagar, Bhubaeswar	2009	Free of Premium
41	Panda Nursing Home	Nursing Home	Ac. 0.116	Kharavela Nagar		61,983.70

(              N.B. The Hospitals  who are also allotted  land  in subsidised  rate but  their  names  do not find place  in the above list  will also abide  by the  terms and conditions  imposed  by the Govt. )

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date-4.12.16 

Status of ATR on Task Force Report on Land Scam in Odisha

Status of ATR on Task Force Report on Land Scam in Odisha

(Not a single tangible  achievement  made  by State Govt.  since two years)

In view of CAG report about  alleged irregularities in allotment of land/houses/flats by Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA), Cuttack Development Authority (CDA), Odisha State Housing Board (OSHB) and General Administration (GA) Department, the State Government had constituted a  Task Force  on dated 2.8.2014  to review all the allotment of more than one land/houses/flats to the members of the same family and allotment under discretionary quota to ineligible persons from 1995 to 2014 and submit its report within 4 months.  The Task Force led by Dr. Taradatt, Addl. Chief Secretary with the members such as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, H&UD Department and Special Secretary, Dept. of GA produced their report on 3.11.14. The report was placed before state cabinet on 18.12.14 and it was endorsed with   Action Taken Report   which was later on published in official Gazette on 30.1.2015. Two years  have passed  since ATR, not  a single  land  has been   recovered  to Govt. fold  nor was   a single  allottee    arrested  by  the  Directorate of State  Vigilance. On 16.4.16 while  reviewing  the status  of Action taken  for  recovery of the  land allotted illegally  by BDA, CDA, OSHB and GA, the Chief Secretary  has   informed the press that  In the month of June , 2016, RTI  Application was  submitted  to  the  General  Administration Department, Bhubaneswar Development  Authority (BDA), Cuttack Development Authority (CDA),  Odisha State Housing Board (OSHB)  seeking  information about  details of  land  recovered  from the  people  who have  illegally taken the  land  or allotted under  Discretionary  Quota  and   name  of the  people  who returned the land and Action Taken  against the  people  who have taken  multiple  plot  by filling false  affidavit. While   BDA    refrained from  disclosure  of   any information,  CDA  provided   a list of  1091 allottees  who have  been issued  show-cause  notice in August 2016. No information was obtained from the General Administration Department.  State Vigilance  denied to provide any information  as the matter is under investigation. On 20.8.16, Odisha State Housing Board  provided the  information  that  66 people  allotted land under Discretionary Quota  and 24 people  taking multiple plots  by filling false affidavit  have been issued  show-cause notice.  The PIO denied  to disclose their names  as the matter is under investigation  by State Vigilance. The details of Status of ATR is as follows.

Recommendation by  Task force	Action Taken  Report  declared by Govt.   in Dec. 2014	Present Status
1. All such plots allotted by Government in GA Department, BDA, CDA and OSHB should be resumed, if the allottees have failed  to construct houses within stipulated five years.	It  was accepted  by Govt.	No Action  has been taken till yet.
2. BDA, OSHB and GA Department in conjunction with each other should take up another exercise to obtain comprehensive details including the allotments made prior to 01 .01 .1995 to know the exact extent of individuals and families who have taken undue benefits of multiple allotments against the schematic provisions. Similar exercise is  to be  conducted  for Cuttack by CDA and OSHB together.	BDA, OSHB and GA  Department  will examine  the allotments  made prior  to 1.1.1995  at  Bhubaneswar  to determine  the exact  list  of allottees  who have  availed  the irregular  benefit  of more than  allotment  of land / flat/ house  against  the specific  schematic  provisions. CDA  and  OSHB  will make  similar exercise  for cuttack urban areas.  The Exercise  will be completed  within six months.	Not  a single step has been taken  by the BDA, CDA and OSHB  till yet.
3. Independent investigation/audit is necessary to quantify  the actual number of multiple allotments of plots/houses/flats by GA Department, BDA, CDA and OSHB against Affidavits/ Applications, both false and not false.	List  of  multiple  allotments  pointed  out by Task force  has been made  on the  limited  information supplied by BDA, CDA and OSHB. Finance Department therefore conduct a special audit of all  left out cases  of  multiple allotments  as recommended by task Force. Action should be taken  by the  concerned authorities  against the allottees.	Finance Department has not come out  with any audit report  till yet.
4. Beneficiaries who submitted false Affidavits/Declarations to get   allotments should also be proceeded against under the relevant provisions of law. The plots/houses/flats allotted to them should either be put to auction or allotted to deserving applicants through lottery.	General  Administration  ( Vigilance)  Department  will  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  criminal action.	As per the information supplied by the Govt. , State Vigilance  has started  the enquiry. But  not  a single  land has  been recovered  and nobody has been arrested till yet.
5. All the  discretionary  allotment  made      after 1.1.1995  should be cancelled as such allotments  have been  invariably given undue Benefits  to  undeserving persons. Many well-placed and   connected individuals have received discretionary allotments more than once from BDA, CDA, OSHB.	BDA, OSHB, CDA and GA  Department  should cancel  the  multiple allotments, additional units allotted  to ineligible  individuals/ families  as pointed out  by the task Force  in its report  and resume the same  to the  concerned authorities.	Not a single Discretionary allotment has been cancelled.   BDA, CDA and OSHB could not supply any information under RTI.
6. Since the  lists of DQ allottees have been prepared on the  basis  of limited information  supplied by BDA, CDA, OHSB, further independent investigation/audit is recommended to be undertaken to find out the actual size of discretionary allotments  including those  not  placed  before the Task Force for discovery.	Finance  Department  will conduct  a special  audit  to find out  the actual  number  of discretionary allotments  made  after  1.1.1995  including those  not  placed  before  the Task Force  as recommended  by Task force.  Action should be  taken by  the  concerned  authorities  against these  left  out cases.	Finance Department  has not come out  will  any  special audit report till yet.
7.  Cancellation of all such   pre-possession transfers except in the event of death of the allottees  and  fixation of accountability  against  the  officials who granted permission   transfers. As regards post-possession transfers,  the Task Force recommends  that such transfers by Discretionary Quota allottees  and multiple allottees should also be  cancelled.	BDA, CDA and  OSHB  should cancel  all allotments of  plot/house/flat under  Discretionary Quota  made  under  different schemes  after 1.1.1995 including  their  pre and post-possession  transfers  and the  plots/houses  and flats  should  be  resumed  to the  concerned  authorities.	No step  has been  taken  till yet.
8. The BDA, CDA and OSHB may be called upon to explain as to how they have permitted transfers of plots/houses/flats by allottees    without approval of the General Administration Department/ Revenue  and Disaster Management Department i.e., lessor. Stringent action may be taken  for permitting pre-possession transfers.	Nothing is mentioned in ATR.	No action Taken.
9. Recovery  may be made from allottees who have disposed the plots/houses/ flats  allotted to them    including  under Discretionary Quota and have applied and succeeded in getting allotments again including discretionary quota.	BDA, OSHB, CDA and GA  Department  should cancel  the  multiple allotments, additional units allotted  to ineligible  individuals/ families  as pointed out  by the task Force  in its report  and resume the same  to the  concerned authorities.	Not a single  land/plot  has been recovered  till today.
10. Allotment of plots/houses/flats without evident publicity or by notifying the scheme only on the office Notice Board needs to be viewed seriously and cancelled. Those responsible for implementing such scheme should be proceeded against departmentally and criminally.    Disciplinary action should be taken for implementing    schemes exclusively for the employees of the implementing agencies concerned and all such allotment should be cancelled.	Not  anything mentioned  in  Govt. ATR
11. Steps should be taken in a time bound manner for addressing the specific irregularities in the segment of the report.   The land meant    for housing but allotted otherwise   (for example, about 20 Ac.  Of such land had been given to SoA University by BDA) and land given for institutional purpose       but used for housing and otherwise should also be resumed.	G.A. Department  will work out  the modalities  of implementation of  the  Task Force  report  in a time bound manner  in consultation  with Law Department  and the Advocate  General.  This  exercise  is to be  completed  within 90 days.

Pradip Pradhan

State  Convener, Odisha Soochana Adhikar Abhijan

M-9937843482

Date-29.11.16