Electricity Bill pending against Companies in Odisha

Electricity Bill pending against Companies in Odisha

Dear friends

 It is witnessed  in Bhubaneswar  that  in case of pendency of  Electricity  Bill  against any common  consumers for two months,  the  Bill collectors of  Electricity  Dept.   use to threaten  to disconnect   electricity , unless the arrear  bill is paid.  But   though crores of rupees are pending against the Companies for years together, the CESU has not taken any step to collect the Bill from them.   It has been exposed through RTI.  RTI Application was  submitted to  PIO, office of Central Electricity  Supply Utility ( CESU)  seeking  information  about  electricity  bill  pending  against   more than 5 lakhs business houses, corporate  houses  etc..   on 28.10.16,  the PIO  supplied the information.  Electricity Bill worth around thousands of crores of rupees is pending against more than 700 companies  and business houses.  Major Companies against whom the electricity bill  is pending  is  as follows. 

Sl.No	NAME	ADDRESS           THREE PHASE CONSUMER LIST	ARREAR   [AS ON 30.09.2016]
1	M/S SHREE MARUTI STEEL AND CASTING PVT LTD	AT-KUSPANGI PO-BALI,KHUNTUNI,KUSP	64095566.00
2	Jagannath Area MCL, Talcher	Talcher	83626294.00
3	Naba Bharat Ventures Ltd.	Kharagaprasad	829440022.00
4	GMR Energy Ltd.	Kamalanga	104482021.00
5	M/S TEEKAY MARINE (P)  LTD	IDCO# NO-58,CHANDAKA I.E, CSPUR-11	6255683.00
6	BHARATI AIRTEL  LTD	PLOT NO-E13/1,C.S PUR,  I.E,PATIA	4562949.00
7	M/S INFOSYS  TECHNOLOGIES LTD	CHANDAKA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE	3837670.00
8	M/S  VODAFONE  ESSAR SPACE   LIMITED	IDCO # NO-E/52,CHANDAKA I.E.	2174313.00
9	M/S  FALCON  MARINE  EXPORTS LTD	PLOT-50/A/B, 51/A	3306378.00
10	M/S RELIANCE   INFRATEL   LTD	C/O-AUTHORISED  SIGNATORY, BTS  SITE	4353328.00
11	M/S ADVANCED   MEDICARE AND RESEARCH  INSTITU	C/O- BISHNU CHARAN SAHOO	3818116.00
12	THE MANAGING DIRECTOR	M/S MILK MANTRA DAIRY PVT LTD.	3437740.61
13	M/S  NEW  LAXMI STEEL AND POWER (P) LTD	C/O PAWAN  KU  GUPTA(DIRECTOR),SARUA	25381229680
14	M/S  UNIVERSAL  INFRA  AGRO  OIL(P)  LTD	C/O HARSH MUHAN GUPTA,SARUA IND.ES	2180232.40
15	M/S ANURADHA   HATCHARY	IND, ESTATE,KHURDA, C/O MANOJ KUMAR R	12173000.05
16	M/S HINDUSTAN COCA-COLA BEVERAGES P.LTD	KHURDA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE NEAR BPCL	7069450.08
17	M/S SUN GRANITE EXPORT  LTD	AT;PANIORA,PO;-PALASPUR,DIST;-KHORDA	11961340.65
18	M/S UTTARAYANI PATTATO	AT;SATASANKHA,DIST-PURI ,ODISHA,752	11781879.22
19	M/S COS BOARD  INDUSTRIES  PVT .LTD	NEW INDUSTRIAL  ESTATE	36438284.00
20	M/S  SATYAM CASTINGS,PVT LTD	I\E, CHOUDWAR,PLOT NO-A-2.CHOUDWAR	27493565.00
21	M/S T.S ALLOYS LTD	AT-ANANTAPUR,PO-DHURUSIA	16803731.00
22	M/S ESSAR STEEL INDIA LTD	AT-UDAYABATA,PO-PARADEEPGARH	75496371.00
23	M/S TATA STEEL LIMITED	AT/PO,KALARANGIATTA	9242001.62
24	M/S JINDAL STEEL AND POWER LTD	AT;-KERJANG,PO;-NISHA	121013243.00
25	B.R.G. IRON AND STEEL CO (P) LTD	KURUNTI, P/O-KUSUPANGA	60859986.00
26	M/S BHUSAN STEEL LTD	NARENDRAPUR	61316356.00
27	M/S MISRILAL MINES P LTD	AT, AT;KANPURA	14724642.78
28	M/S SHREE JAGANNATH ICE PLANT AND COLD STG	NISCHINTAKOILI DIST-CUTTACK NISC	15355154.00
29	LAXMIPATI BALAJI SUGAR AND DIST.PVT LTD	AT;SUNAPAL PO;BADAMBAGARH SUNAPAL	12694720.00
30	M/S AURO ISPAT(I) PVT .LTD	AT/PO-KHUNTUNI PS-GURUDIJHATIA KHUN	70509513.00

Sanjay Sahu, RTI Activist

M-8658416694

Date-21.12.16 

Nexus of Achyut Samant with Soumendra Priyadarshi, IG, Police, Central Zone exposed

Dear friends

On 3.12.17, in order to keep police officers in good humour for his vested interest, Prof. (?)  Achyut Samant strategically and meticulously sponsored “Geeta Yagyan” organised by his henchman Bijay  Swain  in Raghunath Pur Block of Jagatsingh Pur district and conferred “Sabyasachi Sanman Award” to Soumendra Priyadarshi, IG of Police, Central Zone. Few questions are haunting me how Soumendra Priyadarshi deserves to get such award? Has the organising committee undertaken any survey and followed selection procedure to nominate Sri Priyadarshi to get such award or is a designed to satisfy this police officer for vested interest.  How a police officer will receive award from known land Mafia Sri Achyut Samant who is involved in lot of land scams and acquired 100 acres of land in Patia of Bhubaneswar through fraudulent means and a defamation case filed against Sri Samant in Bhubaneswar Court by a leading woman activist of the state Smt. Sanjukta Panigrahi.  Is there any principle in Home Dept. that the IPS officers will receive award from land mafias in public function.

On 8.9.17, I had personally appraised Soumendra Priyadarshi in his office about my allegation against  Achyut Samant and his  promoted and patronised henchman  Sri Bijay  Swain  who is involved in number of illegalities and corruption   in Raghunath Pur Block and my  FIR  dated 18.5.17 filed  against both Achyut Samant and Bijay  swain  and refusal of police to register the case. I got astonished how  Sri Priyadarshi shared dais  with these two criminals  and received award  from one criminal Sri Samant.   The public allegation of police-criminal nexus under Nabin Patnaik Govt. is quite visible from this programme on Geeta Yagyan.  Finding no justice and repeatedly harassed  from the police , I had filed  a case in Odisha Human Rights Commission.  The Commission has registered my case 3827/17 dt.8.8.17. and issued notice to SP, Jagatsingh Pur.  Though four months passed, SP, Jagatsingh pur has not filed response to the Commission.  It is evident that how the police of Jagatsingh Pur is having strong unholy alliance with criminals.

 I am going to file complaint against Soumendra Priyadarshi to DG, Police and Chief Minister to take action against him and return back the award.   

Bikash Mohanty

Human Rights Activist

M-9438445398

Date-15.1.18 

Harassment of Dalit Rape Victim of Raj Sunakhela of Nayagarh district, Odisha

Harassment of  Dalit Rape Victim of Raj Sunakhela of Nayagarh district, Odisha by Police  Administration

  This is a case presented in a Public Hearing  on “Status of Alleged Rape cases and Situation of Rape Victims in Odisha”  held at Lohia Bhawan, Bhubaneswar, on  29.12.17  by Mrs. Sharmila Nayak, President of  State Woman Unit of  Republic Party of India, on behalf of the victim.  

The victim, aged 20, belongs to   Scheduled Caste Community of Chhanapali Patna village of Surugabali Panchayat of Ranpur block under Nayagarh district.   When She had gone to latrine in night on 30.11.17,  Sushant Nayak  of that village took her inside a dilapidated house and raped her. After hearing from daughter, Pratima Nayak informed the villager leaders   about it and sought the support to resolve it.  Finding no justice from the villagers, he lodged FIR against  the accused sushant Nayak  and his father  Gadadhar Nayak and elder brother in Rajsunakhela Outpost  on 3.12.17.  But the Sub-Inspector refused to receive the FIR and misbehaved her.  However, on 4.12.17, the Sub-Inspector registered FIR (Case no. 303/2017) but did not   conduct any query.  On 5.12.17, Pratima along with her daughter met SP, Nayagarh  and  filed  complaint against the police inaction.  After intervention of SP, the police undertook medical examination of victim and started inquiry by visiting the place of incidence.  But the accused   Sushant Nayak  got absconding  from the village.  The police could not arrest anybody rather facilitated father and brother to get bail from High Court.  The victim is still fighting for justice. 

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date-13.1.18

Sub-Ordinate Staff Selection Commission in Odisha – Another Dead Horse

Sub-Ordinate Staff Selection Commission in Odisha –

 Another  Dead Horse under Nabin Patnaik Govt.

(Exposed under RTI)

·         No permanent Chairman in the Commission.

·         Not a single recruitment process has been  completed  by the Commission from 2012 to 2017.

·         Recruitment of thousands of  employees of Group-B&C  ( District Cadre) is   pending for years together.

·         An amount of Rs. 16 crore has  been spent  for   functioning of Commission  from 2012-13 to 2017-18.  

·         Out of 44 sanctioned post, 25 post still lying vacant- May be a factor for delay in recruitment process.

·         No Permanent Chairman of the Commission  

Dear friends

RTI Application was filed to the PIO, office of Sub-Ordinate Staff Selection Commission, Bhubaneswar seeking information about details of functioning of the Commission. On 9.1.18, the PIO has provided the following information.

Sub-Ordinate Staff Selection Commission was constituted in 2012  to deal with conduct of recruitment examinations for District  Cadre Group-B& C  ( District Cadre) Civil Posts and services  and  to perform all statutory functions, frame policies and undertake all activities  required for  and incidental to successful  conduct of recruitment examinations and selection of manpower  within the basic framework of  the Odisha Sub-ordinate Staff Selection  ( District Cadre) Rules, 2012.  There are twenty  staff  working  in the  Commission. Sri Manmohan Praharaj, IPS ( Retd.)  was appointed  as  Chairman of  the Commission from 1.11.12 to 31.5.14.  After his tenure , No permanent  chairman  has been  appointed  by the Govt.  IAS officers  are  given  ad-hoc charge of  Chairman of the Commission. Presently,  Sri A.K.K. Meena, IAS  is   in charge of Chairman of the Commission.

Status of Recruitment Process in Commission

Name  of Department	Name  of the post	Number of vacancy	Date of receipt of requisition	Advertisement  No. and Date	Status of Recruitment	Remarks
Home	Jail Warder	238	25.2.216	----	----	Pending  for clearance  for abolition of  Viva-vose Test
Agriculture Dept.	V.A.W.	545	2.7.16./5.7.16	No. 449 (c ) /OSSSC dt. 16.11.16 and  No. 561 (c) /OSSSC dt. 20.12.16	----	Process stayed  inO.A.Case ( WP  ( c )  No. -21903/2016 & O.A. No. 11/2017
	H.E.W.	195	15.10.15/ 29.10.15
Director of Soil Conservation	Junior Clercks Special drive for SC and ST	8	29.11.17	-----	----	----
		2		----	-----	---
W&CD	Supervisor	456	9.3.17	No. 550 ( c) /OSSSC dt. 19.12.16  &  No. 691 ( c ) /OSSSC  dt. 17.3.17	Under Process	Evaluation work  in Progress
Finance  ( Commercial Taxes)	Junior Clerck	224	29.5.17	No. 1126 (c ) /OSSSC DT. 28.7.17 & Corrigendum Advt. No. 1175 (c )/OSSSC dt. 30.8.17	-----	----
SS&EPD	Junior Clerck	520	25.4.17		----	----
H&UD ( 3 PH Circle)	Junior Clerck	21	8.6.17		----	---
H&FW Dept.	Junior Clerck	58	14.8.17		----	----
H&FW	Junior Clerck	58	17.11.17
Handloom, Texttiles and Handicraft  Department	Junior Clerck	12	20.11.17	---	-------	---
R & DM Dept.	Junior Clerck Special recruitment drive for SC and ST	73	---	----	---	----
I.G. of Registrar , Cuttack		67	---	---	---	---
R&DM ( 24 Collectors)	Junior Clerck	520	15.7.17	----	----	----
R&DM ( 13 Collectors)	Amin	258	15.7.17	---	---	----
R&DM ( 13 Collectors)	A.R.I.	118	15.7.17	----	----	----
R&DM ( 14 Collectors)	R.I.	144	15.7.17	---	----	----
Excise Dept.	Excise Constable	219	24.8.17	---	----	---
Total	3736

Year-wise allotment for Odisha Sub-Ordinate Staff Selection Commission

2012-13	2,71,72,000.00
2013-14	98,72,000
2014-15	2,57,92,000.00
2015-16	2,49,24,000.00
2016-17	3,54,70,000.00
2017-18	3,44,97,000.00

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date-12.1.18