BJP MP and Ex Mumbai Police Commissioner Dr Satyapal Singh is unwilling to pay a penalty of Rs 48,420 for giving his flat situated in Patliputra cooperative Housing Society on rent with obtaining NOC from the Collector. This information was obtained through an RTI application filed by activist Anil Galgali with the Mumbai suburban collector.
Galgali had sought information from the Mumbai suburban collector office for obtaining details of persons who had given flats on Leave & License basis with out obtaining NOC. He was asked to inspect the files by the Collector office. After inspection of more than 10 files related to various cooperative societies including Patliputra, Saiprasad, Sangam some documents were provided to Galgali. Dr Satyapal Singh, who has a flat situated on 10th floor of Patliputra Cooperative Housing Society, has not paid a penalty of Rs 48,420/- till date. The Collector office has also issued a notice to Singh on 28th January, 2015. Dr Singh had sent a cheque for Rs 5380 on 28th January, 2013. He had offered his flat on leave and licence basis for the past 10 years by violating the rules and also earned lakhs of rupees as rent during the period. It was this flat where a sex racket was operating which was exposed by the Mumbai Police on 2nd June 2014.
In a letter addressed to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Anil Galgali has mentioned that many bureaucrats have secured flats in societies on land allotted by the state government obtained by them stating the reason that it would be convenient for them to perform better if they have a flat in Mumbai. But these officers have rented out those flats and are occupying government staff flats as well. Galgali had demanded that, officers who own the flats in Mumbai and Thane should not be provided with government accommodation.
There is a long list of officers like Dr Satyapal Singh, who have procured flats in societies on land allotted by the state government like Chief Secretary Swadheen Kshatriya, Information Commissioner Ajit Kumar Jain, Himanshu Roy, Ex Municipal Commissioner Dr Jairaj Phatak, Bhagwaan Sahay, Meera Borwankar, Rajeev Gaikwad, and V N Deshmukh but they are following the rule book by obtaining NOC from the collectorate by paying the fees to government treasury.
