Tired of continuous follow ups and reminders, the Public Works Department has approached the competent authority court for getting the dues which are pending from the bureaucrats who have resided in the Government accommodation illegally. To make the matters worse, these punishable Rental dues are of the officer’s who have either retired or transferred elsewhere, informs RTI activist Anil Galgali. The names of officials who have defaulted the rental dues include current Thane Collector Dr. Ashwini Joshi, Kamlakar Fund, Anil Sontakke, Prakash Rathod and PK Jain.
Galgali had made an application to seek information from the General Administration Department (GAD) for knowing details of officers and bureaucrats who have been occupying government flats illegally. The application was in turn transferred to the PWD department. The Public Works Department handed over the list and names of the officers who have been given orders to cough the punishable dues which are mounting to 64,90,732. Five bureaucrats even after their transfer haven’t still vacated their previous accommodation.
Thane Collector Dr. Ashwini Joshi even after the transfer on 17th December 2014 has still occupied her flat in Kedar 2 for which the punishable dues to be recovered is in tune of Rs. 3,06,838. Kamlakar Fund owes the department Rs. 18,47,109, Avinash Zaade owes Rs. 4,22,160/- Judge of the Labour Court Anil Sontakke owes Rs. 1,11,808. Dhanaji Toraskar Rs. 5,05,687, Prakash Kumar Rahule’s dues are mounting to 2,43,740, Ex Addl Judge Prakash Rathod’s dues mount to 10,59,689, Ex Judge Pankaj Shah Rs. 3,22,665, Safai Kamgar Taramati Palye Rs. 48,000, Kashinath Jadhav 2,46,000 and carpenter Vasant Panchal owes 3,96,000.
Anil Galgali said, “Dues can be deducted from the pay cheque of officials who are still working with the Government. On other hand, funds can be deducted from pension amount paid to retired employees.”
