Chandigarh, March 23
Using the RTI as a tool to delay the inquiry proceedings in the infamous booth allotment scam, 65 allottees, instead of filing their reply to the notices issued by the UT administration, have filed RTI applications seeking disclosure of the present status of the probe.
The allottees have told the administration that they would file their reply only after receiving their replies.
After sitting over the inquiry report, which had rocked the city, the UT Administration in November last had termed the report prepared by former UT Additional Deputy Commissioner PS Shergill as incomplete and had issued directions to the Deputy Commissioner for a complete probe.
After the directions from the UT Administration, the Estate Office in January, this year, had issued notices to 88 booth allottees and had asked them to file their replies.
Show-cause notices were issued, as there were serious allegations against these allottees in the inquiry report.
Sources said records of all 88 beneficiaries who were allotted the booths were checked thoroughly and then matched with the points of contentions raised in the inquiry report.
A senior official of the UT Administration said out of 88 beneficiaries, 65 allottees had not filed their reply to the notices but submitted RTI queries.
In his approximately 1,000-page report, Shergill had pointed to the involvement of top politicians and senior officials, including city MP and Union Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, former UT Adviser Pradip Mehra, former Deputy Commissioner RK Rao and former Mayor Pardeep Chhabra, among others.
The report had stated that the financial dimensions of the fraudulent allotment ran into crores, including money paid to politicians, police officials and officials of the estate office.
The Estate Office, further strengthening the claims of illegal allottees, had done several bogus surveys and inspections, the report had stated.
Using the RTI as a tool to delay the inquiry proceedings in the infamous booth allotment scam, 65 allottees, instead of filing their reply to the notices issued by the UT administration, have filed RTI applications seeking disclosure of the present status of the probe.
The allottees have told the administration that they would file their reply only after receiving their replies.
After sitting over the inquiry report, which had rocked the city, the UT Administration in November last had termed the report prepared by former UT Additional Deputy Commissioner PS Shergill as incomplete and had issued directions to the Deputy Commissioner for a complete probe.
After the directions from the UT Administration, the Estate Office in January, this year, had issued notices to 88 booth allottees and had asked them to file their replies.
Show-cause notices were issued, as there were serious allegations against these allottees in the inquiry report.
Sources said records of all 88 beneficiaries who were allotted the booths were checked thoroughly and then matched with the points of contentions raised in the inquiry report.
A senior official of the UT Administration said out of 88 beneficiaries, 65 allottees had not filed their reply to the notices but submitted RTI queries.
In his approximately 1,000-page report, Shergill had pointed to the involvement of top politicians and senior officials, including city MP and Union Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, former UT Adviser Pradip Mehra, former Deputy Commissioner RK Rao and former Mayor Pardeep Chhabra, among others.
The report had stated that the financial dimensions of the fraudulent allotment ran into crores, including money paid to politicians, police officials and officials of the estate office.
The Estate Office, further strengthening the claims of illegal allottees, had done several bogus surveys and inspections, the report had stated.
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