Dimapur, April 26 (MExN): The divisional authorities of the Public Works Department has demanded investigations into a case relating to alleged illegal demolition of a government quarter at Land Mark Colony in Dimapur by an employee of EEPWD (H) Division, Tuensang. The Sub-Divisional Officer of Dimapur III division of PWD (Housing) issued a notice today detailing the genesis of the case and demanding investigations in the matter by the law.
One person presently serving as SDHA under the EEPWD (H) division of Tuensang was occupying a government quarter No 137, situated at land Mark Colony in Dimapur, SDO K Kheshito stated.
The said quarter is in adjacent to his presently occupied residential building, the division said, and after having been given six-month grace period and on the recommendation of the Accommodation Board, PWD housing Dimapur Division the EEPWD (H) of Dimapur issued an order on April 28, 2010. The order was for allotment of the said quarter to one Maken Yangba, a driver PWD (Mech) Sub-Division of Dimapur.
The said person “responded negatively and intentionally demolished the said quarter, despite objection been raised by the department officer-in-charge and staffs on 12/10/2010. It is obvious that the intention was not good at all. However, if the said quarter was/duly allotted to the new allottee, then he will advertently miss the opportunity of land encroachment grabbing the department land and quarter intentionally.”
The SDO division informed that after the said incident, the department has served 2 notices to reconstruct the demolished quarter at an earliest, but said the concern person did not pay heed.
As a result, the department lodged an FIR on March 10, 2011 before the OC of West Police Station, Dimapur. “But it is quite disheartening to quote that the said case was registered after a lapse of 40 days as the I/O of the case could not mange to carry out necessary investigation during such long period, and the charges labeled against the person U/S 427/187 IPC is quite irrelevant to the complaints made against the person by the department. Finally the person was arrested on the instant case and latterly released on bail,” the statement said.
The accused went so far to charge the SDO of “malafied intention”, the statement said. “I have no any personal grudge to settle, rather it is in the larger interest of the department concerned and to ensure proper law of justice, the undersigned as in duty bound was compelled to take such legal action against him,” the SDO stated.
The law-enforcing agencies are asked to carry out necessary investigations for speedy trial of the case ‘to evade such same incident in near future.
One person presently serving as SDHA under the EEPWD (H) division of Tuensang was occupying a government quarter No 137, situated at land Mark Colony in Dimapur, SDO K Kheshito stated.
The said quarter is in adjacent to his presently occupied residential building, the division said, and after having been given six-month grace period and on the recommendation of the Accommodation Board, PWD housing Dimapur Division the EEPWD (H) of Dimapur issued an order on April 28, 2010. The order was for allotment of the said quarter to one Maken Yangba, a driver PWD (Mech) Sub-Division of Dimapur.
The said person “responded negatively and intentionally demolished the said quarter, despite objection been raised by the department officer-in-charge and staffs on 12/10/2010. It is obvious that the intention was not good at all. However, if the said quarter was/duly allotted to the new allottee, then he will advertently miss the opportunity of land encroachment grabbing the department land and quarter intentionally.”
The SDO division informed that after the said incident, the department has served 2 notices to reconstruct the demolished quarter at an earliest, but said the concern person did not pay heed.
As a result, the department lodged an FIR on March 10, 2011 before the OC of West Police Station, Dimapur. “But it is quite disheartening to quote that the said case was registered after a lapse of 40 days as the I/O of the case could not mange to carry out necessary investigation during such long period, and the charges labeled against the person U/S 427/187 IPC is quite irrelevant to the complaints made against the person by the department. Finally the person was arrested on the instant case and latterly released on bail,” the statement said.
The accused went so far to charge the SDO of “malafied intention”, the statement said. “I have no any personal grudge to settle, rather it is in the larger interest of the department concerned and to ensure proper law of justice, the undersigned as in duty bound was compelled to take such legal action against him,” the SDO stated.
The law-enforcing agencies are asked to carry out necessary investigations for speedy trial of the case ‘to evade such same incident in near future.
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