The state government on Friday ordered chief commissioner of land (CCLA) Pankaj Dwivedi to probe allegations of corruption against GHMC special commissioner Navin Mittal.The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), despite being on the Mittal trail for long,has been unable to raid the officer as he is alleged to be close to a VVIP in the current political dispensation. But a probe became inevitable after elected representatives from Hyderabad, cutting across party line, sought strong action, highly placed sources said. Mittal, an IAS officer of the 1996 batch, served as Hyderabad collector from March 24,2008 till April 06,2010.
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RTI applications force govt into action mode
The terms of reference for the CCLA inquiry into alleged misuse of power GHMC Spl commissioner Navin Mittal have not been made public, but it is learnt that they would include the complaints revolving around the misuse of GO 166 (relates to regularisation of government lands) and misuse of the district development funds. Some of the controversial prime properties that have been linked to abuse of power include a Rs 30-crore site in Bathukammakunta, a 10,000 sq yd plot at Bapunagar, a 4,000 sq yd Govt hospital land and scores of plots in Shaikpet mandal (mostly 500 sq yd and above).
The inquiry officer is likely to review all land regularisation files cleared by Navin Mittal and his immediate subordinates (joint collectors) during his two-year tenure as Hyderabad district collector.
Another major factor that forced the state to act fast was the string of applications filed under the RTI seeking information on the regularisation of various government land in favour of private parties and the file notings pertaining to certain specific controversial files cleared by Mittal. Mittal made news this year when a woman complained to the CM that the former district collector had misused his official power and regularized her land in the name of another woman without seeking any proof of ownership from the latter.Things started to fall apart for Mittal when the current district collector Natarajan Gulzar found some files pertaining to regularisation of government land missing and they mysteriously reappeared in his office last month without his signature. The voices against Mittals abuse of power grew stronger after he was made the special commissioner of GHMC. There have been allegations that he had entrusted the responsibility of clearing all controversial files to one of his subordinates.
Mittal's Service Record - Special commissioner GHMC (current position), Collector,Hyderabad district, Collector, Krishna district, Commercial taxes deputy commissioner (Kakinada), Municipal commissioner,Visakhapatnam, ITDA project officer in Utnur (Adilabad district), Sub-collector of Mulugu (Warangal district).
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