Chief Secretary of Government of Madhya Pradesh Basant Pratap Singh on Friday inspected the Mhow Tehsil office. He was accompanied by Indore Commissioner Sanjay Dubey and collector Nishant Warwade.
Singh was surprised to know that the diversion tax of more than Rs 2 crore and penalty of Rs 2 crore of illegal mining have not been recovered by the tehsildar Tapish Pandey.
Women residents of Mhow complained the Chief Secretary that by the forgery in tehsildar office, their land has been transferred in the records of other influential person by forgery in the Government records and revenue files. Chief Secretary instructed Collector Nishant Warwade to look into the matter.
locals of Mhow also complained that there are many colonies, warehouses and godowns constructed in Mhow tehsil without diversion due to the negligence of tehsildar office which is bringing a revenue loss in crores of rupees to the State Government every year.
As the Government could not get the yearly diversion tax and development fees from the colonisers till it is registered in Mhow Tehsil records.
Some people also complained that Tehsildar Tapish Pandey is posted in Mhow for 40 months and every time with his high political and official link up gets himself transferred to Mhow again and again.
Earlier, at the review meeting of administration in Indore, the Chief Secretary has suspended three SDMs and two tehsildars.
He was surprised to know that many SDM and Tehsildars of state administrative services have completed more than 15 years of service life in only Indore districts.
The office and records of new Mhow SDM Pratul Sinha and previous SDM Sandeep GR were found upto the mark and no complaint was received against them.