Secretary to the Chief Minister Sunil Kumar Barnwal on Tuesday ordered enquiry in a bizarre case of Palamu where a Government middle school remained closed for five years due to unavailability of Para-Teachers. Holding the review meeting of CM Jan Samvad here on Tuesday, Barnwal asked for inquiry and punishment for the officials responsible for the mess and said as to how a school was closed in lesliganj, Palamu for five years and what were the BEO, BRP, CRP and responsible officers were doing in such a situation.
During the meeting, Barnwal asked nodal officers of CM Jan Samvad in Hazaribagh, Chatra and East Sighbhum to improve their work culture. The three districts were found to be laggard in solving issues of people under the Jan Samvad programme. Most of the complaints of Social Welfare, Education and Rural development are pending in the three districts.
A complaint was received from Khargo village of Hazaribagh that four PDS shops of the village do not distribute proper foodgrains to the people. Officials told Barnwal that an inquiry was conducted where one Chhotu Yadav was found guilty and his licence was cancelled. In rest three shops, two were not found guilty while one women’s group has been served show cause.
On one complaint from Simdega that one Gayatri Kumari was abducted on September 22, 2015, the Secretary asked police officials to submit a status report of the case every week.
A case from Chatra had come to light last week that one Shyam Prasad Singh had dug a pond on the land owned by NK Singh, Smriti Singh and luv Kumar Singh. An inquiry was conducted in the case and officials said that the DDC has asked to prosecute officials and recovery of funds is also going on.
Kids were not getting Mid Day Meal at Upgraded Middle School, Mahuar in Giridih and officials said that due to unavailability of rice MDM was stopped for a couple of days. Barnwal asked to find out the guilty person for not arranging rice and punish people accountable for the case.
One complaint from the School Education and literacy department was received in which a Jamshedpur resident Surendra Prasad said that he has retired but has not been paid the salary of 2001 to 2007. Barnwal asked department officials to solve the issue by next Tuesday.
Several other complaints of various nature and departments were reviewed by the Secretary who asked concerned officials to solve them at the earliest.