The progress of implementation of the recommendations of the Taskforce Committee on plot/house allotment in the BDA and CDA areas under the Discretionary Quota (DQ) was reviewed by Chief Secretary Aditya Parsad Padhi at a high-level meeting at the State Secretariat here on Saturday.
Vigilance Director General RP Sharma, General Administration Principal Secretary GVV Sarma and Housing & Urban Development Secretary G Mathivathanan outlined the issues for discussion. The Chief Secretary directed the concerned departments and agencies to complete the assigned tasks within three months.
Replying to a media query, Sarma said the General Administration Department had issued modalities for implementation of the recommendations of the Taskforce Committee on May 6, 2015. Accordingly, the respective departments and agencies like BDA, CDA, Odisha State Housing Board, Vigilance and Finance have started implementing the recommendations as approved by the Government.
Available data show that so far, the BDA has cancelled 11 allotments and issued 732 show-cause notices, against which 653 replies have been received.
Similarly, Vigilance has taken up examination of fraudulent practices and criminal intentions in the transactions and has registered 24 cases, out of which eight belong to the State Housing Board, seven to the Cuttack Development Authority area and nine to the Bhubaneswar Development Authority areas.
The CDA has also issued 1,091 show-cause notices, against which 914 replies have been received. So far, the inquiry committee has recommended eight cases in the CDA area for cancellation. The OSHB has issued 90 show-cause notices.
The replies are being examined as per the provisions of the various schemes and legal stipulations. Besides, the Finance Department is also preparing a database of the left-out cases from January 1, 1995 onwards.
The Chief Secretary advised the authorities to give adequate chance of hearing to the allottees as per the principles of natural justice. It was decided that all agencies shall complete the tasks assigned to them within three months. BDA Vice-Chairman Kishan Kumar, Finance Special Secretary Biraj Kumar Das, Cuttack Collector Nirmal Chandra Mishra and senior officers from BDA, CDA Odisha State Housing Board and Vigilance participated in the discussion.