The Orissa High Court on Monday issued notices to the State Government asking it to furnish a detail list of all the present and former MlAs who have allegedly occupied more than one Government quarter in Bhubaneswar.
Taking up a PIl filed by a retired Government official, Pradyumna Kumar Mishra, a Division Bench of Justices Vinod Prasad and BN Rath issued the notice to the Chief Secretary and three other Secretaries, informed Mishra’s counsel BP Tripathy.
Mishra in his petition has urged the High Court to direct the State Accountant General (AG) to conduct a special financial audit for the last 25 years to find out the loss incurred by the Government on account of the illegal possession of more than one quarter by present and former MlAs.
The petitioner has also urged the court to initiate criminal proceedings against the illegal occupants after eliciting from the Government as to how many MlAs have so far been allotted multiple plots under various Government schemes.