The State Cabinet on Tuesday extended the tenure of special investigation team constituted to examine murky land deals allegedly involving illegal transfer of tribal and Government land besides exposing deals that is claimed to have robbed indigenous Jharkhandi of their property.
The team has been given extension till March 31, 2017.
The State government constituted SIT is being headed by retired IAS officer Debasish Gupta and it comprises a retired district and session judge and a retired or incumbent joint secretary level officer as member secretary of the team.
The SIT has been given the mandate to find out officials and others responsible in illegally transferring land covered under Chhotanagpur Tenancy Act and Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act that protects tribal land.
“The cabinet has decided to extend the tenure by one year and now it will function till March 31, 2017. It was constituted on April 1, 2015,” said Cabinet Secretary SS Meena.
The SIT would recommend necessary legal and administrative actions against guilty officials and make recommendations to stop illegal transfers in future to safeguard interests of tribal community.
As many as 26 proposals were approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday which includes approval to four road-over-bridges, appointing MECON as the consultant to prepare detailed project report for installing statue of Swami Vivekanand in Ranchi lake, paving way for State level Tourism Promotion Committee and District level Tourism Promotion Committee besides approving Jharkhand Footpath Vendor (livelihood Protection and Regulation)- 2015 among others.
Significantly, the Cabinet also gave its assent over appointment of nine legal experts for the monitoring of state government cases pending with the Supreme Court of India.
As per the cabinet’s decision, Ajit Kumar Sinha has been appointed as senior Additional Advocate General, while Anand, D K Singh, Kiran Bala Sahay and Anirudh Rajput have been appointed as additional accountant general whereas Chandrbhushan Prasad, Meru Sagar Samant Ray, Vishal Arun and Sharad Singhania have been appointed as additional permanent advisors for the State Government.