Haroon Nabi
Srinagar, May 22, KDC: In a letter to Commissioner Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Saturday, Mayor Srinagar city Junaid Azim Matto along with 61 corporators has sought removal of Joint Commissioner (Planning) Ghulam Hassan Mir and his repatriation to Housing and Urban Development Department (HUDD) after Commissioner of the corporation forms the special committee headed by the Joint Commissioner planning for illegal encroachments and unauthorized constructions in the city.
In a letter to Commissioner SMC a photocopy of which is in possession of News Agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) reads “The letter enclosed by a representation signed by 61 Corporators of SMC- constituting 3/4th majority, has sought enacting of Section 46 (2) and 50 (b) of J&K Municipal Corporation Act 2000, which deal with appointment of Joint Commissioners and functions of the commissioner respectively.”
“The approval of the Corporation for the appointment of Ghulam Hassan Mir, Joint Commissioner (Planning) is hereby rejected by the Corporation under section 46 (2) of the J&K Municipal Corporation Act 2000” reads the letter,” the letter reads.
It further reads “The Corporation has sought appointment of a new Joint Commissioner Planning and requested Commissioner SMC to immediately relieve the Ghulam Hassan of his charge as Joint Commissioner and forward this letter to Principal Secretary HUDD for repatriation of the said officer in his parent department and the posting of new a new joint Commissioner (planning) to SMC.”
Considering the legality of the issue, the officer shouldn’t dispense any official duties, nor sign any official documents in the meantime till the Housing and Urban Development Department (HUDD) takes cognizance of the enactment of these statutory provisions, the letter added.
However, sources in the corporation told news Agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) that this move came after the commissioner of the corporation Athar Amir formed a committee against the illegal encroachments and unauthorized constructions in the city.
They said that the JC planning was appointed as the Chairman of the committee along with other officers of the corporation as its members. It is just to sabotage the process of special drive ordered by the Commissioner against the illegal encroachments and unauthorized constructions in the city as he knows the technical faults.
It is all about money games, mafia and illegal constructions in the Srinagar city, they said. (KDC)
