• Inquiry into allegations of irregularities committed in granting pattas in Chittoor District

Inquiry into allegations of irregularities committed in granting pattas in Chittoor District
I have worked as Joint Collector Chittoor District from March 10, 2014 to Sep 5, 2014.I am the Settlement Officer under the Estates Abolition Act, 1948 and the Act confers powers on me to recognise rights of Ryots if they were inducted into the land much before the crucial date (1.07.1946) and their successors are in possession of the land. Unless there are no claims the Govt cannot take possession of the Lands in villages where the EA aCT is in force.

I have granted pattas for 100 Ac. around Tiripathi town under the act whose claims were properly verified as per the provisions of the act.

Much after I have left the District, the Collector Chittoor District with whom I had a personal tussle in the past while I was working in ORR Project, reported to the Govt on 10.01.2015 that i have comitted 7 Irregularities in the granting of Pattas. In the report he has made 4 mistakes.

1. In Charge 1, he has alleged that i have granted patta while a WP was pending in High court.

2. In Charge 4, he has alleged that i have granted patta while a WP is still pending

 I have verified and found that the WPs pending does not relate to the Sy No.s and Lands in which i have granted pattas in both Charge 1 & 4. It was a glaing mistake clearly.

3. In Charge 7 he has reported that i have granted patta in a Forest Poramboke.
 
 This is a blunderous allegation and it is totally wrong.

4. He has alleged with a statement that the pattas granted by me costs hundreds of crores.

i have verified from SROs and found that that the value of the lands for which i have granted pattas is about is Rs. 12 Cr. Thus it was purely an exageration made by the Collector.

Based on the report of the Collector, the Govt has put my services under Suspension on 21.04.2015.

When I have represented immediately to the CM and filed application in CAT,

1. The CM Spl Secretary found guilty but had simply passed the info to the Collector and warned him to defend strongly in CAT. The CAT has rejected my application and declined to interfere into Govt' enquiry by reliably trusting the Collector' report on the grounds that i should have first approached DOPT and has given a 20 page order adversely commenting unnessarily. 

2. The Govt. on 26.06.2015 has issued Charges in which the report of the Preliminary Enquiry Officer (Report of the Collector) is not placed in Annexure II which is a Statement showing the Evidence based on which the Disciplinary proceedings were initiated.

PRESENTLY THE INQUIRY IS STILL GOING ON DESPITE MY REPRESENTATIONS AND CLEARLY THE GOVT IS DELIBERATELY DELAYING THE MATTER EVEN THOUGH THE Commissioner of Inquiry has positively reported to drop charges on me.

NOW CAN I APPROACH HIGH COURT FOR QUASHING the INQUIRY WHICH IS BLOCKING MY PROMOTION.?

I BELONG TO SC/ST. CAN I MAKE A CASE OF ATTROCITIES ON THE COLLECTOR FOR MAKING WRONG ALLEGATIONS ?