UDUPI : The Udupi sub-registrar’s office which had been a witness to a tussle for the sub-registrar’s chair just recently, is once again witnessing another tussle for the same chair.
The first tussle had begun in June last when the then registrar Parameshwar was transferred to Vittal hobali after a Lokayukta raid on the office wherein officials had seized huge quantity of disproportionate assets. The Belthangady sub-registrar Ramakrishna was then transferred to the post that fell vacant following Parameshwar’s transfer. However Parameshwar had refused to hand over charge to Ramakrishna then and finally saw to it that his transfer order was revoked, after reportedly greasing the palms of the higher-ups. Then Ramakrishna had to return to Belthangady having no other option.
But now Ramakrishna who is the Udupi sub-registrar is once again in trouble. He had taken charge on April 28, 2010, Meanwhile on May 4, 2010, Ramakrishna’s transfer has been revoked by the office of the Registrar General in Bangalore and Kavitha PB, a Registrar in Mangalore sub-registrar’s office appointed in his place. Kavitha who arrived in Udupi with the transfer order, discharged her duties at the office in Ramakrishna’s chair for days. Meanwhile, Ramakrishna had complained to the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal against his transfer and the KAT had on April 12, 2010 had stayed the transfer and has asked him to continue in the post for three months. It is being said that Kavitha had got herself transferred using her political influence. With Ramakrishna arriving at the office with the stay order on Thursday, he began to discharge his duties, while Kavitha had occupied a chair in another chamber. The tussle is continuing with Kavitha reusing to leave the office.
Goose that lays golden eggs : It is a known fact that the Udupi sub-registrar’s office is a goose that lays golden eggs for the officials. According to one source the officials here earn as much as Rs one lakh per day in the form of bribe as no file moves or no work is undertaken without under-hand dealings.
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