Coimbatore District panchayat assistant director has written to all panchayat officials to get rid of people they have been roped in to engage with the public and warned stern action if they failed to do so.
In a letter dated August 19 N Umadevi, assistant director of panchayats, Coimbatore, said it had been a concern that some people, who were not appointed by the government, working with unions and community panchayat forced to look at them before they could meet the elected president of the panchayat.
He said his office has also received several complaints in this regard.
Umadevi has made it clear that the panchayat union office should not have anyone else besides panchayat president, secretary, elected representatives, sanitation workers and tank carriers on the head.
“If others are found in the office, decisive action will be initiated against the elected representatives under the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994.Welcoming move, activists said it was time tinggi’perwakilan’dari elected representatives are done away with and urged officials to focus on these issues on a regular basis, instead of stopping the communication, because the impact is not likely to last for month.SP Thiyagarajan, an activist, said such a “deputy” is stored in the office to strike deals with the public and accepting a bribe on behalf of panchayat staff, who often go penalty.
When contacted, shrink panchayat department communication.
Umadevi said it was a routine communication and does not relate to a particular problem.
The clerk said she would often write to the department staff, communicating the instructions received from the higher authorities.