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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Top judge sets example for babus by Prafulla Marpakwar

Top judge sets example for babus by Prafulla Marpakwar

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published Published on Dec 12, 2011   modified Modified on Dec 12, 2011

Justice B H Marlapalle, one of the most outspoken and distinguished judges of the Bombay high court, has set a new benchmark not only for members of the judiciary but even for high-ranking bureaucrats. A day after retirement, he vacated his official quarters and surrendered his vehicle too. 

As per the norms, a judge can retain his official accommodation and vehicle for three months after retirement. During his career spanning over one-and-a-half decades, he availed of casual leave only four times. His example assumes significance in view of the tendency among retiring bureaucrats and Indian Police Service (IPS) brass to hang around in the corridors of power to secure assignments so that they can retain their accommodation in South Mumbai and the red-light beacon car. 

A former chief secretary retained his quarters and the vehicle for a decade after retirement, as he was nominated to a commission where the age of retirement was 70. A retired director-general of police continued to stay in the quarters for seven years after retirement. 

Some senior bureaucrats and IPS officials vacated the quarters only after eviction notices were served. In the case of a controversial bureaucrat, law-enforcement agencies threw out his luggage and took possession of the flat when he ignored the notice. 

Though not in the bureaucracy, it's an accepted practice in the home department to provide a car and all perks to the DGP after retirement for at least three months, and depending on his influence in the corridors of power, the facilities continue indefinitely. 

Matter of principals 

It was embarrassing for some leading college principals when they knocked at the doors of governor K Sankaranarayanan, who is also chancellor of universities, to express concern over the state of affairs in Mumbai University. They brought to his notice that in the absence of a pro-vice-chancellor, the university administration has virtually collapsed and that the office of the controller of examination was in a mess. 

The governor gave them a patient hearing but at the end of the discussion asked them some basic questions, rendering them speechless. A senior principal confirmed that the exercise boomeranged, as they had no answers. 

Sankaranarayanan made it clear that he was not in favour of interfering in the day-to-day affairs of any university in the state unless there was a serious problem, since vice-chancellors are empowered to take decisions. He was keen to know from the principals some basic information on the appointment of teachers in private colleges, if they have adequate infrastructure, if they receive salaries on time, the quality of education and what steps were being taken by them to stop capitation fees. In the same breath, Sankaranarayanan expressed concern over the inability of poor students to pursue even basic education in any private college in the metropolis. 

Rane versus Patil 

The public spat between industries minister Narayan Rane and home minister R R Patil touched the lowest ebb, when they made allegations against each other during campaigning for municipal council polls. When Rane's controversial son Nitesh was targeted by not only Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists, but even by Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) workers in his home town of Sindhudurg, he came down heavily on the home department, saying Patil was deliberately harassing his family members and he was the main target of law-enforcement agencies. 

Rane alleged that Sangli, Patil's hometown, has the most anti-social elements and that he was unable to take on them for obvious political reasons. Know for his sense of humour, Patil too took on Rane, saying Maharashtra knows his culture and that there was no need for his government to take him seriously. 

Patil challenged Rane to declare the list of anti-social elements in Sangli or quit politics. 

A day after Patil's challenge, Rane released details of cases of murder, rape and dacoity in Sangli, Pune, the hometown of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and Sindhudurg. 

Even as there was no end to the spat, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan unexpectedly stepped in, saying that both should behave responsibly in the larger public interest of the alliance and that there was inept handling of law and order in Sindhudurg. 

The CM's statement gave minor relief to Rane.

The Times of India, 12 December, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Top-Bombay-high-court-judge-sets-example-for-babus/articleshow/11075532.cms


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