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Meeting against municipal chairman demanded

Wednesday, 23 September 2009 04:15 administrator
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The Hindu 23.09.2009

Meeting against municipal chairman demanded

 

Special Correspondent

For the purpose of passing a no-confidence motion against him

 

The municipal chairman was not regularly conducting the meetings of the municipal council

He made frequent visits abroad and was not meeting the public to hear their representations

VELLORE: Twenty-three out of the 35 councillors in the Gudiyatham Municipality met Collector C. Rajendran and the Regional Director of Municipal Administration (RDMA) S. Balasubramaniam here on Tuesday and submitted to them a memorandum addressed to the RDMA requesting the latter to convene a meeting of the municipal council for the purpose of enabling the council to pass a no-confidence motion against the municipal chairman R.S. Sivaprakasam. The petition was signed by 30 councillors.

According to Soundararajan, vice-chairman of the Gudiyatham Municipality, and one of the signatories to the petition, the councillors had stated in the petition that Mr. Sivaprakasam was not regularly conducting the meetings of the municipal council. Besides, they pointed out that he made frequent visits abroad and was not meeting the public to hear their representations. The councillors had therefore decided to get a no-confidence resolution passed against the chairman so as to pave the way for the election of a new chairman.

Mr. Balasubramaniam told The Hindu that a decision on convening a meeting for taking up a no-confidence motion against the municipal chairman would be taken after consulting the Commissioner of Municipal Administration. He said that he had conveyed the same information to the petitioners.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 September 2009 04:22
 

Misuse of school premises: Two corporation staff members suspended

Wednesday, 09 September 2009 07:08 administrator
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The Times of India 09.09.2009

Misuse of school premises: Two corporation staff members suspended

TNN 9 September 2009, 05:20am IST

CHENNAI: Following a report that appeared in the Times of India on Tuesday regarding the misuse of a school run by the city corporation, mayor M Subramanian suspended two staff members of the local body, including a junior engineer. They were held responsible for allowing the conduct of a feast on the school premises in Nammalvarpet, near Purasawalkam.

According to an official release, the mayor, along with senior officials from Ayanavaram zone, visited the school and conducted an inquiry in the morning. Subsequently, Subramanian placed a junior engineer and conservancy inspector under suspension. "They should not have allowed individuals to take over the premises without prior permission. Our action should serve as an example to all those who do mischief," Subramanian told TOI.

The mayor also wanted the education department to serve a memo to the school headmistress. Though the school was not functioning from the first day of the academic year, after its merger with a nearby middle school the corporation had granted the head of the institution permission to run the school so that the middle school classrooms could be used by high school students. "But the headmistress failed to oblige. Had she heeded our orders, the feast would not have taken place," a senior education department official said.

On Monday, a senior office bearer of the ruling DMK party had organised a grand feast for his supporters on the premises of a corporation primary school, not caring for rules and regulations. The school in Subburayan First Street in Nammalvarpet wore a festive look since early morning. The house-warming ceremony of V Anandan, a functionary of the north Chennai wing of the DMK was being conducted there, with Purasawalkkam MLA V S Babu, Ayanavaram zonal committee chairperson V J Seenivasan and scores of partymen in attendance.

 

Corpn axes 2 staff for keeping tricolour aloft after dark

Friday, 04 September 2009 13:44 administrator
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The Times of India 04.09.2009

Corpn axes 2 staff for keeping tricolour aloft after dark

TNN 4 September 2009, 04:04am IST

CHENNAI: Mayor M Subramanian on Thursday suspended two corporation employees, including a junior assistant for not lowering the National Flag at the Chennai Corporation's zonal office on Tiruvottiyur High Road. The flag should have been lowered at 6pm, as per the norms.

Acting on a news report published in a Tamil daily, Subramanian conducted an inquiry and found the assistants, who were in charge of hoisting and lowering the flag failed to execute their duties on Wednesday. According to the rules, the tricolour has to be flown in public buildings from sunrise to sunset irrespective of weather conditions. They may be kept aloft at night only on very special occasions.

"The suspension should set an example for others. Everyone should know the value of the National tricolour and have the responsibility of upholding its sanctity," Subramanian told TOI. For Stalin and Manimaran, the junior assistant and office assistant with the zonal office, it was their turn duty that cost them dearly. A night watchman who is responsible for the flag hoisting and lowering was on leave on Wednesday.

On getting the zonal office's report, the civic administration immediately placed the staff under suspension. Soon, the latter will be served with suspension orders with charges framed. "They will be given time to explain officially. It may take months before being sent to the appointment committee and elected council for the final decision," a senior corporation official said. In certain cases, the commissioner has the powers to decide on the suspension.

Due to lack of awareness about the National Flag rules not only among the public, but also in the government, the Union home ministry in 2002 came out with the Flag Code of India. "When there is a rule, it has to be complied with," M G Devasahayam, a former bureacrat and managing trustee of SUSTAIN, an NGO, said.
 
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