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The standing committee report headed by corporator Uday Madkaikar, along with deputy commissioner, Accounts and Taxation Officer (ATO) and inspectors of the CCP, scrutinized the documents of all the movable carts and submitted that the CCP had originally given only 60 of these licences that were being renewed.
It was found that after the CCP gave the initial 60 permissions, 12 carts were added to the list. Later in 2006, Manohar Parrikar made a request to the Minister for Urban Development for temporary licenses to be given to eight persons. It has been revealed, however, that though the licenses were temporary, they were still functional. Five more carts were added to the list in 2010. The committee also found that 12 carts were found to have “repeating” numbers.
Since the report was presented on Tuesday morning, corporators requested for 15 days to decide on the issue. Mayor Surendra Furtado therefore granted the interim period during which time the ATO will have to submit a response to the report.
In other resolutions passed by the corporation, all 30 corporators unanimously decided to begin action against Jack and Jones garment outlet that had allegedly not been granted a trade license by the CCP.
A unanimous decision was also taken to recommend a common cadre for municipalities, including the corporation.
As for the market allotments, Commissioner Dipak Desai said a new amendment to the act governing the Directorate of Municipal Administration (DMA) where the council would settle matters involving new allottees on the condition of payment of outstanding arrears.
Owing to the delay in budget implementation, corporators had asked for the budget to be placed in advance. A resolution was therefore taken to present forthcoming budgets on February 20 every year.
