PANAJI
The ruling SMC councillors have alleged in a petition that despite there being no clear stay from the Director, the Chief Officer has failed to take steps to implement the resolutions and decisions of the council taken in the meeting held on May 7, 2021.
“Even though there was no stay to the execution of resolution No. 11 in the meeting held on 7/5/2021, the Chief Officer, for ulterior reasons, has refused to implement the same,” the petition stated.
“The Chief Officer issued an order dated 5/5/2021, preventing any of the staff members of the council from giving access or placing the files before the Chairperson of the council unless the same are routed through the Chief Officer,” the petition further states.
Petitioners have pointed out that the Chief Officer is rarely available and, therefore, the functioning of the council has been brought to halt by the issuance of the order dated 5/5/2021, which has no legal or statutory basis whatsoever.
The petitioners have also referred to the language used by the Chief Officer in his affidavit and the reply filed before the Director to urge that the Chief Officer is openly hostile and bent on obstructing the functioning of the council.
