The manner in which Administrators to the 175 Goa Panchayats have been appointed is yet another calculated step towards bad governance by the Pramod Sawant government.
It has made a sheer mockery of the Panchayats. The government in a well deceitfully planned move has postponed those elections to circumvent the proper functioning of the elected bodies and conveniently appointed pliable administrators, some of them of very low levels of bureaucracy at its command.
In the appointment of these administrators there has been no norm or criteria with even some Junior Stenos and draftsmen now also in charge of the Panchayats when some senior officials with administrative experience should have been asked to don the mantle.
Why couldn’t the existing Sarpanchas be asked to hold fort till the elections are held?
In another skewed move with oblique motives the government is all set to bulldoze and destroy our old-age institution of Comunidades. Prompt and deterrent action in accordance with law must be taken against those encroaching and grabbing Comunidade land.
Sadly this blatant usurping of land is going on in broad daylight with political patronage while the guardians of law merrily turn a Nelson's eye. Very severe action must be taken against officials abdicating their bounded responsibility. Those indulging in financial misdemeanour should not be allowed to continue in service.
