Trust the Supreme court mandarins or then should I say honourable judges to tell it like it is......
Mincing no words whatsoever and without pulling it's punches, the Supreme Court came down on hapless politicians occupying official bungalows in Lutyen's Delhi well beyond their expiry date like the proverbial tonne of bricks......
The Supreme Court even went to the extreme end of issuing guidelines clearly laying down specified time limits when it came to government officials, bureaucrats, judges and members of parliament vacating their official residences either on their superannuation/retirement or then as soon as they ceased to be members of parliament...
It also took strong exception to the nocturnal practice of the setting up of memorials and museums in honour of leaders of a bygone era saying that the "government of the day can earmark additional or appropriate space for this purpose if it so deigns, but the resident of the property had no business whatsoever to turn the space occupied by him/her into a museum or memorial as the space allotted to him/her never belonged to them to begin with", is the speaker of the Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar listening?????.......
The bench of the apex court headed by chief justice incumbent P. Sathasivam duly noted that all judges would vacate their official residences within a thirty (30) day period from their date of retirement and the grace period shall be fifteen (15) days in the case of bureaucrats, civil servants and other government employees......
The grace period shall be extendable up to a maximum of two months (60 days) in the case of the members of parliament and the estate department shall enjoy the express right to bring up transgressions to either the notice of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha or then the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha as the case may be.......
The speaker of the Lok Sabha in turn would immediately refer the matter to the house committee that would immediately initiate measures to ensure compliance with the Supreme Court Guidelines......
Will the powers that be within the echelons of the government at long last pay heed to the guidelines laid down by the honourable Supreme Court or then as is their age old practice brush off the warnings by saying that, "these guidelines are merely a statement of intent and hence do not have any legal bearing whatsoever on the ancient practice of occupying governmental accommodation as long as you remain close to the corridors of power"?????, well your guess or surmise on that one is as good as mine..........
Mincing no words whatsoever and without pulling it's punches, the Supreme Court came down on hapless politicians occupying official bungalows in Lutyen's Delhi well beyond their expiry date like the proverbial tonne of bricks......
The Supreme Court even went to the extreme end of issuing guidelines clearly laying down specified time limits when it came to government officials, bureaucrats, judges and members of parliament vacating their official residences either on their superannuation/retirement or then as soon as they ceased to be members of parliament...
It also took strong exception to the nocturnal practice of the setting up of memorials and museums in honour of leaders of a bygone era saying that the "government of the day can earmark additional or appropriate space for this purpose if it so deigns, but the resident of the property had no business whatsoever to turn the space occupied by him/her into a museum or memorial as the space allotted to him/her never belonged to them to begin with", is the speaker of the Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar listening?????.......
The bench of the apex court headed by chief justice incumbent P. Sathasivam duly noted that all judges would vacate their official residences within a thirty (30) day period from their date of retirement and the grace period shall be fifteen (15) days in the case of bureaucrats, civil servants and other government employees......
The grace period shall be extendable up to a maximum of two months (60 days) in the case of the members of parliament and the estate department shall enjoy the express right to bring up transgressions to either the notice of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha or then the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha as the case may be.......
The speaker of the Lok Sabha in turn would immediately refer the matter to the house committee that would immediately initiate measures to ensure compliance with the Supreme Court Guidelines......
Will the powers that be within the echelons of the government at long last pay heed to the guidelines laid down by the honourable Supreme Court or then as is their age old practice brush off the warnings by saying that, "these guidelines are merely a statement of intent and hence do not have any legal bearing whatsoever on the ancient practice of occupying governmental accommodation as long as you remain close to the corridors of power"?????, well your guess or surmise on that one is as good as mine..........
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