2016 மதுவிலக்கு ஆண்டு: Chennai Corporation Commissioner Non-Committal on Budget being made Public

Tuesday 28 March 2017

Chennai Corporation Commissioner Non-Committal on Budget being made Public

Satta Panchayat Iyakkam, Today gave in-person representation to both the Chief Electoral Office and Corporation Commissioner.

Our Secretary, Mahesh Kumar and member Jagadeesh, today met the Deputy Secretary to The Chief Electoral Officer , Public (Elections) Department and gave the representation in-person which was sent via email yesterday regarding media reports that the Budget is being withheld because of the Election Code of conduct. The Deputy Secretary Ms.Anne Joseph, said "they have not received any communication from the Chennai Corporation on the same and they will do the needful on the receipt of the same". She also clarified that the code of conduct does not prevent the budget being published.

We also gave the representation to Chennai Corporation Commissioner and Special Officer Dr. D. Karthikeyan I.A.S. The commissioner said the work is in-progress and they will publish the same, but was non-committal on when the budget will be made public. We requested the commission to make it public at the earliest.

We also like to point that while the model code of conduct came effect on March 12, It didnot prevent the State Government from publishing the budget on March 16. So we see no reason why the budget reportedly been passed on March 14, cant be published to the public. The undue delay raises query if something is fishy with the budget. The commissioner now playing the role of Special Officer in the absence of Mayor and an elected council is directly responsible to the public and we hope he will immediately do the needful and make the budget public.

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Satta Panchayat Iyakkam,