Probe panel incurred Rs. 2.17 cr. expenditure’
MADURAI, OCTOBER 04, 2018 00:00 IST
RTI reply shows Singaravelu Commission spent Rs. 1.98 crore on salaries of eight staff
The Justice S. R. Singaravelu Commission that was constituted in 2013 to probe the death of Dalit youth Illavarasan in Dharmapuri had incurred an expenditure of Rs. 2.17 crore towards salaries and other expenses, according to a response obtained under the Right To Information (RTI) Act.
In August 2018, the Justice Singaravelu Commission submitted its findings to the State government.
The Commission had conducted several sittings, from November 2013, received petitions and counter petitions from different sections of the community. Many activists, police and lawyers too submitted their reports based on fact-finding teams.
A Kathir, executive director of the Madurai-based civil rights organisation ‘Evidence’, contended that when Illavarasan’s family continued to live in poverty and looked for assistance from the government, it was a mockery of sorts that the Commission had incurred an expenditure of Rs. 2.17 crore.
He said since 1991, the State government had appointed as many as 45 Commissions, but nothing tangible had come out in favour of the victims. As the governments formed judicial commissions, the issue could not be taken to the courts, he noted.
The RTI reply showed that about eight staff, who assisted the Commission, including a secretary, two office assistants and two drivers had incurred Rs. 1.98 crore by way of salaries and other expenses accounted for Rs. 17 lakh.
The High Court had pointed out the wasteful expenditure, the role and functioning of such judicial Commissions over a recent case related to the construction of Secretariat complex in Chennai, Mr. Kathir said.
MADURAI, OCTOBER 04, 2018 00:00 IST
RTI reply shows Singaravelu Commission spent Rs. 1.98 crore on salaries of eight staff
The Justice S. R. Singaravelu Commission that was constituted in 2013 to probe the death of Dalit youth Illavarasan in Dharmapuri had incurred an expenditure of Rs. 2.17 crore towards salaries and other expenses, according to a response obtained under the Right To Information (RTI) Act.
In August 2018, the Justice Singaravelu Commission submitted its findings to the State government.
The Commission had conducted several sittings, from November 2013, received petitions and counter petitions from different sections of the community. Many activists, police and lawyers too submitted their reports based on fact-finding teams.
A Kathir, executive director of the Madurai-based civil rights organisation ‘Evidence’, contended that when Illavarasan’s family continued to live in poverty and looked for assistance from the government, it was a mockery of sorts that the Commission had incurred an expenditure of Rs. 2.17 crore.
He said since 1991, the State government had appointed as many as 45 Commissions, but nothing tangible had come out in favour of the victims. As the governments formed judicial commissions, the issue could not be taken to the courts, he noted.
The RTI reply showed that about eight staff, who assisted the Commission, including a secretary, two office assistants and two drivers had incurred Rs. 1.98 crore by way of salaries and other expenses accounted for Rs. 17 lakh.
The High Court had pointed out the wasteful expenditure, the role and functioning of such judicial Commissions over a recent case related to the construction of Secretariat complex in Chennai, Mr. Kathir said.
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