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VASCO: Hours after Panchayats Minister Mauvin Godinho slammed the Mormugao Municipal Council Chief Officer Deepesh Priolkar for delaying the regularisation of 545 houses in the Housing Board Colony at New Vaddem, Vasco, the State government on Thursday transferred him and posted Joint Secretary (Protocol) Siddhivinayak Naik as the new chief officer.
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During the launch of repair works on toilet blocks at the Housing Board Colony at New Vaddem, Godinho could not hide his frustration over the pending regularisation of houses, which were approved by the Goa Housing Board and awaiting a formal request from Mormugao municipal council. The Minister had accused Priolkar as inefficient and incompetent and that he would request Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to remove the chief officer from his position.
“Despite the Goa Housing Board agreeing to regularise these units and asking the Mormugao Municipal Council to send a simple request, the chief officer had not acted. He has certain reservations and he is unfit to hold the position of the chief officer. I will personally meet Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to address this issue and ensure that a competent officer replaces him,” Godinho said on the sidelines of the
programme.
The Minister claimed that the all the houses will be regularised as promised, but not with officers delaying work unnecessarily. If someone cannot adjust to the system of working, they should step aside, he said adding “We cannot allow mockery of the system.”
Mormugao councillors Sudesh Bhosle and Vinod Kinlekar were also present at the function.
In September last year, the Minister in the presence of Goa Housing Board Chairman and MLA Jit Arolkar and other board of directors at New Vaddem, had assured the residents, many of whom are workers of the Mormugao municipal council of regularising
their houses.
Meanwhile, the netizens have criticised the Panchayat Minister for accusing a honest officer and instrumental for his transfer and for brining an officer who was suspended on two occasion for alleged irregularities. Taking to social media, the people have accused the Minister of vote bank politics.
