Recent raid by Department of Vigilance in the offices of Village in Kerala reveals that most of these offices are operating with a huge sum of money as bribe. The rates are fixed for the issuance of certificates of possession, certificate of income etc. in these offices. "First come, first serve base" is unknown to the village offices, where the services are carried out in accordance with the capacity of the client spending. And the people who are willing to pay more are served first. The case is not different in Panchayat and registration offices. The registration and road tax officials, however, do not directly collect money rather their agents do the job. Clients meet often huge loss in these offices because more money is needed in meeting commission of agents too. Computerization etc. arrangements in these offices have not given any good result.
And in some cases, the Government itself persuade officers to collect the money. For example, in every August Local Self Government and Registration officials are directed to raise funds through the sale of tickets for the Nehru Trophy Boat race. This is another case of taking bribe and in many cases; customers are obliged to pay the ticket without accepting the ticket. Nevertheless, occasional inspection by the Department of Vigilance would restrict some officials guarding the concern during such inspections.
K A Solaman
No comments:
Post a Comment