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[Chan Mahanta]

>I think it is a good first step. I usually have a pretty low opinion 
>of what >the GOA usually does - but when it takes a positive step - 
>we ought to be able >to recognize that too.


*** I will go along with that. But I will hold MY applause until we 
know the final outcomes of these moves. That alone will tell us if it 
is yet another
perfunctory move or a real change.












At 11:19 AM -0500 9/4/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>C'da,
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>  >Since WHEN has "reporting" of corrupt " teacher apptmt--" or 
>what >have you , become synonymous with "tackling" corruption  Ram?
>
>It wasn't just that. Ripun Bora (Education Minister) personally paid 
>surprise visits to a number of schools, and education offices. There 
>had been an investigation of irregular appts. Result: a number of 
>teachers and higher officials (Sptd and Dy.sptds) were arrested. A 
>case has been registered.
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>In the medical admissions case - same thing. There are presumably 
>some daktors practising (who ought not to have got admissions in the 
>first place --but for some ghoos and scams). They too are under 
>investigation ans some arrests have been made.
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>Then there is this pension scam.
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>  >Hati-sur kori aage-aage jai, bengena-swork dhore kind
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>This time some hati-surs have also been nabbed. That I think is the 
>difference. I think it is a good first step. I usually have a pretty 
>low opinion of what the GOA usually does - but when it takes a 
>positive step - we ought to be able to recognize that too.
>
>  >Oxomiya bashing as an antidote for their sovereignty 
>aspirations, >would appreciate your applause, even if it is not very 
>convincing
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>heheh!. Would some grovelling on my part help the situation? I am 
>willing to that if it will do the convincing:-)
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>--Ram
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>On 9/4/06, Chan Mahanta 
><<mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
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>At 3:37 PM -0500 9/3/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
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>>The GOA ought to be applauded for tackling corruption in the state.
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>*** Heh-heh Ram. So you read that as "tackling" corruption, do you?
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>I shouldda known :-).
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>Since WHEN has "reporting" of corrupt " teacher apptmt--" or what have you ,
>become synonymous with "tackling" corruption  Ram?
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>  > The GOA is going back into records and arresting and flushing out 
>these con artists.
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>*** They ARE? You sure could have fooled me! Flushing them OUT has 
>been going on for decades. Everybody knows what goes on. But there 
>is NO deterrence. Nobody is or could be held accountable by the 
>dysfunctional desi system of useless governmental institutions. The 
>courts do not have a thirty year backlog because the crimes have not 
>been flushed out, with MOST of the cases being filed by the 
>'government'. They do not get CONCLUDED, or if concluded, without 
>anyone being held accountable. That is why it goes on unabated.
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>The word "tackling" could be used ONLY when some perceptible ACTION 
>has taken place, after a competent and timely investigation, 
>concluded with a fair and fitting adjudication, which would 
>vindicate the innocent, but punish the guilty, so that deterrence 
>could be set up.
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>*** Furthermore, Hati-sur kori aage-aage jai, bengena-swork dhore 
>kind of activity does not do ANYTHING to create either deterrence or 
>create respect for the rule of law.
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>*** But I am sure those Oxomiyas who perceives your commentary as little more
>than Oxomiya bashing as an antidote for their sovereignty 
>aspirations, would appreciate your applause, even if it is not very 
>convincing , even if it is highly premature :-).
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>>  First, there were reports of school teachers appointed based on 
>>fake credentials, then we had admissions into medical colleges 
>>based on fake credentials (some of these have even become doctors). 
>>The GOA is going back into records and arresting and flushing out 
>>these con artists.
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>And now this multi-crore pension scam. The other areas the GOA could 
>focus on are
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>The Sales Tax department (one of the most corrupt)
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>The GMC, the ASEB, and District Transport Office. We all know there 
>is long list, but the GOA ought to be commended for at least taking 
>these bold steps.
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>Dy Supdt, 3 others nabbed
>By A Staff Reporter
>  GUWAHATI, Sept 2 - In a sensational case, four persons, including 
>the Deputy Superintendent of the Guwahati Medical College Hospital 
>(GMCH), Dr Ranjit Kumar Deka, have been arrested following the 
>busting of a multi-crore financial scam involving the GMCH, the 
>Accountant General (AG) office and the Treasury office. The other 
>three persons arrested in this connection are Sanjib Majumdar, 
>senior accountant, AG office; Srichand Valmiki, sweeper supervisor, 
>GMCH; and Amarjit Singh, also sweeper supervisor, GMCH.
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>"Ninety-eight fake pension payment orders (PPOs) have been seized 
>and the kingpins of the rackets arrested," police said
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>It is suspected that the scam, involving crores of government money, 
>started in 1995 and continued till 2005, police said.
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>Fake pension papers in the names of grade-IV employees, especially 
>sweepers, were initiated by the establishment, and the pension 
>branch of the office of the Superintendent, GMCH. Fake death 
>certificates, photographs and various other documents were prepared 
>and sent to the AG office for approval of pension.
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>"The modus operandi had been that some staff of the AG office, in 
>connivance with the GMCH staff, approve the pension and prepare the 
>pension payment orders (PPOs), which are sent to the Treasury 
>office. The Treasury office then prepares the pensions, and the 
>money withdrawn is shared among the treasury office, AG office 
>staff, GMCH officials and some sweeper supervisors (havildars), 
>police said.
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>Further investigation by the police is on. It is likely that the 
>police would be making more arrests in the days to come.
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