The government is alleged to be delaying action against the officials responsible for illegal reclamation of the paddy fields and wet land in Aranmula, which has been recommended by the Land Revenue Commissioner. An official meeting held on Tuesday with respect to the issue is learned to have not arrived at any decision.
The government, which is supportive of the proposed airport, is allegedly to be purposefully delaying the whole process as it will be at a loss to justify the action if taken against the officials who were responsible for the reclamation. Once action is taken against the officials, the government fears that the allegations of reclamation are proved true, it is alleged.
Revenue Principal Secretary Sathyajeeth Rajan, additional secretaries of the Revenue department and top officials from the Land Board and Commissionerate of Land Revenue were present at the meeting.
The meeting discussed in length the recommendations, which had called for action against the respective officials who had held the post from 2008 and responsible for the conversion. However, the officials are also learned to have raised the issue that the officials who had held the respective posts from 2006 onwards. In the meeting, it was also pointed out that action had been initiated against only one or two low level officials and the top officials were spared till now.
Source: The Newindian express
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