PUNE: The
district collectorate has slapped a hefty fine of Rs 5.3 crore on Ex-rural
development minister Jayant Patil's Kasegaon education society for
seeking extension to construct a school on seven hectares of government land at
Mauje Kunenama at Maval in Pune district.
The land was granted to the society way back in July 2006. The
society had been seeking extensions after every two years. After the extension
period expired last year in December, the society again sought a fresh
extension in May 2017 to the district collectorate.
However, a new government resolution issued in January this
year stated that any extension will need a fresh permission of the collector
and can be provided along with a fine in accordance with the Ready Reckoner
rates. On the basis of the GR, the collectorate has issued a notice to the
society, stating that it has to pay the penalty if it seeks further extension.
The notice was issued by resident deputy collector Rajendra
Muthe and revenue officer Pralhad Hiramani to the Kasegaon educational society
president. It stated that the plot had received extensions over a period of
time and now has to take a fresh permission from the collector and also pay the
penalty for any further extension.
"The penalty was levied in accordance with the new rules
issued in January. If the society does not pay the amount, the land can be
withdrawn from it as has been done in cases of many other educational
institutes across the district," Muthe said.
When contacted, Patil said that there have been several issues related to the
construction of the school on the land. "There were encroachments, while
several permissions were needed for the work. The reasons for the delay are genuine
and it will be taken up with the collector," he said. Patil's father, late
Rajarambapu Patil had started the Kasegaon institute.
Kasegaon Institute principal R D Sawant said that since there
were encroachments, they could not start the construction and it was only
recently that the settlement commissioner and land records department measured
the land. "We will talk to the collectorate officers and take up the case
legally," said Sawant, who is also the secretary in the institute.
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