Wednesday, November 24, 2010

[rti4empowerment] WITH PERSISTENT DOUBTS ON THE FAIRNESS OF LAST DRAW, DDA LAUNCH NEW SCHEME

 

WITH PERSISTENT DOUBTS ON THE FAIRNESS OF LAST DRAW, DDA LAUNCH NEW SCHEME

 

M. K. Gupta, 9810550172

 

1.       ON THE VERACITY OF SOFTWARE USED IN DRAW

 

Without clearing the doubts about the rigging in its last Housing Scheme and without complying the terms and conditions of that scheme, the Delhi Development Authority have invited applications for its new Housing Scheme of 16,000 flats.  In its previous Housing Scheme, the charges of rigging the software were made and therefore, the software was sent for checking to two labs namely GEQD, Hyderabad and C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram.  After the checking, Mrs. Neemo Dhar, Dir. PR in her press release of Nov. 08 informing to proceed to allot the flats mentioned, "C-DAC could not find any evidence that the software had any vulnerability to be compromised nor could they detect any evidence of external tampering."   DDA claimed in its Public Notice dated 11.11.09, "In view of clearance given by Hon'ble High Court and Economic Offence Wing, Crime Branch, Delhi Police, Delhi, DDA is happy to announce the commencement of allotment of flats to the successful applicants".  However, in a news item published on 11.10.09 in Times of India, Delhi Police claimed "that it has not concluded its investigations into the fraud or gave any clean chit to any officials of the land agency or others". "The Officer (no name given) said police have not given it clean chit to DDA officials as the investigations were still on".  DDA also gave contradictory replies on the issue of checking the Software by some outside agency.  On a query to inform the name of the independent agency from where the Software Program was tested, Mrs. Veena Ish, Pr. Commissioner informed to Basab Das Gupta, "No agency was involved for testing.  The software was tested in-House."  


On the contrary, Mrs. Poonam Mathur, Director (Systems) informed to M K Gupta, "software is checked by independent judges/observers earlier any times including IT experts from IIT Delhi."  When the matter was before the Central Information Commission, Mrs. Poonam Mathur submitted before Shri M. L. Sharma, Information Commissioner, "two separate responses were given in the context in which the queries were raised and that reading them out of context would not be proper."

On this issue, M. K. Gupta filed two appeals before the Central Information Commission against the Economic Offence Wing, Crime Branch, Delhi Police for providing the copies of the reports on software given by the aforesaid two labs. After hearing, Mrs. Sushma Singh, Information Commissioner said that the Delhi Police have not given sufficient reasons to show how the disclosure of the information would impede the process of investigation and failed to give any reason how the information is exempted under the RTI Act.  Mrs. Singh has referred the case back to the Delhi Police for issuing a speaking order and speaking order is awaited.

In view of the above, it is for the public to believe the claim made by the DDA on this score.

 

2.       NON PAYMENT OF INTEREST FOR DELAYED REFUNDS

Like last time, DDA this time has also committed to give interest @ 5% p.a. if the refunds to the unsuccessful applicants are delayed beyond four months period.  In the last scheme, DDA has admitted that out of many doubtful applicants submitting multiple-applications, 635 applicants were found innocent as they had submitted only one application.  Therefore, at least to these applicants, the refund was delayed but it is alleged that the DDA has not given interest to any applicant so far.  On the insistence for the payment of interest by an applicant named Amit Gupta, DDA has written a letter on Ist July, 2010 to ICICI Bank for the payment of interest.  Even after four months and a reminder to the Bank, it has not even replied to the letter, forget about remitting the interest which comes to Rs.3, 148 as per DDA's own calculation.   To another applicant named Ruchika Gupta, the interest amount comes to Rs. 2805 only. Curiously, Sr. Accounts Officer of DDA has washed away his hands by stating in his reply, "If there is any delay on the part of the concerned bank, the matter may be taken up with the bank by the applicant".

In its reply to another RTI application submitted by M K Gupta,  Shri D K Gupta, Dy. Director, DDA informed that the interest is being paid only to those unsuccessful applicants who apply for the same meaning thereby that no interest will be given to others.  

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