17 July 2011

Dist Consumers Forum Imposes Penalty on Tehsildar,Nabarangpur

Nabarangpur:
The district consumer disputes redressal forum has imposed a penalty of Rs 5,000 on tehsildar, Nabarangpur after he was found guilty of unnecessarily delaying and non supply of the certified copies of the order sheet.
The complainant N Parameswaran, applied a certified copy of the entire order sheet in lease case no 115/83 on 15.3.11 in which his father granted lease of house site to an extent of 0.04 cents of plot no 142 vide khata No. 109/2 by the tehsildar which could not be recorded in the name of his father during settlement and the said papers are required in revision case. But after eleven days tehsildar has not supplied the copies on ground that the case record has not found at record room.
The complainant demanded compensation on account of loss for refusal on the ground that LC No 115/83 has not found at record room, in view of the deficienty in service by the Tehsildar, the DCDRF, President and Mrs.Pravati Mishara, and Aswani Kumar Mohapatro, members of the consumers forum directed the tehsildar, Nabarangpur to supply of copy of the lease case to the complainant immediately. Besides he is directed to pay a compensation of Rs.5,000/ including cost to the complainant. The forum further directed all the orders should be complied with in 30 days of dispatch of the order, failing which the amounts will carry 10 percent intrest p.a after lapse of the said period.