No post of estate officer in civic body, reveals RTI

Amritsar | Saturday | 7th December, 2019

Summary:

But while replying to an RTI query, the Local Bodies Department has revealed that the government never constituted the post of estate officer in any of the civic body in the state. Rakesh Sharma, an RTI activist, had filed the RTI query and sought the record of the estate officer in civic bodies of the state. On September 18, the superintendent, Local Governments Branch-1, responded that the government never constituted any post of estate officer. The government has introduced a street vending policy and the MC Commissioner merged the tehbazaari wing into the street vending wing. The Local Bodies Department may not be aware of the street vending policy.”Sushant Bhatia, estate officer, MC, said, “It is true that the government did not constitute the post of estate officer..