C Shivakumar @ CHENNAI:
The Chief Administrative officer of Market Management Committee S Rajendran has been transferred on Wednesday after a section of traders complained against him to Deputy Chief Minister O Paneerselvam.
While the orders were passed on January 23, he has been relieved of his charges on Saturday with member secretary of Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority holding the additional.
It is learnt that S Govindarajan, special District Revenue Officer (Land Acquisition), Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor, Salerm is likely to take over as new District Revenue officer and Chief Administrative officer of Koyambedu Market from next month.
The transfer of Rajendran has been hailed by a section of traders in Koyambedu who have put up posters hailing the decision of Deputy Chief Minister O Paneerselvam. A trader on anonymity said that his high-handed activities during checks have made him unpopular in the market.
However, another section of traders hailed him for his crackdown on encroachments in Koyambedu market.
It is learnt that the move by Rajendran in taking away the land of a private corporate house near the bio-methanation plant has been one of the prime reason for his transfer.
CMDA has allotted a land, acquired by it in the 1980s from Tamil Nadu Housing Board for vermin-compost, separation of garbage for the bio-methanation plant as well as banana stem process but it could hardly be put into use due to a court battle over the rights of the land. It is learnt that then officials at Market Management Committee allegedly failed to initiate action as a result the land titular rights already got shifted from various persons.
Interestingly, during Pongal much to the surprise of traders and residents, the land had a government banner claiming that it belonged to Biomethanation Plant and government buses were stationed on it. Within 24 hours, the banners got removed and the private party sealed the premises.
Market sources claim this could be one of the action which could have cost Rajendran his job. When Express tried to contact Rajendran, he did not respond.
The Chief Administrative officer of Market Management Committee S Rajendran has been transferred on Wednesday after a section of traders complained against him to Deputy Chief Minister O Paneerselvam.
While the orders were passed on January 23, he has been relieved of his charges on Saturday with member secretary of Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority holding the additional.
It is learnt that S Govindarajan, special District Revenue Officer (Land Acquisition), Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor, Salerm is likely to take over as new District Revenue officer and Chief Administrative officer of Koyambedu Market from next month.
The transfer of Rajendran has been hailed by a section of traders in Koyambedu who have put up posters hailing the decision of Deputy Chief Minister O Paneerselvam. A trader on anonymity said that his high-handed activities during checks have made him unpopular in the market.
However, another section of traders hailed him for his crackdown on encroachments in Koyambedu market.
It is learnt that the move by Rajendran in taking away the land of a private corporate house near the bio-methanation plant has been one of the prime reason for his transfer.
CMDA has allotted a land, acquired by it in the 1980s from Tamil Nadu Housing Board for vermin-compost, separation of garbage for the bio-methanation plant as well as banana stem process but it could hardly be put into use due to a court battle over the rights of the land. It is learnt that then officials at Market Management Committee allegedly failed to initiate action as a result the land titular rights already got shifted from various persons.
Interestingly, during Pongal much to the surprise of traders and residents, the land had a government banner claiming that it belonged to Biomethanation Plant and government buses were stationed on it. Within 24 hours, the banners got removed and the private party sealed the premises.
Market sources claim this could be one of the action which could have cost Rajendran his job. When Express tried to contact Rajendran, he did not respond.
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