MHADA vigilance officer, who gave out his mobile number to check corruption, fields 50 calls a day seeking mundane details
MHADA vigilance officer, who gave out his mobile number to check corruption, fields 50 calls a day seeking mundane details
MHADA Chief Vigilance Officer Jawahar Singh is paying dearly for printing his mobile number in the advertisements urging citizens to report instances of fraud. Singh says he receives over 50 calls daily and all callers make general enquiries that have nothing to do with fraud.
"Till date, I haven't received a single call tipping me about a fraud or a tout. Instead, people ask me stuff like where to obtain forms, and at what price. I did receive an e-mail reporting an instance of fraud though, and I am working on it. We are doing everything to ensure transparency.u00a0 Citizens are welcome to check the software that will choose who gets the tenements through lottery," said Singh.
Nikhil Kajrolkar, a citizen, queuing at the Parel branch of the HDFC Bank said, "I had heard that agents offer forms at inflated prices, but I didn't find a single agent this time."
Another MHADA tenement applicant Vaibhav Palav (21), said an agent approached him, but he told the man he preferred to stand in the queue and get the form.
Raking it inu00a0
1,01,740 MHADA forms were sold yesterday, the second day of form distribution
88,222 forms sold on Monday, the first day of form distribution
Rs 1.01 crore earned by MHADA from sale of forms yesterday
Rs 88.22 lakh earned by MHADA from sale of forms on Monday
To apply for a MHADA home...
Follow these rules:
> Forms are available solely at 22 branches of the HDFC bank for Rs 100 each from January 12 to January 30
> Filled forms will be accepted at designated HDFC branches from January 13 to January 31 between 9.30 am to 2.30 pm
> Applicant who owns a house not eligible to apply for a MHADA house
> Applicant has to be an Indian national above the age of 18, who has to produce a domicile certificate to prove he has lived in Maharashtra for 15 of the last 20 years
Method of selection of applicants for MHADA tenements through lottery began in
>> Reservations for various categories like the Schedule Castes add up to 49 per cent. Balance 51 per cent is open for the general public
>> MHADA tenements are allotted on basis of the income group one fits into. Those who earn Rs 8,000 and below are classified as belonging to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS), those earning from Rs 8,001 to Rs 12,000 qualify for tenements in the Middle Income Group (MIG). Citizens in the Higher Income Group earn upward of Rs 20,000 (HIG).
>> While submitting the forms the applicant will have to pay a refundable deposit (Pay Order) of Rs 10,000 for EWS, Rs 15,000 for LIG, Rs 25,000 for MIG, and Rs 50,000 for HIG and Rs 1 lakh for HIG (Versova).u00a0 Along with the deposit the applicant has to also submit a passport-size photograph, specify the location of the desired MHADA tenement.
>> An applicant can apply as many times he want, but will have to pay the deposit with every application
>> MHADA will scrutinise all forms in three to four months, and use a special computer lottery method in presence of the public to select applicants who have won a tenement allotment
>> The results will be immediately displayed on the MHADA website (mhada.maharashtra.gov.in) and will also be printed in the newspapers.
>> MHADA will send letters to selected candidates who will have to submit other documents like the domicile certificate and salary slip to avail the reservations. If an applicant is found to have flouted any rule, the allotment may be cancelled.
>> The applicant will have to submit the remaining money towards the purchase of the tenement when MHADA notifies them
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