Forty-seven candidates who cleared the examination conducted by the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) for selection to sub-registrar posts and were even trained for the job, have been denied a posting as they failed to grease the palms of the powers-that-be.
The absence of qualified officials has resulted in clerks, who have no expertise in property registration intricacies and computers, manning, albeit in acting capacity, most of the 43 sub-registrar offices in the city.
"We wrote the KPSC exam in February 2009 and were appointed in April 2010. Since then, we have been waiting for our postings. We have been trained in the ‘anytime anywhere online registration’ that was inaugurated recently. But the ones who are actually implementing the programme are clerks doubling as subregistrars. Shouldn't our skills be used?” a disappointed sub-registrar appointee told TOI.
Top revenue officials admitted there’s a rot in the system. “It's true that first division assistants are masquerading as sub-registrars. We are aware there's been a delay in posting the sub-registrar appointees. We'll look into the issue,” one official said.
One of the acting sub-registrars is a matriculate and had been appointed as a clerk on compassionate grounds, another sub-registrar appointee revealed.
Among the sub-registrar appointees awaiting posting are PhD holders and a veterinarian. The KPSC exam in February 2009 was, in fact, conducted to fill the vacancies in 43 sub-registrar offices. The absence of sub-registrar appointees had resulted in FDAs being asked to perform the tasks of sub-registrars. They are still drawing clerks’ salaries.
Dens of corruption
Three months ago, the Lokayukta had raided Jigani, Anekal, Attibele and Doddaballapur sub-registrar offices. FDAs were acting as sub-registrars at most of these places. "Despite the raids, officials are continuing in their posts. No action has been taken," Lokayukta sources said. During the raid on the Jigani office, Lokayukta personnel found with the sub-registrar receipts for encumbrance certificates with a combined value of Rs1,55,440, while his assistant had only Rs 77,515, revealing a shortage of Rs 77,925.
Source:The Times of India
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