DISMANTLING DEMOCRACY In early 1979, I went to Delhi and called on President Reddy first. He was always very polite and pleasant. We Governors looked forward to meeting him. The President mentioned to me that I was doing very useful work and he felt very happy about the way I was handling my State. The Home Minister showed similar appreciation when I met him. The next day I went to meet the Prime Minister, hoping to hear something similar. To my consternation, he pulled out a paper and started reading it. It was a complaint against me to my lady Chief Minister of Goa. The Prime Minister read it:- a); b); c); d); e); f). A rural medical officer was the subject of a letter addressed to the Lt. Governor by Smt. Mrinal Gore, a political leader. The Chief Minister complained that the Lt. Governor instead of suggesting suitable action against the officer for ignoring Govt. orders and seeking to bring political pressure, encouraged the officer to continue to ignore Govt. orders. I told the Prime Minister that this doctor had never met me. Nor had I written to him. Then when could I have encouraged this doctor to disobey his Chief Minister's orders? I fully knew the case and the truth was that I had been given approval by my Chief Minister to take action against him for disobeying his orders. I did this merely to support my Chief Minister. The Chief Minister was unable to take any action because she knew she was in the wrong.
This doctor was recruited for a specialist appointment. He could not, therefore, be transferred to a non-specialist job, just like an ENT doctor could not be posted in a vacancy of T.B. doctor. Not knowing the full facts, I first gave her my approval for disciplinary action against the doctor. Later I asked for full records and found that the facts sent to me by my Chief Minister to obtain my approval for disciplinary action against the doctor were incomplete. He was a specialist and, therefore, could be transferred only in a similar vacancy and not anywhere were the Chief Minister desired. After examination of the facts I advised her not to pursue the transfer of this doctor as he would, if he went to a Court, win the case. The Chief Minister took no notice of my advice and made it a personal prestige case. However, I never withdrew my wrongly given sanction to my Chief Minister. Regarding Mrs. Gore, she was in Goa to address a political meeting and case to call on me. I do not even remember if she discussed this case with me. I assured the Prime Minister that I never came under any political pressure to give my decisions. It was a case of legal as well as moral injustice to this doctor and the Chief Minister was clearly wrong. But instead of listening to me she ran to Delhi to poison the ears of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister now turned the next page of his file and read the next charge. I sat in front of him like an accused wrongly involved in a murder case. COMMENTS: This, my dear Goans, in not an abstract from a book of fiction. This, my dear Goans, are the pages 146, 150, & 151 of the First Edition of the book by Col. Pratap Singh Gill, Ex- Governor of Goa, published in 1984 by Lancer International - Post Bag No. 2, New Delhi - 110017, subsequently composed and printed in India by Lohia Composing Agency and Sunil Printers, 1067, New Delhi 110 028 - Published by Bharat Verma. The Ex-Governor is talking of Shri. Morarji Desai, the then Prime Minster of India during the Janata Party's rule. The Ex-Governor is talking about Mrs. Shashikala Kakodkar, the then Chief Minster of Goa. Mrs. Mrinal Gore was the MP from Maharashtra. And the insubordinate doctor that the Ex-Governor Pratap Singh Gill is talking about is none other than Dr. N.S. Dumo, retired State Nutrition Officer, 'WHO' trained, who is still without his full retirement benefits, and who stood-up to face the rot in the Goa's Health Department, running from pillar to post to get justice which remains denied to him to this date. During the recent extravaganza that took place in the Goa Legislative Assembly in the manner of the hearings by various Ad-Hoc Committees seemingly to solve a plethora of problems facing Goa and Goans, I have deposed in front of many such committees. But I have put forward the case of injustice to Dr. N.S. Dumo, during my deposition under the Ad-Hoc Committee on Vigilance, Home & Police chaired by Shri. Manohar Parrikar, leader of the Opposition, as a clear case of mis-representation of the 'Official Recruitment Rules' framed under the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, thereby allowing non-qualifying government considered blue-eyed boys to usurp the upgradations even to the extent of occupying the post of the Directors of Health Services, Government of Goa undeservedly. Shri. Manohar Parrikar has handed the case folder to the Director of Vigilance Shri. Jha who is supposed to look into the matter but has yet failed to do so. Whereas Dr. N.S. Dumo is yet to enjoy the fruits of his retirement, imposters have retired after occupying top posts in the Government Health Services fraudulently and are seen enjoying full benefits of retirement. It is for a purpose that Dr. N.S. Dumo is heading the Goa Su-Raj Party as its PRESIDENT. And, come to think of it, many a times, I used to wonder as to why Dr. Dumo never wanted to be in the same room where the charming, white-haired Goa's Ex- First Lady was. Now I know better. But Dr. N.S. Dumo knows and knows it well, the meaning of the words "WE SHALL OVERCOME" floriano goasuraj www.goasu-raj.org 9890470896 PS: The full story of the above injustice is available on our website -------------------------------------------------------------- ---Wanted for Goa--- honest ' fighters ' NOT honest ' hypocrites ' Contact: goasuraj (The Recruiting Agents) 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org
