Personnel dept issues fresh order appointing head of TCP

Panaji: Two days after unprecedented administrative orders were issued by two different departments headed by chief minister Pramod Sawant and TCP minister Vishwajit Rane over the appointment of the chief town planner, state govt on Thursday issued a new order appointing senior town planner R K Pandita as chief town planner (land use). He was made head of the department in TCP.On Monday, the personnel department issued an order appointing Pandita to the post of chief town planner (planning). However, the very next day, the Rane-led TCP ministry issued an order appointing Vertika Dagur as chief town planner (planning).Govt said that now Dagur shall hold charge of chief town planner (admin) and chief town planner (planning), with immediate effect, in addition to her own duties and until further orders.The post fell vacant on April 30 when chief town planner Rajesh Naik, who was granted an extension in service, was suspended on the last day of his extension “with immediate effect” in connection with the alleged underassessment of fees for land conversion under Section 17(2) of the TCP Act, causing a loss of crores to the exchequer.