Nanded Being Separated

Committee To Look Inot Grievances

I had written about the controversy over forming a separate office of divisional commissioner in Nanded. (Marathwada Divided, January )The next logical step of the development has been taken now with the forming of a new committe.

A one-member committee comprising retired justice P S Patankar is constituted by the state government to look into the dispute related to creationof separate Nanded revenue division, sources said today, according to agency story. The head quarter of the committee will be in Aurangabad city.

However, the full functioning of the committee will be only after the model code of conduct ends. The committee will hear grievances andobjections from various parties involved in the controversy.

The decision of creating the separate revenue division from existing Aurangabad division was taken by Chief Minister Ashok Chavan in December.The decision deepened the rift between former chief minister Viasrao Deshmukh and Chavhan. On the other hand, three petitions and many supplementarywrits challenging Chavan's decision have been admitted in the Aurangabad bench of Bombay high court.
State government has issued an order on March 19 for setting up this committee.