Activists urge govt not to transfer DC, MCC commissioner

Mysuru: Social activists in the city have started an online petition drive requesting chief secretary to the government, Vijay Bhaskar TM, not to transfer deputy commissioner Abhiram G Sankar and Mysuru City Corporation commissioner Gurudatta Hegde before the end of their tenure.

Activists S Shobana, Ashvini Ranjan, K Venkatesh, UB Acharya, Bapu Satyanarayan, Maj Gen (Ret) K K Murthy, S Diwakar, G Narasimha Murthy and Bhamy Shenoy, in their online petition at http://chng.it/LwRnD7LT2t have expressed concern over the possible untimely transfer of Sankar and Hegde.

The activists in their petition to chief secretary stated: “It is with great urgency and earnestness, we urge you not to transfer the current DC Shankar and MCC Commissioner Hegde. While the former has served here in Mysuru for less than 18 months, the latter has been here in Mysuru for less than six months. We want to reiterate the well-accepted management wisdom that any officer will be unable to serve efficiently if he or she is transferred frequently.”

The petitioners said that there is an urgency to save Kukkerhalli Lake, Chamundi Hills, improve property tax collection, maintain the city clean and green and so on. Both the DC and MCC chief have taken the initiative on these projects and works will suffer if they are transferred now, they noted.