PAKISTAN AND MUMBAI TERRORISM.
Within short time from our land India is capable of sending a spacecraft into an outer space and also an object painted with Indian Flag into the Moon but sadly and disgracefully India is not capable of sending within a few minutes an aircraft from Delhi to Mumbai with Commandos to save the lives of many of the dead hostages. This happened because for such emergencies India otherwise such a powerful nation, cannot afford to keep a special aircraft at the disposal of Commandos though when time came India immediately after the end of Bangladesh liberation war gifted free of charge one Aircraft to Bangladesh. We are good at making external show. This is a Congress culture.
By using its heavy military might India easily defeated Portuguese military in Goa and conquered Goa from Portuguese rule and also humiliated Pakistani military in former East Pakistan but sadly allowed to make a joke of its police prowess when Pakistani terrorists in Mumbai hijacked Mumbai Police Jeep by killing not only those who were inside it but also those around it.
India being such a vast country inhabited by over a billion people with such a powerfully built militarily was finally made a slave of only 10 Pakistani terrorists who created a totally bad impression of their religion. The religion that professes violence and shedding of blood of innocent unarmed people is not a religion; it is a satanic system.
I do not fully blame terrorists who terrorized Mumbai neither I fully blame Pakistan and its intelligence service though they are all culprits but Indian intelligence system and Indian authorities are worst culprits. We have to blame ourselves first for being negligent and irresponsible. The Pakistani terrorists and even Pakistan will never allow us to sleep in peace, their purpose is to create disorder in India and destabilize India. Inspite of knowing this fact very well we still relaxed and took things easy?? The greatest enemy of India is Pakistan and Pakistani Muslim terrorists and when we know this fact how can we ignore the warnings given to us by the US intelligence agency, by our own fishermen from Mumbai and even from other sources of impending terrorists attack? The thief will never leave the opportunity of robbing your house when you keep the doors of your house open. We kept our doors open and the terrorists came into our house and killed our innocent people. By terrorizing Mumbai and killing innocent people the 10 Pakistani terrorists and their trainers in Pakistan made fool of India, fools of Indians, fools of Indian Government machineries and fools of intelligence services of India.
When 60 hours of firing and carnage was going on in Mumbai, regrettably not a single elected representative either from Mumbai or Delhi showed his presence near the places where this carnage was taking place though thousands of ordinary Mumbaikars bravely stood there without fearing for their life in solidarity with the hostages and fighting commandos and also to support them physically, in case of necessity. It was a pity during the 60 hours of agony in Mumbai none of the politicians from Mumbai either from the Government or from the Opposition appeared near the trouble spots and showed his solidarity with the hostages nor with our fighting Commandos and Police force. There was none during this entire period from BJP’s cadre who demolished Babri Masjid. There was none in Mumbai during those tragic 60 hours from Hindu fanatics who was on mad rampage to trouble and kill innocent peace loving Christians in the recent anti-Christian campaign. I am ashamed of Shiv Sena’s army of cowards headed by their shameless leaders who not only kept total silence during this carnage but also remained totally enveloped themselves in their residential places. Shiv Sena and its leaders the Thackarys are fit only to frighten the unarmed non-Maharastrians. They had no marbles in their pants and dhotis to brave the terrorists and their bullets. People in Mumbai and other parts of India should know who their real leaders are. Those leaders who during the time of crisis hide themselves under the “gagra” of their wives are not true leaders but traitors. These are the traitors who are ruling India and so long the country is in their hands India will always be the target of terrorists and Pakistanis.
For terrorists to come to any Indian shore is never a difficult task. These terrorists must have taken the same sea routes as the smuggling lords of India are using and must have received the same type of assistance from all Indian elements as smugglers are receiving. Smuggling in India is carried with boldness by some of the top politicians. Being politicians they use their clout to silence the law enforcing agencies for their anti-national activities. Indian Government must first enact the laws to make the law-enforcing agencies independent of the politicians’ supervision. Indian politicians currently are unreliable and untrustworthy. Presently India at State and National levels is ruled by idiots, smugglers, robbers, criminals and anti-socials. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is a weak leader; he is a very good bureaucrat but very weak leader. He is unfit to deliver the goods in crucial situation. The Opposition BJP under its ageing leader Advani is trying to fish in the troubled waters. At the age of 80 I don’t think he is mentally fit, leave aside physically, to rule India if tomorrow elected to lead India. Today top world nations are ruled by their youthful leaders who are full of wisdom, knowledge and energy. Tomorrow the world’s greatest and most powerful nation USA will be ruled by the young and dynamic leader of 47 years old Mr. Obama.
India is now exposing the confession of the lone surviving terrorist. But how can one accept this confession as genuine which totally accuses Pakistan of its involvement in Mumbai terrorism? Doesn’t it look like one sided version released by India? An independent body must vouch for this confession or it should be jointly verified by both the Indian and Pakistani officials or an independent authority. Besides what guarantee is there that the same confession was not forcibly extorted from the mouth of lone surviving terrorist? There should be a total transparency in getting the confession of the lone surviving terrorist so that we rightly say what is true and then point our finger to Pakistan and its anti-India elements with certainty. This does not mean Pakistan and its intelligence service and army are innocent. Everybody from outside Pakistan is pointing fingers to Pakistan and its intelligence service for the terrorism in Mumbai.
In this respect for Pakistan to surrender to the dictates of India is not an easy task. Pakistan is an independent sovereign nation and not an Indian State. As an independent nation, Pakistan has its own independence to decide what is good and what is bad for it. Though the current civilian democratic Government of Pakistan is decent and looks innocent of all the brutal doings of terrorists yet it has no marbles to assert its right because Pakistani Military is more powerful and waiting to pounce upon the power in Islamabad. Present Pakistani Government under Premier Gillani and President Zardari cannot afford to antogonise Pakistani Army and its Intelligence Service. It is a very sensitive issue. And going for war with Pakistan is neither a solution. We must in this aspect know that Pakistani Armed Forces are not what they were during Bangladesh War. And war will not solve this problem. If at all war is required then it should not be against Pakistan but it should be against our own Government and its machineries for neglecting the alerts received on Mumbai terrorism. And moreover, the war should be waged against all the corrupt politicians who are guilty of corrupting Indian political system. I am sure some of them must be involved in facilitating the entry of terrorists thru sea route into Mumbai because I am doubly sure that many of the top Indian politicians are on the payroll of Dawood Ibrahim. When top Indian bureaucrats in the past could sell sensitive Indian atomic secrets to our enemies even for a bottle of Whiskey then why not accept bribing in lakhs and crores by Dawood Ibrahim and other Islamic militants? The greatest enemy of India is within itself only and he is easily purchasable. He hates India. He is religious fanatic, he hates Indians professing faith which is different from his.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
December 5, 2008
December 4, 2008
Tiatro "KUWAIT SODDUN VETANA" IN KUWAIT.
Francis de TuemTIATRO: "KUWAIT SODDUN VETANA".
VENUE: Hawally A/C Hall.
DATE: 16th January 2009.
TIME: 3.30 PM
Seen in the photo is a renowned singer Francis de Tuem who is acclaimed as the best political singer of Goa. His songs have created fear into the minds and hearts of the corrupt politicians of Goa. In this Tiatro, Francis de Tuem will render especial songs highlighting the corruption going on in Goa thru the blessing of Goan politicans.
Do not miss this opportunity to listen to the songs of Francis de Tuem in the forthcoming Tiatro "KUWAIT SODDUN VETANA" written and directed by Rosary Ferns.
Also Francis de Tuem will sing beautiful trio with his co-artistes Marcus Vaz & Lawry Travasso.
The other visiting artistes who will participate in this Tiatro are Buskha and ace comedians John D'Silva & Selvy.
The local artistes are: Irene, Raina, Clara, Cajetan de Sanvordem, Sylvester Vaz, Xavier Furtado, Lawrente Pereira, Katty de Navelim, Joseph Rodrigues, Clifford Pereira, Bab Agnelo, Salu, Bernardo And Rosary Ferns.
Musical score will be provided by Sahu.
Sound System by: John.
GOAN MUTATIONS: What Government must do.
GOAN MUTATIONS: WHAT GOVERNMENT MUST DO.
By Valmiki Faleiro The mess of mutations is rampant. This I gauged from reader response to this columnon the five preceding Sundays. Most told the same story: of how people are harassed atMamlatdar offices across Goa when they seek a change in the Index of Lands – asimple process in law, but far from it in practice. A gentleman who heads a trade bodyfeels listing the steps will help government mitigate the troubles of the ‘Aam Aadmi’.Fingers crossed, here is my list:
1. Enforce Sections 96 (proviso 2) and 102 of the Land Revenue Code, and Rule 15 ofRecord of Rights & Register of Cultivators Rules. The onus of initiating and carrying outmutations lies squarely with the Taluka Sub-Registrar and Mamlatdar when landownership changes occur by documents under the Transfer of Property Act (that areregistered under the Indian Registration Act.)
Just enforce the existing law! Ninety percent of the scourge Goans now face will vanish.When people acquire rights by way of a registered deed, the process of mutation mustfollow automatically – no question of them even applying for mutation, much lessrepeatedly visiting, begging and bribing all and sundry at Mamlatdar offices. That is whatthe law stipulates. No government has enforced the law, resulting in the mutation mess across Goa.
What the law provides is simple. When a Sub-Registrar registers a deed – sale, gift,partition, relinquishment, etc. – he must, during the first week of the following month,intimate the Talathi/Mamlatdar in Form XIII. Upon receipt of such intimation, the lattermust carry out the mutation, ‘mutatis mutandis’, as per procedure laid down in detail.Where, then, would be the scope for harassment and extortion? Of people having toapply, meet, beg and bribe revenue officials?
2. As regards the balance ten percent cases, where land ownership changes occur byother means, viz.- a Court decree, judicial partition, ‘Inventario,’ Will/bequest, etc., onceagain, follow the law and established conventions. These are listed, briefly, below.The mutation applicant’s duty must end, as envisaged under the law, with reporting ofthe acquisition of rights (with evidence) to the Mamlatdar. Thereafter, as per present law,the onus of completing the mutation, must lie squarely with the Mamlatdar and his staff.A private citizen must not be turned into a public clerk and peon, as now happens.
3. When a person applies to add his name to a survey number where mutations havepreviously been carried out, s/he must not be asked to furnish addresses of persons soadded. Because these addresses are already with the concerned Talathi/Mamlatdar whothemselves carried out the previous mutations.
4. The stupid idea of asking the applicant to furnish the latest Form I & XIV must stop.The concerned Talathi/Mamlatdar are themselves the custodians of this document! 5.
The law provides for oral mutation applications. It would be injudicious to retain thisprovision. But, for heaven’s sake, when someone applies in writing, don’t ask him/her toprovide a file. The government has crores to splurge on needless bridges and dubiousgarbage handling purchases – but not a few lakhs for essential stationery?
6. Across the board, every entry clerk in every government office must acknowledge aninward letter with the office rubber stamp.
7. Upon receipt of intimation from the Sub-Registrar (in case of registered documents)and report from acquirer of rights (in case of other documents), fix a time limit for issueof Notice/s in Form X. Notice/s should be sent only to people whose names appear inForm I & XIV, not to consenting parties, etc. whose names appear in the Sale Deed.
8. No applicant must be asked to make copies of Form X on behalf of the state.
9. Form X, as done before, should be served by hand through the office bailiff or theconcerned village Talathi. If logistics do not permit hand delivery, service may be doneby Registered AD Post. But not by the applicants who are currently told to do the mailing!This will also eliminate the ‘vanishing trick’ of AD cards and the ensuing rigmarole.
10. In exceptional cases where service by hand or by Registered AD Post is impossible,substituted service should be effected by the Government – at its own cost. It is agovernment notice and the government must serve it. The applicant should NOT bemade to pay for a duty of the government.
11. Substituted service by way of Public Notice should be released to one English andone vernacular daily for better reach and avoidance of mischief.
12. Let the dead lie in peace. Stop this nonsense of ‘serving’ notices upon the departed.If a respondent is deceased, notify the heirs by substituted service. Officials who fightshy to carry out mutation involving a dead person – even when a Court ‘Inventario’ orderis furnished, need to be disciplined. As do Talathis, Circle Inspectors and Mamlatdarswho, despite being unqualified, raise specious “objections” on legalities of Sale Deeds.
13. Village Panchayats, Municipalities – and even Mamlatdars! – need to be educatedon the legal value of Form I & XIV. That it is not a proof of title and that its entire value ismerely presumptive. When an applicant files a Sale/Gift (or such title) deed, local bodiesmust not insist on Form I & XIV featuring the applicant’s name. In a different context, butrelevant to the issue, was a recent statement by the Salcete Mamlatdar, as reported in‘Herald’ (Pg.3 anchor, Nov 22, 2008.)
The Mamlatdar is quoted having said, “These [old Matriz records] are not much in use,since the present survey and revenue plan also constitute revenue documents.”Revenue records alright, but of what legal value? A quasi-judicial order of a DistrictCollector spelt out the almost NIL legal value of Form I & XIV.
People like the Salcete Mamlatdar also need to know that a Sub-Registrar cannotregister a deed unless the mention of ‘Matriz’ is made in the description of the property.The Salcete Mamlatdar alone cannot be blamed. All Mamlatdars without law studiesmust be put through a crash-course on Goa’s basic laws.
14. Modify the software used for maintaining revenue records, to rid it of shortcomings.For instance, the software must be changed to accept a common Mutation Case No. in ajoint application involving a common survey number. This will avoid multiplicity of casesand save immense amounts of time, paper and money.
15. In cases involving sub-division of land, the Director of Settlement & Land Recordsand his Taluka-level Inspectors must be directed to exercise their powers under Section59(c) of the LRC. When a survey number is sub-divided with final approvals under theTown & Country Planning Act, it must be partitioned as per the approved sub-division.This will save a multiplicity of future individual partitions, its attendant ills, and humanerrors while transcribing plots at different points of time on the survey sheets. Suchpartitions must be carried out not only on the PT sheets at the taluka level but also onthe originals at Panjim headquarters.
16. And finally, appoint an Ombudsman/disciplinary authority specifically for complaintsunder the Land Revenue Code, with jurisdiction over the Director of Settlement & LandRecords and Deputy Collector downwards. Such measures will provide the beleaguered Goan some relief. (ENDS.)
The Valmiki Faleiro weekly column at:
By Valmiki Faleiro The mess of mutations is rampant. This I gauged from reader response to this columnon the five preceding Sundays. Most told the same story: of how people are harassed atMamlatdar offices across Goa when they seek a change in the Index of Lands – asimple process in law, but far from it in practice. A gentleman who heads a trade bodyfeels listing the steps will help government mitigate the troubles of the ‘Aam Aadmi’.Fingers crossed, here is my list:
1. Enforce Sections 96 (proviso 2) and 102 of the Land Revenue Code, and Rule 15 ofRecord of Rights & Register of Cultivators Rules. The onus of initiating and carrying outmutations lies squarely with the Taluka Sub-Registrar and Mamlatdar when landownership changes occur by documents under the Transfer of Property Act (that areregistered under the Indian Registration Act.)
Just enforce the existing law! Ninety percent of the scourge Goans now face will vanish.When people acquire rights by way of a registered deed, the process of mutation mustfollow automatically – no question of them even applying for mutation, much lessrepeatedly visiting, begging and bribing all and sundry at Mamlatdar offices. That is whatthe law stipulates. No government has enforced the law, resulting in the mutation mess across Goa.
What the law provides is simple. When a Sub-Registrar registers a deed – sale, gift,partition, relinquishment, etc. – he must, during the first week of the following month,intimate the Talathi/Mamlatdar in Form XIII. Upon receipt of such intimation, the lattermust carry out the mutation, ‘mutatis mutandis’, as per procedure laid down in detail.Where, then, would be the scope for harassment and extortion? Of people having toapply, meet, beg and bribe revenue officials?
2. As regards the balance ten percent cases, where land ownership changes occur byother means, viz.- a Court decree, judicial partition, ‘Inventario,’ Will/bequest, etc., onceagain, follow the law and established conventions. These are listed, briefly, below.The mutation applicant’s duty must end, as envisaged under the law, with reporting ofthe acquisition of rights (with evidence) to the Mamlatdar. Thereafter, as per present law,the onus of completing the mutation, must lie squarely with the Mamlatdar and his staff.A private citizen must not be turned into a public clerk and peon, as now happens.
3. When a person applies to add his name to a survey number where mutations havepreviously been carried out, s/he must not be asked to furnish addresses of persons soadded. Because these addresses are already with the concerned Talathi/Mamlatdar whothemselves carried out the previous mutations.
4. The stupid idea of asking the applicant to furnish the latest Form I & XIV must stop.The concerned Talathi/Mamlatdar are themselves the custodians of this document! 5.
The law provides for oral mutation applications. It would be injudicious to retain thisprovision. But, for heaven’s sake, when someone applies in writing, don’t ask him/her toprovide a file. The government has crores to splurge on needless bridges and dubiousgarbage handling purchases – but not a few lakhs for essential stationery?
6. Across the board, every entry clerk in every government office must acknowledge aninward letter with the office rubber stamp.
7. Upon receipt of intimation from the Sub-Registrar (in case of registered documents)and report from acquirer of rights (in case of other documents), fix a time limit for issueof Notice/s in Form X. Notice/s should be sent only to people whose names appear inForm I & XIV, not to consenting parties, etc. whose names appear in the Sale Deed.
8. No applicant must be asked to make copies of Form X on behalf of the state.
9. Form X, as done before, should be served by hand through the office bailiff or theconcerned village Talathi. If logistics do not permit hand delivery, service may be doneby Registered AD Post. But not by the applicants who are currently told to do the mailing!This will also eliminate the ‘vanishing trick’ of AD cards and the ensuing rigmarole.
10. In exceptional cases where service by hand or by Registered AD Post is impossible,substituted service should be effected by the Government – at its own cost. It is agovernment notice and the government must serve it. The applicant should NOT bemade to pay for a duty of the government.
11. Substituted service by way of Public Notice should be released to one English andone vernacular daily for better reach and avoidance of mischief.
12. Let the dead lie in peace. Stop this nonsense of ‘serving’ notices upon the departed.If a respondent is deceased, notify the heirs by substituted service. Officials who fightshy to carry out mutation involving a dead person – even when a Court ‘Inventario’ orderis furnished, need to be disciplined. As do Talathis, Circle Inspectors and Mamlatdarswho, despite being unqualified, raise specious “objections” on legalities of Sale Deeds.
13. Village Panchayats, Municipalities – and even Mamlatdars! – need to be educatedon the legal value of Form I & XIV. That it is not a proof of title and that its entire value ismerely presumptive. When an applicant files a Sale/Gift (or such title) deed, local bodiesmust not insist on Form I & XIV featuring the applicant’s name. In a different context, butrelevant to the issue, was a recent statement by the Salcete Mamlatdar, as reported in‘Herald’ (Pg.3 anchor, Nov 22, 2008.)
The Mamlatdar is quoted having said, “These [old Matriz records] are not much in use,since the present survey and revenue plan also constitute revenue documents.”Revenue records alright, but of what legal value? A quasi-judicial order of a DistrictCollector spelt out the almost NIL legal value of Form I & XIV.
People like the Salcete Mamlatdar also need to know that a Sub-Registrar cannotregister a deed unless the mention of ‘Matriz’ is made in the description of the property.The Salcete Mamlatdar alone cannot be blamed. All Mamlatdars without law studiesmust be put through a crash-course on Goa’s basic laws.
14. Modify the software used for maintaining revenue records, to rid it of shortcomings.For instance, the software must be changed to accept a common Mutation Case No. in ajoint application involving a common survey number. This will avoid multiplicity of casesand save immense amounts of time, paper and money.
15. In cases involving sub-division of land, the Director of Settlement & Land Recordsand his Taluka-level Inspectors must be directed to exercise their powers under Section59(c) of the LRC. When a survey number is sub-divided with final approvals under theTown & Country Planning Act, it must be partitioned as per the approved sub-division.This will save a multiplicity of future individual partitions, its attendant ills, and humanerrors while transcribing plots at different points of time on the survey sheets. Suchpartitions must be carried out not only on the PT sheets at the taluka level but also onthe originals at Panjim headquarters.
16. And finally, appoint an Ombudsman/disciplinary authority specifically for complaintsunder the Land Revenue Code, with jurisdiction over the Director of Settlement & LandRecords and Deputy Collector downwards. Such measures will provide the beleaguered Goan some relief. (ENDS.)
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