Dear Valmiki, Come-on now, will'ya? What is a nice guy like you doing with a pick-axe, going dig-dig at the impeccable super-hero reputation of our dear own Sanjith?
With great difficulty and by wearing out his tongue at licking arses of VIPs, Sanjith has managed to move into a posh locality in the vicinity of Mariott Hotel. You do not like the modus operandi? You must understand that when one puts one's full time effort into licking arses of superiors, one gets patted at one's back. These pats are misunderstood by the owner of the licking tongue as pats to congratulate him for a job well done. Little do they understand that these pats are to encourage the licking tongue owner to drive the tongue even deeper for a better result. But our dear Sanjith is not like that, for sure. I don't think he licks arses. On the contrary I think he sucks them. :-)) Half-brained popinjay you say?? Don't you think 'Hare-brained popinjay' would be better suited?? :-)) No! I am one who do not like you saying these nasty things about our brilliant Sanjith Rodrigues. You certainly do not have my vote. Cheers floriano goasuraj ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valmiki Faleiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <goanet@goanet.org> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 10:01 AM Subject: [Goanet] 'Chaka-Chak' Sanjith! > 'Chaka-Chak' Sanjith! > > By Valmiki Faleiro > > > Today's column might not please some. Truth often hurts. Let's check out > Sanjith Rodrigues and his 'Chaka-Chak' calibre. I admit I did not know Sanjith > personally. The little good I knew of him was from his close friend who > doubled as my friend. The little bad I got to know of him was from first-hand > experience. > > I must tell that story, to explain how I arrived at the conclusion that this > middle-level Government official, much celebrated in the local media, is a > half-brained popinjay. > > I had applied for a LRC Sanad. After due procedure, which included reports > from Town & Country Planning Dept., Mamlatdar and Land Survey Dept., the Dy. > Collector (Sanjith's predecessor) approved the file and ordered payment of the > prescribed fees. These were paid. All that remained was for the Dy. Collector > to have the Sanad typed, sign, and issue it. > > Sanads are co-signed by the applicant before two attesting witnesses (being a > contract between the State and the applicant.) In the course of business, I > had obtained some two dozen Sanads. I knew from experience that once the Sanad > was ready, the Dy. Collector's office, by letter, asked the applicant to come > forth with the witnesses. > > Even months after the payment, I did not receive such a letter. Enquiries > revealed that the dealing hand was either too busy, or on leave, or had been > deputed for revision of electoral rolls, in rotation. The matter lingered. > Meanwhile, Sanad fees were raised by the Parrikar government and Sanjith > Rodrigues was posted as Dy. Collector, Margao. As the file just didn't move, I > called on Sanjith, the mutual friend in tow. > > It was transparent from word go that the young man was trying to impress me, > little realizing that I had several senior IAS and IPS officer friends, > incomparable to Sanjith in maturity or wisdom. (Right to an Addl. Special > Secretary in the Union Home Ministry, who was SP in Panjim in the mid-'70s.) > Cops produced some pavement dwellers picked up the night before. In the > discharge of his magisterial duties, Sanjith acted like a medieval despot, > orally ordering the police to deport the poor souls. Sanjith succeeded in > impressing me, but in the opposite direction than intended. > > I explained my matter. Sanjith came up with an amazing reply, "I will issue > the Sanad provided you pay the fees at the current rate." The differential was > close to a lakh. I explained that what he was saying actually meant he was > reneging on Government's implicit commitment, when it accepted fees at the > then prevailing rates from me. "Then you should have taken the Sanad when you > paid," he said. I said that that had not happened because his office had > failed to prepare the Sanad and send me the customary letter. "I'm not a Post > Office to send letters," was his dumbfounding reply. I told him I would have > to pay under protest and take legal action. "Do as you wish, but since I'm > signing the Sanad today, I will sign only if you pay at today's rates," he > said. > > I realized I was up against a stubborn jackass. I paid under protest, got the > Sanad, served a legal notice on the Government to refund the money forthwith, > failing which I'd claim it with interest and damages. My advocate's notice was > referred by another dumbo Dy. Collector in the District Collector's office not > to the Government advocate but to the 'illegal constructions cell'! > > The court case filed against the State somehow came to the notice of the Chief > Minister, Manohar Parrikar. He referred the matter to the Revenue and Law > Secretaries. Both clearly opined that Government had exposed its butt for me > to spank. Parrikar sent a private entreaty that the amount would be refunded, > if the claim for interest and damages was dropped. I accepted the offer, > withdrew the case but insisted on action against the inept public official. > > An enquiry was held. Sanjith's administrative acumen was nailed. But then, to > an intelligent strategist like Parrikar, a few inept Catholic officers helped > (to soften BJP's parochial label, and in other ways ... like when he used > Sanjith as chief of the 'Entertainment Society of Goa' in the controversial > IFFI-2004.) That is how Sanjith was saved with little to spare! > > The arrogant man no doubt has been emboldened by media hype. What's the fate > of his much publicised 'Mission Chaka-Chak?' Is Panjim shining? When Panjim > stinks, unable to grapple with its garbage, an idea like 'Chaka-Chak' could > occur only to brains of the calibre of our dear Sanjith! He might have done > better at his old job as cook or butler at the Taj. (ENDS) > > > The Valmiki Faleiro weekly column at: > > http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=330 > > ============================================================================ == > The above article appeared in the September 10, 2006 edition of the Herald, Goa > _______________________________________________ > Goanet mailing list > Goanet@lists.goanet.org > http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org