HC threatens pay
cuts if…….
Following news report appeared in today’s Times of
India :
“ HC threatens pay cuts if rly FOB not
built on time “
The Railways on Friday faced Bombay high court's wrath over its failure to come up with a solution
to construct a temporary foot
over-bridge near the site of the now
demolished Hancock bridge.
"Imagine that it
is your own child or your own parent who has to cross the tracks every day. And
then think of a solution," said a division bench of Chief Justice Manjula
Chellur and Justice Mahesh Sonak.
The judges warned that
they would not hesitate to order stoppage of payment of staff salaries if a solution was not
forthcoming. The court asked BMC and
railways to come up with a solution by the next date of hearing on November 22.
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Question :
If the officer
responsible were to fail to construct that FOB on time, how will HC ensure that
his salary is actually cut ? – and how much ? – and for how long ?
I suppose this “ implementation of HC
order “ will depend upon
some other officer of the Railways
As it has happened in
any number of cases in the past , HC orders never get implemented and merely remain on
paper . And HC has no means to find out !
One very important
principle of governance is :
Never give a threat unless
you are capable of executing it !
On the other hand , if
HC is really serious about 100 % implementation of its order , then it should
take help of “ technology “ to eliminate (
corruptible / amenable / fallible ) humans from the “ implementation process “ , as explained in :
Of course , as far as preventing people from getting run over by local trains
in Mumbai ( ave of 10
persons per day ) , is concerned , I have repeatedly sent emails to Shri Piyush Goyal ( and earlier to Shri Suresh Prabhu ) to consider the following
technology-based solution :
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