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 :
2 DOWN : 1TO GO ! [ 11 Dec 2015 ]
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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