#PulwamaAttack: Whistleblower bureaucrat donates Rs. 2.5 lakh for bereaved families
What's the story
Whistleblower bureaucrat Sanjiv Chaturvedi has refused to accept around Rs. 2.5 lakh arbitration fee in a case and instead asked the parties concerned to deposit it in the Centre-run fund for the welfare of the families bereaved in the Pulwama terror attack. Chaturvedi was appointed as arbitrator by the Chandigarh Housing Board in 2018 in a dispute between the board and a construction company.
Case
Award resolving the dispute was issued on February 23
In January 2018, the Chandigarh Housing Board appointed Chaturvedi, a 2002 batch Indian Forest Service officer of Uttarakhand cadre, as arbitrator in a dispute between the board and a construction company, official records say. The arbitration proceedings were held during February and April 2018 and in January 2019. Finally, the award resolving the dispute was issued on February 23, 2019.
Details
Contract value of the project was around Rs. 6 crore
The contract value of the project was around Rs. 6 crore and the dispute regarding claims and counter claims by the parties involved around Rs. 60 lakh, the records say. As per the fourth Schedule of Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015, the arbitration fee was to be around Rs. 2.2 lakh besides administrative charges on travel, lodging and others.
Fee
Total fee to be paid to Chaturvedi was Rs. 2.5L
The total amount of fee to be paid to Chaturvedi was around Rs. 2.5 lakh. While finalizing the dispute, Chaturvedi determined his fee as Rs. 0 and asked the concerned parties to deposit the fee and charges on an equal basis into the account opened by the Ministry of Home Affairs for the welfare of families of CRPF soldiers killed in Pulwama attack.
About
Chaturvedi also donated Magsaysay award money to PM's relief fund
Chaturvedi, who had exposed various corruption cases during his stint as Chief Vigilance Officer in Delhi's AIIMS had also donated Magsaysay award money (Rs.14.23 lakh) to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund. He had won the prestigious award in 2015 in recognition of his exemplary integrity, courage, and tenacity, inter alia, in uncompromisingly exposing and painstakingly investigating corruption in public office.