U Sudhakar Reddy
Vigilance and Enforcement penalties on violators including erring
mining license holders were waived off by the government on ‘sympathy grounds’. Vigilance
after a brief study based on record found that Rs 59.65 crores of penalty and Rs 2.23
crore of normal seigniorage fee was waived off at the government level following the
representations made by the violators who are fined for evasion on minor and major
mineral.
Natural Resources wing in the vigilance conduct surprise checks on granite stock yards,
quarry sites, during transports and at the ports from where the minerals are exported.
Surprise checks were also conducted on raw granite blocks, sand reaches, sand quarry
sites and major construction sites.
After searches and raids penalty is levied on the evaders ranging from one to five times
the seigniorage or royalty fee.
“While reviewing the action taken on the evaded seigniorage fee on minor and major
minerals which was detected by V&E officials during past five years it was found that
entire penalty recommended for imposition on the defaulters was totally waived off.” said
the Vigilance report.
In Vijayawada Rs 2.5 crore, in Srikakulam Rs 14 crore, in Hyderabad City and rural Rs10.2
crore, in Vishakapatnam Rs 2.02 crore was waived off.
“The evader knowingly and willfully commits a criminal act of taking of excess of public
property and gets penalty waiver to cause huge loss to state exchequer. It also send out
wrong signal to the other lease holders to escape from any such acts,”
Sources mines department said that it is being rectified after the vigilance report and
no penalties are waived off recently.
Vigilance and Enforcement penalties on violators including erring
mining license holders were waived off by the government on ‘sympathy grounds’. Vigilance
after a brief study based on record found that Rs 59.65 crores of penalty and Rs 2.23
crore of normal seigniorage fee was waived off at the government level following the
representations made by the violators who are fined for evasion on minor and major
mineral.
quarry sites, during transports and at the ports from where the minerals are exported.
Surprise checks were also conducted on raw granite blocks, sand reaches, sand quarry
sites and major construction sites.
After searches and raids penalty is levied on the evaders ranging from one to five times
the seigniorage or royalty fee.
“While reviewing the action taken on the evaded seigniorage fee on minor and major
minerals which was detected by V&E officials during past five years it was found that
entire penalty recommended for imposition on the defaulters was totally waived off.” said
the Vigilance report.
In Vijayawada Rs 2.5 crore, in Srikakulam Rs 14 crore, in Hyderabad City and rural Rs10.2
crore, in Vishakapatnam Rs 2.02 crore was waived off.
“The evader knowingly and willfully commits a criminal act of taking of excess of public
property and gets penalty waiver to cause huge loss to state exchequer. It also send out
wrong signal to the other lease holders to escape from any such acts,”
Sources mines department said that it is being rectified after the vigilance report and
no penalties are waived off recently.
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