Officials unwilling to reveal R&R plots allotment list

Ineligible can be identified if list was made public, say oustees

The episode of suspension of Head Master of a Zilla Parishat High School B. Srinivas Rao, for falsely claiming Rehabilitation and Resettlement benefits for his son by indulging in impersonation has raised many an eyebrow. The big question now is how many such cases might have taken place and how many of them are yet to come to the notice of authorities or local residents. Mr. Srinivas Rao was native of Vemulaghat, one of the villages that was getting submerged under Mallannasagar and working as a headmaster. Collector P. Venaktarami Reddy suspended Mr. Srinivas Rao on the grounds that he has wrongly claimed R&R benefits for his son by having someone else impersonate him. The residents of Vemulaghat and other submergence villages had flagged the possibility of such claims by ineligible persons and had consistently been demanding that the officials make public the list of beneficiaries of the Relief and Rehabilitation package. They had moved the High Court and got an order directing the officials to hand over a copy of the list of beneficiaries to the petitioners.