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Servant Leader - A.T.I. Newsletter(January-June,2008)

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The Greek root word for ‘Enthusiasm’ is ‘entheos’ that literally means ‘in God’. Lack of enthusiasm leads to a disease, the clinicians say, which is known, not very commonly though, as ‘Anenthusiasma’ and can be deadly serious resulting in several kinds of psycho-somatic diseases. The disease originates from a perennial and continuing lack of enthusiasm in a person. The prefix ‘An’ stands for ‘non’ or absence of something. So ATI is all set to suffer at least a temporary bout of ‘anenthusiasma’ after 11th of June’2008. Sri Maniklal Bhattacharya, more easily identifiable as MLB or M.L. Bhattacharya is going to leave ATI on the day as a regular faculty. He was a living example of enthusiasm, embodiment of values, personification of initiatives, sprightliness, energy and over and above, teammanship, a fast receding virtue in today’s world of self-centricism set loose in demonic proportion by the champions of global consumerism. The daily habits, practising values, ways of living, faith in the order of things of Sri M.L.Bhattacharya , Dy. Director, ATI, even at the age of 62 reflected and by all means justified the root meaning of ‘enthusiasm’, i.e., ‘in God’, ‘being with God’ as ‘God’ is synonym for ‘Joy’, ‘Energy’, ‘Order of things’, ’ Never failing trust in the system and fellow beings’. God is ‘Hope’, ‘God’ is ‘Love for all’. Sri M.L. Bhattacharya lived all these ‘Values’. A highly efficient Faculty, MLB was immensely popular to his trainees. He had no difficulty whatsoever in establishing within seconds rapport with the trainees of any age. He was a specialist in the training domains of ‘Values in Administration’, ‘ Case Study’, ‘Stress Mangement’, ‘Citizens’ Charter’, besides several other subjects. ‘Right to Information’ was another topic in which he developed keen interest and proficiency as a trainer. Very successfully he imparted training on the subject (He would be always highly evaluated by his trainees) as member of a team of faculty for many training programmes, both ‘in-house’ and ‘outreach’. He was instrumental in having developed and validated a number of ‘casestudies’, now being successfully run by other training Institutions within and outside the State. Sri M.L. Bhattacharya joined ATI on 13.6 2001 after premature, voluntary retirement from the top management echelon of Allahabad Bank and on completion of a glorious track record of a trainer he is now all poised with a smile on his face to bow down to the ‘rule book’. But ATI stands poised to lose with no smile on her face, destined to miss a feather of many colours, hard to be replaced.

This issue of ATI Newsletter, Servant Leader, is a tribute to MLB who lived the ideas of a true servant leader all through his days in ATI

NAYANTARA - A CASE STUDY

Prepared by :

Sri Alpanamayi Bera
Sri Alok Ranjan Bera
Sri Uttam Kumar Roy
Sri Subama Baidya,
Sri Tapan Kumar Sarkar
Smt Bani Ballabh

1. Nayantara, a tribal woman lived in Haripara, a backward village under Muraripur Gram Panchayet, West Dinajpur in West Bengal. She was the second wife of her husband, Hazari. After the death of first wife, Hazari married her. Both Hazari & Nayantara were illiterate. They had four children, out of whom two were Nayantara’s. Their children did not go to school at all. Hazari was a daily wage labour. They lived hand to mouth.

2. Pratapbabu was Panchayet Pradhan of Muraripur Gram Panchayet(G.P). He was a very influential person and was in power for consecutive three terms (15 yrs) as Panchayet Pradhan(P.P). He also belonged to a powerful political party. Since his father was landlord in that area, historically, villagers used to obey Pratapbabu. Pratapbabu himself used to maintain his lifestyle as a landlord instead of giving attention to the development of the GP. Villagers of Muraripur could not dare oppose Pratapbabu.

3. In the panchayet election 2003, the Muraripur Gram PP seat had been declared reserved for ‘Tribal Woman’ as per Act. Pratapbabu faced little problem in this new situation and thought of nominating somebody who would be under his control. The solution came with the morning cup of tea carried by Nayantara, the housemaid. This tribal woman would be the ideal choice Pratapbabu decided. Pratapbabu called Hazari to his residence and directed them to file the nomination the name of Nayantara as a candidate for the coming panchayet election. He assured them that he would look after their family from all aspects including the education of their children. He also assured them that he would carry out all official works of panchayet on behalf of Nayantara and she would only have to represent. At first Nayantara and Hazari were scared as they felt their social status would not fit for a position like Panchayet Pradhan. They did not agree to the proposal. Pratapbabu also involved his wife, Pratimadebi to convince them by motivating her that she would get free maid servant as well as Pratapbabu also would be able to keep his power as before. At last Nayantara had to accept the proposal after repeated persuasion by Pratimadevi. Pratapbabu desired that they would stay in his house till election. Finally it was agreed that Nayantara and her children would stay in Pratapbabu’s house but Hazari would come back to his own house. Accordingly Nayantara did that and accordingly nomination of Nayantara was submitted.

4. As expected, Nayantara was elected and became the Panchayet Pradhan of Muraripur Gram panchayet. Nayantara with children returned to her own house. In every meeting Pratapbabu used to attend and discuss the matter and Nayantara used to sign. Their children have not been provided education as per his promise. She was in the dark regarding the duty, responsibility and power of a Panchayet Pradhan. The Government administration more or less used to depend on feedback of Pratapbabu as the area was too remote. Governament programme on training had not come up on that G. P till then. Hazari used to carry Nayantara on his bicycle for attending the G. P meetings as per the direction of Pratapbabu. She never attended any of the Panchayet Samity meetings. Hazari remained absent from his daily work and started losing his earning slowly. From time to time Pratapbabu used to call Nayantara to sign on the papers. Pratapbabu used to get the honorarium for the PP by the Nayantara and she did not get any. Gradually Nayantara came to know from the informal gathering in her village that the PP is entitled to get a monthly honorarium of 900 rupees, but she did not get any. Nayantara being a Pradhan was finding it difficult to get her employed due to her newly found social stature as a Pradhan with the backing of a person as powerful as Pratapbabu. The political opponent party was almost non-existing and hence their role was passive. In no time, Nayantara and her family faced acute financial crisis. Very soon, the couple realized that they would have to work to maintain their livelihood.

5. Ultimately, after almost a year, there was no other option left to Nayantara and Hazari than to see Pratapbabu and express the present hardship being faced. Pratapbabu made them aware that she would have to continue as PP for the remaining period of the five years term according to rules. However, he offered her work in his house as maidservant and told that he would consider some remuneration as daily wage. They accepted the proposal of Pratapbabu as they did not have any other alternative.

CASE STUDY

Prepared by :

Sri Susanta Chakrabarti
Sri Sisir Kumar Ghosh
Sri Ashoke Roy
Smt Sudipa Chaterjee
Sri Bisnupada Biswas

IRONY OF FATE

1. On a late December morning of 1993 a person named Farooq Sk having a handsome physique of more than six feet high and fair complexion even at the age of about sixty-five was arrested from Chandanpara Town area in the district of Jaleswar in Orissa State on the allegation of being an Iraqi intruder. During those time the country was passing through a difficult situation due to the influence of terrorism. Some time past from then, there was a massacre of Bomb-blast in Bombay causing much concern for the entire nation. The man was booked under section 14 of the Foreigners Act, 1946. He was picked up from a very small shanty where he had been living for some time past as he had been dealing in herbal medicines in that locality. During his course of stay at Chandanpar, Farooq Sk picked up the local language (Oriya) to some extant.

2. On the basis of Case No.322/93 under section 14 of the Foreigners Act, Farooq Sk was brought before the Court of Judicial Magistrate, Jaleswar and after the trial he was finally convicted in spite of his assertions that he was not a foreigner. He was awarded punishment of Rigorous Imprisonment for a term of three years and a fine of Rs. 5000/-,in default, a further term of five months Rigorous Imprisonment. The Court passed this order on 12.11.1995.

3. In the available records, some of the documents had the address of Farooq Sk. recorded as Dacca, Bangladesh whereas in some others the address it was recorded as Alhamra, Iraq.

4. Farooq Sk was put into the Jaleswar Central Correctional Home from the date of his conviction and during his stay in that Correctional Home there was no adverse report about his conduct.

5. The term of sentence of the convict on 15.11.98 and then the illegal detention started from 16.11.98 at the Jaleswar Central Correctional Home. After the term of his Sentence Farooq Sk could not be ‘pushed back’ to Iraq because there was no specific instruction to this effect on the custody warrant. The Court o Judicial Magistrate, Jaleswar ordered instead – “The Government of India and the Govt. of Orissa to take necessary step after the expiry of Sentence”.

6. The Superintendent of the Jaleswar Central Correctional Home brought the matter of illegal detention of the said convict to the notice of his higher authority, but to no result. Then on 22.05.2000 he brought the matter to the notice of the Judicial Magistrate, Jaleswar seeking instruction to determine the fate of the convict; but no specific instruction in this regard was issued from that court.

7. Days after days passed, but the fact of Farooq Sk did not change. He was not allowed to take the fresh air from the free world. He once again pointed out to the Jaleswar Central Correctional Home authority that he was an Indian citizen by birth and his birth place was a remote village named Rajupillai, Dist: Tanjore in the State of Tamil Nadu. Somehow the matter of illegal detention of Farooq Sk at the Jaleswar Central Correctional Home (J.C.C. Home)attracted the attention of Print Media and it was published in a daily newspaper during July, 2000.

8. But the fate of that poor man remained the same.

9. There is a Monitoring Committee in the Correctional Home with the important High Officials of different Institutions of the district to discuss issues related to the Correctional Home. The Superintendent, J.C.C Home put the matter before the monitoring committee verbally during September and November, 2000. But it was a fact that only the District Magistrate, Jaleswar felt some sympathy for the said convict. He asked the Superintendent J.C.C. Home to place the entire matter before him in writing.

10. As per instruction of the District Magistrate, the Superintendent Jaleswar.C.C. Home made an enquiry into the matter. He made a communication to the Superintendent of Police, Tanjore District, Tamil Nadu vied no. 3401/W.O./Con dt. 11.11.2000 for a detail report on the residential status of Farooq Sk who claimed to be a man of that district by birth. The District Magistrate, Jaleswar also talked to the Superintendent of Police, Tanjore over telephone over this issue.

11. The Police Authority of Tanjore District, Tamil Nadu eventually confirmed vide Memo No. NC/Con/Res/94 dt. 25.12.2000 that the said convict was a native person of the village Rajupillai in the district of Tanjore. All credentials of his Indian citizenship including those of his family members were mailed to Jaleswar Central Correctional Home authority. After arrival of these documents from Tanjore district, it had become quite clear that an Indian citizen was illegally arrested, convicted and detained in the Correctional Home for more than seven years.

12. Then on 15.02.2001 the Superintendent of J.C.C. Home brought the details of the fact to the District Magistrate who happened to belong to the State of Tamil Nadu. A few days later during his visit to the Correctional Home the District Magistrate; Jaleswar met the man and started talking to Mr. Sk in local Tamil language as a part of investigation. Farooq Sk felt comfortable in speaking local Tamil language after quite a long time. This made the District Magistrate convinced that the said convict was a man of Indian origin. He also discussed the matter with the District Judge and other officials over this issue in repeated times to find out an effective solution.

13. By this time the convict’s health began to deteriorate. His mental agony made his health more critical. He then announced in April 2001 that he would continue hunger strike till death if he would not be released immediately. The Jaleswar Central Correctional Home authority became then seriously concerned with this fact. He appealed to the District Magistrate to take up the matter in a way by which the convict could be released from the Correctional Home.

14. The District Magistrate subsequently brought the matter to the notice of the Home Department, Government of Orissa with details vide no. 412I/Z/FC dt. 22.09.2001 and sought instruction in this regard for the next course of action.

15. In the mean time during November, 2001 Farooq Sk fell ill seriously and he had to be admitted to the local hospital. The matter was brought to the notice of the members of his family at Rajupillai, Tanjore District, Tamil Nadu through District Police Authority through radiogram. And some members of his family came from Rajupillai to see him in the hospital at Jaleswar after receiving the massage. When this information came to the District Magistrate he requested the hospital authority to take some special care for his treatment. After a stay of about 15 days he was released from the hospital. The home Department after reviewing the situation gave clearance to the District Magistrate to take necessary step to release the said convict vied no. 98(Fn-Con) dt.19.12.2001. The Sessions Judge, Jaleswar passed an order on 12.01.2002 that no inmate could be detained in the Home after expiry of the term of sentence.

16. Then having clearance from the Home Department, Government of Orissa the District Magistrate, Jaleswar passed an order to release Farooq Sk from Jaleswar Central Correctional Home on 25.01.2002, the day before the Republic Day of India. Finally the illegal detention of Farooq Sk came to end and he was released from the Jalcswar Central Correctional Home on 25.01.2002 in the afternoon.

17. At last, Farooq Sk stepped out from the Jaleswar Central Correctional Home to the free world with his small belongings and some earnings of about Rs.3500/- at that Correctional Home with ailing health at the age of more than 70. His impressive physique had given in.

18. With a blank look Farooq Sk slowly started his journey towards his home as he had no answer to his rights being abused in this manner at every stage.

**In keeping with our commitment earlier we are publishing these two case studies for our readers. Sri M L Bhattacharya, Dy. Director, ATI provided valuable guidance to the trianess as Course Director to steer them to final shape and validation.

**The teaching notes for the two case studies have not been in this issue for special reason. Anyone interested may contact ATI either personally or in writing stating details. While there is no objection to the use of the case-studies for training purpose only on obtaining prior written permission, due acknowledgement should be given to ATI, Govt. of West Bengal and also to the writers.

Services of four faculty members of ATI belonging to the WBCS(Executive) cadre were called for in three phases during the months of April and May by State Election Commission, West Bengal for the recently concluded Panchayat Election. This led to major disruption in the training schedules of the Institute particularly, the professional training for the WBCS(Executive), 2006 batch direct recruit officers. ATI is trying its level best to put things to normal. The revised Training Calendar for the year, 2008-09 will be uploaded on ATI's website (www.atiwb.gov.in) soon.

For any further queries contact Nodal Officer, SIA at the address given below/ or Secretary, State Information Commission, Bhabani Bhavan, 2nd Floor, Alipur, Kolkata-700027, Phone:(033) 2479-1966/2008

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Home About Us Centre & Activities Courses Publication Search Faculty Research & Study Tender Seminars Workshop RTI Current Event Newsletter Contact Us	Servant Leader - A.T.I. Newsletter(January-June,2008) Voices From The News Desk The Greek root word for ‘Enthusiasm’ is ‘entheos’ that literally means ‘in God’. Lack of enthusiasm leads to a disease, the clinicians say, which is known, not very commonly though, as ‘Anenthusiasma’ and can be deadly serious resulting in several kinds of psycho-somatic diseases. The disease originates from a perennial and continuing lack of enthusiasm in a person. The prefix ‘An’ stands for ‘non’ or absence of something. So ATI is all set to suffer at least a temporary bout of ‘anenthusiasma’ after 11th of June’2008. Sri Maniklal Bhattacharya, more easily identifiable as MLB or M.L. Bhattacharya is going to leave ATI on the day as a regular faculty. He was a living example of enthusiasm, embodiment of values, personification of initiatives, sprightliness, energy and over and above, teammanship, a fast receding virtue in today’s world of self-centricism set loose in demonic proportion by the champions of global consumerism. The daily habits, practising values, ways of living, faith in the order of things of Sri M.L.Bhattacharya , Dy. Director, ATI, even at the age of 62 reflected and by all means justified the root meaning of ‘enthusiasm’, i.e., ‘in God’, ‘being with God’ as ‘God’ is synonym for ‘Joy’, ‘Energy’, ‘Order of things’, ’ Never failing trust in the system and fellow beings’. God is ‘Hope’, ‘God’ is ‘Love for all’. Sri M.L. Bhattacharya lived all these ‘Values’. A highly efficient Faculty, MLB was immensely popular to his trainees. He had no difficulty whatsoever in establishing within seconds rapport with the trainees of any age. He was a specialist in the training domains of ‘Values in Administration’, ‘ Case Study’, ‘Stress Mangement’, ‘Citizens’ Charter’, besides several other subjects. ‘Right to Information’ was another topic in which he developed keen interest and proficiency as a trainer. Very successfully he imparted training on the subject (He would be always highly evaluated by his trainees) as member of a team of faculty for many training programmes, both ‘in-house’ and ‘outreach’. He was instrumental in having developed and validated a number of ‘casestudies’, now being successfully run by other training Institutions within and outside the State. Sri M.L. Bhattacharya joined ATI on 13.6 2001 after premature, voluntary retirement from the top management echelon of Allahabad Bank and on completion of a glorious track record of a trainer he is now all poised with a smile on his face to bow down to the ‘rule book’. But ATI stands poised to lose with no smile on her face, destined to miss a feather of many colours, hard to be replaced. This issue of ATI Newsletter, Servant Leader, is a tribute to MLB who lived the ideas of a true servant leader all through his days in ATI NAYANTARA - A CASE STUDY Prepared by : Sri Alpanamayi Bera Sri Alok Ranjan Bera Sri Uttam Kumar Roy Sri Subama Baidya, Sri Tapan Kumar Sarkar Smt Bani Ballabh 1. Nayantara, a tribal woman lived in Haripara, a backward village under Muraripur Gram Panchayet, West Dinajpur in West Bengal. She was the second wife of her husband, Hazari. After the death of first wife, Hazari married her. Both Hazari & Nayantara were illiterate. They had four children, out of whom two were Nayantara’s. Their children did not go to school at all. Hazari was a daily wage labour. They lived hand to mouth. 2. Pratapbabu was Panchayet Pradhan of Muraripur Gram Panchayet(G.P). He was a very influential person and was in power for consecutive three terms (15 yrs) as Panchayet Pradhan(P.P). He also belonged to a powerful political party. Since his father was landlord in that area, historically, villagers used to obey Pratapbabu. Pratapbabu himself used to maintain his lifestyle as a landlord instead of giving attention to the development of the GP. Villagers of Muraripur could not dare oppose Pratapbabu. 3. In the panchayet election 2003, the Muraripur Gram PP seat had been declared reserved for ‘Tribal Woman’ as per Act. Pratapbabu faced little problem in this new situation and thought of nominating somebody who would be under his control. The solution came with the morning cup of tea carried by Nayantara, the housemaid. This tribal woman would be the ideal choice Pratapbabu decided. Pratapbabu called Hazari to his residence and directed them to file the nomination the name of Nayantara as a candidate for the coming panchayet election. He assured them that he would look after their family from all aspects including the education of their children. He also assured them that he would carry out all official works of panchayet on behalf of Nayantara and she would only have to represent. At first Nayantara and Hazari were scared as they felt their social status would not fit for a position like Panchayet Pradhan. They did not agree to the proposal. Pratapbabu also involved his wife, Pratimadebi to convince them by motivating her that she would get free maid servant as well as Pratapbabu also would be able to keep his power as before. At last Nayantara had to accept the proposal after repeated persuasion by Pratimadevi. Pratapbabu desired that they would stay in his house till election. Finally it was agreed that Nayantara and her children would stay in Pratapbabu’s house but Hazari would come back to his own house. Accordingly Nayantara did that and accordingly nomination of Nayantara was submitted. 4. As expected, Nayantara was elected and became the Panchayet Pradhan of Muraripur Gram panchayet. Nayantara with children returned to her own house. In every meeting Pratapbabu used to attend and discuss the matter and Nayantara used to sign. Their children have not been provided education as per his promise. She was in the dark regarding the duty, responsibility and power of a Panchayet Pradhan. The Government administration more or less used to depend on feedback of Pratapbabu as the area was too remote. Governament programme on training had not come up on that G. P till then. Hazari used to carry Nayantara on his bicycle for attending the G. P meetings as per the direction of Pratapbabu. She never attended any of the Panchayet Samity meetings. Hazari remained absent from his daily work and started losing his earning slowly. From time to time Pratapbabu used to call Nayantara to sign on the papers. Pratapbabu used to get the honorarium for the PP by the Nayantara and she did not get any. Gradually Nayantara came to know from the informal gathering in her village that the PP is entitled to get a monthly honorarium of 900 rupees, but she did not get any. Nayantara being a Pradhan was finding it difficult to get her employed due to her newly found social stature as a Pradhan with the backing of a person as powerful as Pratapbabu. The political opponent party was almost non-existing and hence their role was passive. In no time, Nayantara and her family faced acute financial crisis. Very soon, the couple realized that they would have to work to maintain their livelihood. 5. Ultimately, after almost a year, there was no other option left to Nayantara and Hazari than to see Pratapbabu and express the present hardship being faced. Pratapbabu made them aware that she would have to continue as PP for the remaining period of the five years term according to rules. However, he offered her work in his house as maidservant and told that he would consider some remuneration as daily wage. They accepted the proposal of Pratapbabu as they did not have any other alternative. CASE STUDY Prepared by : Sri Susanta Chakrabarti Sri Sisir Kumar Ghosh Sri Ashoke Roy Smt Sudipa Chaterjee Sri Bisnupada Biswas IRONY OF FATE 1. On a late December morning of 1993 a person named Farooq Sk having a handsome physique of more than six feet high and fair complexion even at the age of about sixty-five was arrested from Chandanpara Town area in the district of Jaleswar in Orissa State on the allegation of being an Iraqi intruder. During those time the country was passing through a difficult situation due to the influence of terrorism. Some time past from then, there was a massacre of Bomb-blast in Bombay causing much concern for the entire nation. The man was booked under section 14 of the Foreigners Act, 1946. He was picked up from a very small shanty where he had been living for some time past as he had been dealing in herbal medicines in that locality. During his course of stay at Chandanpar, Farooq Sk picked up the local language (Oriya) to some extant. 2. On the basis of Case No.322/93 under section 14 of the Foreigners Act, Farooq Sk was brought before the Court of Judicial Magistrate, Jaleswar and after the trial he was finally convicted in spite of his assertions that he was not a foreigner. He was awarded punishment of Rigorous Imprisonment for a term of three years and a fine of Rs. 5000/-,in default, a further term of five months Rigorous Imprisonment. The Court passed this order on 12.11.1995. 3. In the available records, some of the documents had the address of Farooq Sk. recorded as Dacca, Bangladesh whereas in some others the address it was recorded as Alhamra, Iraq. 4. Farooq Sk was put into the Jaleswar Central Correctional Home from the date of his conviction and during his stay in that Correctional Home there was no adverse report about his conduct. 5. The term of sentence of the convict on 15.11.98 and then the illegal detention started from 16.11.98 at the Jaleswar Central Correctional Home. After the term of his Sentence Farooq Sk could not be ‘pushed back’ to Iraq because there was no specific instruction to this effect on the custody warrant. The Court o Judicial Magistrate, Jaleswar ordered instead – “The Government of India and the Govt. of Orissa to take necessary step after the expiry of Sentence”. 6. The Superintendent of the Jaleswar Central Correctional Home brought the matter of illegal detention of the said convict to the notice of his higher authority, but to no result. Then on 22.05.2000 he brought the matter to the notice of the Judicial Magistrate, Jaleswar seeking instruction to determine the fate of the convict; but no specific instruction in this regard was issued from that court. 7. Days after days passed, but the fact of Farooq Sk did not change. He was not allowed to take the fresh air from the free world. He once again pointed out to the Jaleswar Central Correctional Home authority that he was an Indian citizen by birth and his birth place was a remote village named Rajupillai, Dist: Tanjore in the State of Tamil Nadu. Somehow the matter of illegal detention of Farooq Sk at the Jaleswar Central Correctional Home (J.C.C. Home)attracted the attention of Print Media and it was published in a daily newspaper during July, 2000. 8. But the fate of that poor man remained the same. 9. There is a Monitoring Committee in the Correctional Home with the important High Officials of different Institutions of the district to discuss issues related to the Correctional Home. The Superintendent, J.C.C Home put the matter before the monitoring committee verbally during September and November, 2000. But it was a fact that only the District Magistrate, Jaleswar felt some sympathy for the said convict. He asked the Superintendent J.C.C. Home to place the entire matter before him in writing. 10. As per instruction of the District Magistrate, the Superintendent Jaleswar.C.C. Home made an enquiry into the matter. He made a communication to the Superintendent of Police, Tanjore District, Tamil Nadu vied no. 3401/W.O./Con dt. 11.11.2000 for a detail report on the residential status of Farooq Sk who claimed to be a man of that district by birth. The District Magistrate, Jaleswar also talked to the Superintendent of Police, Tanjore over telephone over this issue. 11. The Police Authority of Tanjore District, Tamil Nadu eventually confirmed vide Memo No. NC/Con/Res/94 dt. 25.12.2000 that the said convict was a native person of the village Rajupillai in the district of Tanjore. All credentials of his Indian citizenship including those of his family members were mailed to Jaleswar Central Correctional Home authority. After arrival of these documents from Tanjore district, it had become quite clear that an Indian citizen was illegally arrested, convicted and detained in the Correctional Home for more than seven years. 12. Then on 15.02.2001 the Superintendent of J.C.C. Home brought the details of the fact to the District Magistrate who happened to belong to the State of Tamil Nadu. A few days later during his visit to the Correctional Home the District Magistrate; Jaleswar met the man and started talking to Mr. Sk in local Tamil language as a part of investigation. Farooq Sk felt comfortable in speaking local Tamil language after quite a long time. This made the District Magistrate convinced that the said convict was a man of Indian origin. He also discussed the matter with the District Judge and other officials over this issue in repeated times to find out an effective solution. 13. By this time the convict’s health began to deteriorate. His mental agony made his health more critical. He then announced in April 2001 that he would continue hunger strike till death if he would not be released immediately. The Jaleswar Central Correctional Home authority became then seriously concerned with this fact. He appealed to the District Magistrate to take up the matter in a way by which the convict could be released from the Correctional Home. 14. The District Magistrate subsequently brought the matter to the notice of the Home Department, Government of Orissa with details vide no. 412I/Z/FC dt. 22.09.2001 and sought instruction in this regard for the next course of action. 15. In the mean time during November, 2001 Farooq Sk fell ill seriously and he had to be admitted to the local hospital. The matter was brought to the notice of the members of his family at Rajupillai, Tanjore District, Tamil Nadu through District Police Authority through radiogram. And some members of his family came from Rajupillai to see him in the hospital at Jaleswar after receiving the massage. When this information came to the District Magistrate he requested the hospital authority to take some special care for his treatment. After a stay of about 15 days he was released from the hospital. The home Department after reviewing the situation gave clearance to the District Magistrate to take necessary step to release the said convict vied no. 98(Fn-Con) dt.19.12.2001. The Sessions Judge, Jaleswar passed an order on 12.01.2002 that no inmate could be detained in the Home after expiry of the term of sentence. 16. Then having clearance from the Home Department, Government of Orissa the District Magistrate, Jaleswar passed an order to release Farooq Sk from Jaleswar Central Correctional Home on 25.01.2002, the day before the Republic Day of India. Finally the illegal detention of Farooq Sk came to end and he was released from the Jalcswar Central Correctional Home on 25.01.2002 in the afternoon. 17. At last, Farooq Sk stepped out from the Jaleswar Central Correctional Home to the free world with his small belongings and some earnings of about Rs.3500/- at that Correctional Home with ailing health at the age of more than 70. His impressive physique had given in. 18. With a blank look Farooq Sk slowly started his journey towards his home as he had no answer to his rights being abused in this manner at every stage. In keeping with our commitment earlier we are publishing these two case studies for our readers. Sri M L Bhattacharya, Dy. Director, ATI provided valuable guidance to the trianess as Course Director to steer them to final shape and validation. The teaching notes for the two case studies have not been in this issue for special reason. Anyone interested may contact ATI either personally or in writing stating details. While there is no objection to the use of the case-studies for training purpose only on obtaining prior written permission, due acknowledgement should be given to ATI, Govt. of West Bengal and also to the writers. Services of four faculty members of ATI belonging to the WBCS(Executive) cadre were called for in three phases during the months of April and May by State Election Commission, West Bengal for the recently concluded Panchayat Election. This led to major disruption in the training schedules of the Institute particularly, the professional training for the WBCS(Executive), 2006 batch direct recruit officers. ATI is trying its level best to put things to normal. 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