House of corrupt Bihar official converted into school-Dec 24, 2011,

House of corrupt Bihar official converted into school

Faizan Ahmad, TNN Dec 24, 2011, 03.54PM IST


PATNA: Yet another palatial building belonging to a corrupt Bihar government official has been converted into a school. This house belongs to suspended treasury clerk Girish Kumar and is situated in downtown Patna's Kadamkuan locality. Now the Government Backward classes Girls Residential Plus 2 School has been shifted to this double storied house.

Earlier, the house of suspended IAS officer S S Verma was converted into a primary school after its confiscation. These two incidents are unparalleled in the history as never before have the properties of any convicted official been confiscated in the country.



The 140 girls of Class X to XII appeared elated at getting opportunity to study at the comfortable accommodation which is much in contrast with the limited facilities at the rented premise in Keshrinagar locality earlier, said welfare officer H K Srivastava. The school is being run by BC and EBC welfare department of government of Bihar.

Last month, the special vigilance court ordered the confiscation of the properties of Girish Kumar, who had been serving as treasury assistant, under the provisions of Bihar Special Courts Act, 2009. Kumar was accused of amassing assets disproportionate to his known source of income. He challenged the vigilance court order in Patna high court which rejected his plea on November 15. After that the special court ordered the Patna DM to take possession of the properties of the convicted clerk.

The girls who entered the new campus were so excited and happy that they brought a drum and beat it to celebrate their merriment. The teachers too joined the celebration. "We faced a lot of hardships in the previous campus. But this house has all the facilities," said Class X student Sonam Kumari.

School principal Neelam Kumari said, "We are really feeling very good. The government's move and the court's order is a strong message to all the corrupt public servants." She hoped that more enrolments would be possible from the next academic session due to new school building and infrastructure.

The BC and EBC welfare department will put in place all necessary infrastructure for the comfortable accommodation and study for the students, welfare officer Srivastava said.