Committee of Pennington Library directed to produce account details of last 20 years
In a letter addressed to the secretary, the Collector, who is also the ex-officio president of the library, said the details should be made available within two weeks.
Internal disputes among the committee members of library, started in the British-era, has come to the public notice after both sides started to paste posters accusing each other.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has demanded dissolution of the committee takeover of the administration by the government.
The Collector said he had been receiving complaints about the administration, which was bringing a bad reputation of the members as well as the Collector.
Stating that the Collector, as the ex-officio president, had the moral right to guide the members towards the objective of establishment of the library, Mr. Jeyaseelan said library had various income-generating properties. The Collector sought the details of the properties, the income generated through them, the arrears to be collected and the expenditure incurred towards fulfilling the objective of the library.
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