margao the fatorpa panchayat is in the news again and this time its for all the wrong reasons once more if the panchayat hogged media attention a month ago on account of accusations of public nuisance caused by a panchayat clerk for bringing his pet dog to office this time too its the same protagonist but in a different settingexactly after a month an elected representative from fatorpa panchayat wrote to the deputy director of panchayats margao urging his intervention to prevent a clerk from letting his pet dog inside the public office the employee in question was issued a transfer order his name figured in the order listing 16 personnel for transfers that made it appear a routine administrative move nothing unusual except for the fact that his was among the two names whose transfers were cancelled within a week of the transfer order issuedin the transfer order dated november 30 16 panchayat clerks were transferred on administrative grounds and in public interest the transfers included posting of the fatorpa panchayat clerk to balli panchayat and the clerk from balli panchayat to fatorpa the order was followed by a memorandum issued by block development officer quepem to the secretary fatorpa panchayat to implement the order with immediate effect so even as the modalities of relieving the two clerks by the respective panchayat secretaries were underway the director of panchayats siddhi halarnkar issued an order on wednesday cancelling the transfers of both the panchayat employees again on administrative ground and in public interest the development has raised eyebrows and quepem mla altone dcosta said it was political interference and demanded an inquiry into the episode it is unclear if the transfer order of the fatorpa panchayat clerk is a consequence of the earlier complaint against him but whats certain is that the complaint had put authorities who were called upon earlier to ensure justice into a rather piquant situation this time around its necessary to unearth who is behind the move to shield the clerk dcosta saidjennifer fernandes a firsttime fatorpa panchayat member in her complaint to the deputy director of panchayats on october 31 had said that the clerks dog barks all the time making it difficult for people to enter the panchayat office and had pleaded for appropriate action as per law to stop the nuisance