navi mumbai did municipal commissioner tukaram mundhes troubles begin after he took on an ncp strongman in navi mumbai by refusing to pay obeisance to the leader who controlled the civic body for more than two decades mundhe broke tradition observers said some erstwhile commissioners even decided the agenda of the standing committee and general body after consulting him but mundhe never carried on the tradition in fact he scrapped two pet projects of the strongmans family municipal commissioners who headed the navi mumbai municipal corporation always kowtowed to the strongman and took decisions in deference to him he always gained a majority in the general body no matter which party he was in and controlled affairs of the corporation throughout its twodecade existence said a civic officialbut the entry of a nononsense commissioner changed everything an unfriendly state government added to the strongmans troubles the first spark was ignited after mundhe decided to go as per protocol set by the state government while inaugurating civic projects mundhe insisted that anyone who does not hold a constitutional position and does not figure in the protocol procedures drawn by the state should be invited for the inauguration of civic projects the commissioner refused to permit the inauguration of a bus depot by anybody other than those holding a constitutional position this put him on a collision course with ncp public representatives and the mayor the commissioner is understood to have refused to have unofficial discussions on administrative matters and civic projects with ruling party representatives outside the general body he insisted that any discussion on proposals could be conducted at official meetings in a transparent manner this raised the hackles of ruling party representatives said another civic officialmayor sudhakar sonawane said where is the question of the leader interfering this official is inefficient if there is corruption he should fix the culprits look at his performance as an ias official