kolkata buildings department officials in boroughs can be suspended without showcause notice if they dont alert higher officials about illegal constructions in their jurisdictions or fail to take action mayor firhad hakim warned on saturdayreminding assistant engineers and subassistant engineers that it was their duty to be vigilant against illegal constructions in their respective boroughs municipal commissioner binod kumar issued a circular making it clear that under no circumstances will they be allowed to shrug off responsibilities if a building is constructed in their jurisdictions without sanction hakim has asked the directorgeneral of the buildings department to get tough with the kmc engineers who are turning a blind eye to construction of unauthorized buildings under the nose of cops whenever an illegal construction is spotted an assistant or subassistant engineer must issue a stopwork notice to the promoter and a copy should be sent to the nearby police station so the cops can keep a watch on activities of the errant promoter if the promoter is still carrying on the illegal construction it should be brought to the notice of senior officials at the headquarters if an assistant or subassistant engineer fails to act in time or neglects duties the municipal commissioner reserves the right to issue a suspension notice against the errant officers said hakimthe mayor on saturday received calls from localities near park circus and ballygunge about illegal constructions taking place without any resistance according to a official the buildings department junior officers in the boroughs often hesitate to act against influential promoters and dont inform cops about illegal constructions the cops sometimes also fail to act against the errant promoters and turn a blind eye a civic official said to get rid of this menace we have decided to keep a central demolition team ready at the civic headquarters and assign senior officials to monitor the demolition process if need be the municipal commissioner will take up the issue with the police commissioner said hakim