Overview
- BJP MLA Mihir Kotecha wrote to Chief Secretary Rajesh Agrawal on Tuesday asking for a detailed inquiry into alleged pay‑for‑post practices in recent Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation engineer transfers.
- Kotecha says he has information including a 'rate card' that points to large‑scale irregularities and that he formally sought documents and answers from Additional Municipal Commissioner Avinash Dhakane on August 5 to verify the claims.
- Dhakane denies any wrongdoing and says the City Engineer gave the transfer records to the MLA on August 18 while adding that transfers were carried out transparently and the BMC is moving to an online transfer model.
- RTI activist Anil Galgali disclosed a 2026 list of transfer recommendations that named ministers, MLAs, MPs and corporators against officers, which Kotecha and others cite as evidence of political influence in postings.
- The dispute echoes a 2025 episode in which transfer orders for 165 engineers were cancelled after a BJP complaint and highlights that a state probe or disciplinary steps could reshape how the BMC handles sensitive postings and records access.