Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 1: The Vigilance Organization Jammu has booked Programme Officer ICDS Project Samba and others for irregularities in purchase of nutritional/non-nutritional items in the ICDS Project Samba.
A case FIR number .28/2015 under section 5(1) (d) read with Section 5(2) PC Act 2006 BK and Section 120-B RPC has been registered in Police Station VOJ for the acts of omissions and commissions on the part of Vipan Kumari, Programme officer, ICDS Project Samba and CDPOs Parvesh Sharma, Bharti Sharma, Seema Bharti and Babu Ram, Members of Purchase Committee & others.
Today, a Joint Surprise Check was conducted by Vigilance Organization Jammu into the allegations of irregularities. The District Social Welfare Officer Samba, (as Nodal Officer ICDS Project Samba) had flouted four tenders for purchase of nutritional items for ICDS project Samba before the creation of separate ICDS Mission and 5th tender was flouted by the Programme Officer, ICDS Samba and the District Purchase Committee, consisting of District Development Commissioner (Chairman), Chief Medical officer (Member), Assistant Director CA&PD (Member) and Programme officer/Nodal officer (Member Secy) for purchase of different nutritional items for ICDS Project Samba for the year 2014-15.
During the enquiry, it has been found that all the CDPOs of ICDS Project Samba in connivance with the District Programme officer, ICDS Samba had purchased the non-nutritional items/medicines at their own level for an amount of Rs 56, 08,777/- without inviting tenders and without their competence in utter violation of Government orders which empowered the Purchase committee for purchase of all kinds of nutritional/non nutritional items under ICDS Programme.
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