Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 21: Vigilance Organization Jammu (VOJ) today booked SFC officials for gross irregularities and undue payments made to a blue-eyed contractor.
A case under FIR No 22/2016 under section 5 (1) (d) r/w 5 (2) J&K PC Act 2006 and 120-B RPC was registered in police station VOJ against Asgar Inayatullah, the then Regional Manager, SFC Doda, Sant Ram, the then Deputy Financial Advisor, SFC, Contractor, Abdul Qayoom Bhagwan and other officers/officials of SFC on the basis of a preliminary enquiry conducted into the allegations of gross irregularities and undue payments made to a blue eyed contractor by SFC vis-a-vis shortage of stocks in compartment number 33/Jai Bhaderwah.
The enquiry revealed that without inviting any tender under rules, the then General Manager SFC namely Milkha Singh Jamwal (now expired) on 29-9-1992 accorded sanction vide number 1389-94 to a contractor named Abdul Qayoom Bhagwan authorizing him to start work of Felling, H/Sawing and Pathroo for a volume of 50,000 cft in compartment no 33/Jai Bhaderwah which was to be completed by the end of December 1992.
Another sanction vide No 54 of 1993-94 dated 18-05-1993 was accorded to the same contractor and volume of 50000 cft was enhanced to 1.28 lakh cft @ Rs 16.50/cft even when he had not completed the previous work in the stipulated time frame.
Further, payment of Rs. 13.97 lakh was released in favour of the contractor against 6 bills without obtaining work done report in five bills from the field. The said contractor was further facilitated by SFC officials by allowing him to mahan down the extracted stocks to Thathri on same rates of Amiranagar, Bhaderwah and in this way additional 60 kms were added as the extracted stocks were later transported to SFC depot Jammu.
LK Sharma, the then DM SFC Bhaderwah, facilitated the blue eyed contractor by placing work order for change of mode of transportation despite the fact that the stocks were still lying in the forest and not even had reached ‘forest head loading point’.
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