DB grants last opportunity to 4 DCs

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 14: In a Public Interest Litigation seeking CBI probe into much publicized Roshni scam, Division Bench of State High Court comprising Justice Tashi Rabstan and Justice Bansi Lal Bhat today took serious note of non-compliance of the directions by four Deputy Commissioners regarding furnishing of entire revenue record to the State Vigilance Organization.
The DB has now granted last opportunity to these Deputy Commissioners for compliance of the directions failing which they will have to appear before the court on next date of hearing.
After hearing Advocate S S Ahmed for the PIL and AAG H A Siddiqui for the State, the DB said, “Deputy Commissioners of Udhampur, Pulwama, Budgam and Srinagar have not filed the compliance report”.
In the interest of justice, Division Bench granted two weeks last and final opportunity to Deputy Commissioners of Udhampur, Pulwama, Budgam and Srinagar to file compliance report, failing which they shall have to appear in person before the Court on August 5, 2014.
The Division Bench also directed Director Vigilance to file latest status report in the matter.