Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 11: Vigilance Organization Kashmir has booked Executive Engineer and Assistant Accounts Officer of Sewerage and Drainage Division 2nd of Srinagar Municipal Corporation for managing concocted bills regarding expenditure on works.
The accused officers, namely Tej Kishan Bhat (then Executive Engineer) and Nazir Ahmad Dar (the then Assistant Accounts Officer) and others of Sewerage and Drainage Division 2nd SMC, Srinagar, allegedly hatched a criminal conspiracy with concerned contractors and did not deduct the permissible taxes (income tax, sales tax and Cess) on the vouchers of 19 out of 30 inspected works, resulting in a loss of Rs 652858/- to the State exchequer.
It has been revealed during verification that out of 341 works, the Executive Engineer executed 105 works departmentally for an amount of Rs 59.04 lacs without inducting competition which is beyond his competence as per book of Financial Powers r/w Govt. Order No. 161-F of 2007.
To this effect, Case FIR No. 50/2015 u/s 5(1) (c), 5 (1) (d) /w 5 (5) J&K P.C Act. Svt. 2006 & Section 120-B, 467, 468, 471 RPC has been registered at Police Station Vigilance Organization Kashmir and the Investigation is set into motion.
Moreover, one FIR, one P E and 08 verification against SMC Srinagar are under probe with the Vigilance Organization.
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