Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Jan 23: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today produced a charge sheet against the then Executive Officer Municipal Committee (MC) Achabal, Anantnag, and others for the abuse of official position as well as regularizing non-deserving daily wagers/CPWs causing huge loss to the exchequer.
The ACB said that a challan was produced in case FIR No. 28/2014 P/S VOK (now ACB), under Section 5(1) d r/w 5(2) P.C Act. Svt.2006, 120–B, 420, 468, 471 RPC.
The case was against Imtiyaz Ahmad, the then Executive Officer Municipal Committee Achabal, Kousar Ahmad, the then Jr. Assistant (Establishment clerk), Gulzar Ahmad, the then Jr. Assistant (Dispatch Clerk) and Bashir Ahmad, the then daily Wager in Municipal Committee Achabal.
Detailing the case, the Bureau said that an instant case was registered by ACB on the outcome of the enquiry conducted on the allegations that the Executive Officer Municipal Committee Achabal in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy hatched with other officials in connivance with the accused beneficiaries have illegally, fraudulently and without the competence regularized non-deserving daily wagers/CPW’s.
“Accused officers/officials of Municipal Committee Achabal to bestow undue benefits to non-deserving beneficiaries have violated the service conduct rules and have set aside the seniority list,” the ACB said.
It added that they regularized 12 non-deserving daily wagers/CPW’s (Contingent Paid Workers) and Casual Labourers ignoring the deserving persons.
“It caused a loss of Rs.1,86,004 to the state exchequer by way of drawing salary of 12 illegally regularized beneficiaries. Accordingly, case FIR no.28/2014 U/S U/S 5(1) d r/w 5(2) P.C. Act Svt. 2006 and 120-B 420, 468, 471 RPC was registered by VOK and investigation was taken up,” the ACB said.
During the investigation, the ACB said, it was established that the guidelines regarding norms/provision for regularization of CPWs and casual labours as provided SRO 64 of Finance Department, were violated which corroborated the fact of abuse of official position by accused public servants.
During the investigation, the ACB said, it was proved that the then Executive Officer with the active connivance of other officials have regularized 12 daily rated workers (most of them undeserved) illegally and without competence by abusing his official position.
“It was established that neither any screening committee was physically constituted nor was any recommendation list prepared/submitted by the said committee thereof,” the ACB said.
All the accused persons were presented before the Court of Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Anantnag, for further legal action after obtaining sanction for prosecution from the Government.
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