Fayaz Bukhari
Srinagar, Jan 29: The District officials in Budgam have fraudulently issued a Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC) to a person to get him job in Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) as Health and Nutrition Mobalizer with Deputy Director ICDS allowing him to join the department without getting his character antecedents verified.
The advertisement (Notice No: 02-SMD- of 2016 dated: 23-09-2016) for the post of Health and Nutrition Mobilizer was issued by the State Mission Directorate ICDS for different blocks of the districts of Kashmir three years ago.
Three candidates – Zaheer Abbas son of Showkat Hussain of Sheikhpora Budgam, Shakeela Rasool daughter of Ghulam Rasool Bhat of Sheikhpora Budgam and Mukhtar Ahmad Bhat son of Ghulam Rasool Bhat of Sheikhpora Budgam – were called for interview and Mukhtar Ahmad Bhat was selected (vide order No: 231 SMD of 2018 dated: 24-02-2018) and Shakeela was kept in waiting list in Budgam block.
The non selected candidates made a representation to the Deputy Commissioner alleging that Mukhtar Ahmad who was selected as Health and Nutrition Mobilizer is not domicile of the block and had obtained the PRC fraudulently to get selected in the ICDS.
A probe and enquiry conducted by Tehsildar Budgam (vide letter No: NAZ/THE/BUD/18/496 dated: 18-09-2018) found that Mukhtar Ahmad Bhat is not domicile of village Sheikhpora Fitrat Abad and had obtained the certificate fraudulently.
The Deputy Commissioner Budgam has written (No. DCB/PRC-BUD/2018/375 dated 15-12-2018) to Commissioner/Secretary Revenue Department for cancellation of the PRC of Mukhtar Ahmad on the basis of which he was selected in the ICDS. “…field verification revealed that no such person is residing in the area nor has any such person resided in the area at the time of issuance of PRC Certificate.
Moreover, Fitrat Abad is not recorded in the Revenue records of district Budgam. However, it is a Mohalla falling in village Sheikhpora Tehsil Budgam. As such it is requested that certificate issued under No: 1304- of the year 2010-11 may be cancelled ab initio”, read the letter.
Not only the District officials but the Deputy Director ICDS has also helped Mukhtar in the process. The Deputy Director ICDS, has violated the terms and conditions of the advertisement (order No: 231 SMD of 2018 dated: 24-02-2018 at S.NO: 3) and Government order and allowed him to join the department without obtaining character antecedents of the selected candidates from CID/CIK. The character antecedents could have exposed the fraud conducted by Mukhtar Ahmad and some district officials.
The Chief Judicial Magistrate Budgam has also directed (12/01/2018) the Police to investigate the case of Mukhtar Ahmad who obtained the PCR fraudulently. “…there exists sufficient grounds which disclose a commission of a cognizable case, as such SHO Police Station Budgam is directed to take up the investigation into the matter in accordance with law”, read the order.
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