Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 25: High Court today directed the Government to submit the details regarding recovery of public money from the beneficiaries who have illegally made insertions in Revenue records with regard to expansion of Golf Course at Pahalgam.
Hearing suo moto cognizance of embezzlement in public exchequer in the process of acquisition of land for expansion of Golf Course at famous tourist resort Pahalgam, the Division Bench of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey and Justice Sanjeev Kumar directed the Revenue Department to submit the details with regard to affecting recovery from fake beneficiaries till date.
It is amicus to the PIL who submitted before the Division Bench that although the authorities have initiated the process of making recoveries of the amount paid to the beneficiaries who made insertions in the revenue records in order to get the compensation have not completed the said process as yet.
On this count DB directed the Senior Additional Advocate General representing the Revenue Department to submit the details regarding the process of effecting recoveries from the beneficiaries who had made insertions in the revenue record(s) on the next date of hearing.
The issue pertains to disbursing the Government money by the Revenue officials to those persons who were not entitled to for the compensation while expanding the golf course as their land was not acquired by the Pahalgam Development Authority.
Court has already made it clear that it (Court) need to know and determine as to what course of action should be taken to retrieve the Government money disbursed to persons not entitled thereto, whether under the orders of the Civil Court or otherwise.
Court further wants to know as to what is the present status of the criminal case that was filed by the Crime Branch before the Court of law and who were the accused therein.
Court has recorded that since the matter involves a huge State exchequer, why should not it be referred to the CBI for a thorough investigation etc., so that the erring Government functionaries and the beneficiaries of such a wrong are brought to justice.
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