Regularization of ineligible ReTs: Vigilance registers 2 FIRs against Education Deptt officials

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 26:  The Vigilance Organization Kashmir has registered two separate cases against the officials of Education Department, Budgam for regularization of ineligible Rehbar-e-Taleem teachers, who were initially engaged on the basis of fake and forged 10 plus 2 marks certificates in Education Zone Hardapanzoo.
The Vigilance verifications revealed that a conspiracy was hatched between the then ZEOs Hardapanzoo, then CEOs and others with the accused beneficiary Rahbar-e-Taleem teachers during the years 2005 and 2006.
As per   case FIR N0. 38/2015 P/s VOK u/s 5 (1) (c) (d) r/w Section 5(2) J&K PC Act Svt. 2006 and 120B RPC, registered in P/S VOK against the then ZEOs Hardapanzoo Syed Abdul Rouf and Abdul Rehman Bhat, the then CEOs Budgam Ahmadullah Owaisi and Peerzada Nissar Ahamd and others, managed regularization of the accused beneficiary ReT Bashir Ahmad Bhat as teacher in Education Department in the year 2006.
The accused officers without demanding and verifying the qualification certificates of the beneficiary possessed the minimum prescribed qualification at the time of his initial engagement in the year 2001 despite knowing the fact that the certificates produced by him were fake.  Having been kept in dark about the ineligibility of the beneficiary, the Directorate of School Education, Kashmir ordered sanction to the regularization of the beneficiary teacher. In furtherance of the conspiracy the then CEO, Peerzada Nisar Ahmad also joined the conspiracy and issued formal order in favour of the accused without seeking to verify or demand educational qualification certificates from the beneficiary. In furtherance of the conspiracy the then Zonal Education Officer Hardapanzoo Abdul Rehman Bhat and the then dealing assistant Tariq Ahmad Banday also joined the conspiracy and overlooked the prerequisite conditions for the regularization order prepared the service book of the ineligible and fraud RET and also withdrew salary in his favour.
In the other  FIR No. 39/2015 P/S VOK,  Vigilance verifications revealed that a conspiracy was hatched between the then ZEO Hardapanzoo Abdul Qayoom, the then CEO Budgam Mohammad Rafi and others with accused beneficiaries Rehbar-e-Taleem Teachers Altaf Hussein Bhat and Fayaz Ahmad Malik to manage their regularization as teacher in Education Department in year 2005. In furtherance of the conspiracy the then ZEO Education Zone Hardapanzoo Abdul Qayoom without demanding and verifying the qualification certificates processed and submitted the recommendation letter to the then CEO Budgam certifying therein that ReT Altaf Hussein Bhat and Fayaz Ahmad Malik possessed the minimum prescribed qualifications at the time of their initial engagement in the year 2001 i.e. 10+2 despite knowing the fact that the certificates produced by them were fake. In furtherance of the conspiracy the then CEO Mohammad Rafi also forwarded the recommendation of the teacher to the Directorate of School Education, Kashmir, who ordered sanction to the regularization of the beneficiary teachers.
In furtherance of the conspiracy, the then CEO, Ahmadulla Owaisi also joined the conspiracy and issued formal order in favour of the accused without seeking to verify or demand educational qualification certificates from the beneficiaries. The then ZEO  Hardapanzoo Mohamamd Yousuf Beigh and the then dealing assistant Mohammad Qasim Malik also joined the conspiracy and overlooked the prerequisite conditions for the regularization order prepared the service book of the ineligible and fraud ReTs and also withdrew salary in their favour.