Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 8: Castigating Finance Department for not implementing their own orders, instructions and guidelines, the Chief Vigilance Commissioner has asked the supervisory officers of the department to take action against those officers violating orders and guidelines, issued by the Commission and the Government, from time to time, for eliminating the chances of corruption and maintaining financial discipline.
The Commission observed that intentionally overlooking such violations tantamount to encouraging corruption and benefit blue eyed persons thereby inflicting financial loss to State-exchequer.
The CVC said this while chairing a meeting of the Commission, held here with the officers of Finance Department (FD) and its subordinate offices, which was convened to take stock of the progress of the enquiry into corruption related complaints pending with the department besides the Regular Departmental Actions (RDAs) recommended by the Vigilance Commission and Vigilance Organization.
Referring to one of the grave violations, allegedly being resorted by Deputy Commissioner Kargil, the CVC said that the officer, despite knowing the violation, has asked the officers to split the developmental works costing below Rs 5 crore. Apart from this, the Deputy Commissioner has asked the officers of the district to shelve the E-tendering procedure, which is a flagrant violation of Government orders and violates the guarantee of economic justice to its citizens provided by the Constitution, the CVC added.
Enjoining upon the officers to establish single window clearing system, the CVC stressed that the NOCs should be arranged to be provided by concerned Government Department on-line. He directed Heads of all offices under the Finance Department to post on their website the criteria fixed for obtaining different services to avoid human interface and facilitate submission of all documents on-line.
Stressing for making purchasing, procurement and payments electronically, the CVC said that officers should be made accountable in case of any violation. He said in case of any justified emergency, the officer should make only limited purchase to meet the exigency and procure remaining quantity through E. tendering.
Earlier, officers briefed the Commission about the status of the complaints and RDAs (regular departmental actions), working of their departments and the method adopted for disposal of GP fund bills, clearing Government and other bills besides the measures taken for streamlining and improving work culture in the departments with the basic aim of enforcing preventive vigilance.
It was given out that various recommendations made by the Commission to the Government, including abolishing treasury system, are in active consideration of finance department.
The meeting was informed that 18 complaints have been disposed of and process for completing enquiry in RDAs has been started and will be completed shortly.
Among others, Vigilance Commissioners, Dr R K Jearath, Gous-ul-Nisa Jeelani, Director General, A&T, Altaf Hussain, DG, Funds, Pushpa, Excise Commissioner, Addl Secretary, FD Addl Secretary, SVC besides other senior officers of Commercial Tax, Excise, Funds and SVC were present in the meeting.
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