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| SAC,SVC drain exchequer, spare guilty | | Toothless tigers consume Rs 20 cr | | Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
srinagar, April 10: The government led by Omar Abdullah coalition despite undermining the vitality of the anti-graft bodies in Jammu and Kashmir during the past six years has surprisingly claimed to have spent a whooping amount of around 20 crore rupees for the functioning of anti corruption commissions SAC, SIC, SVC and others.
Early Times has learnt more than six crore, thirty lakhs rupees was the expenditure borne by the Jammu and Kashmir State Accountability Commission (JKSAC). During the year 2010-11, more than 85 lakh rupees were spent on the anti graft body by the state dispensation. One crore and seventy three lakhs were spent by the JKSAC a year later in 2011-12. More than two crores were spent in 2012-13. During 2013-14, the state dispensation revealed that the expenditure borne overt the functioning of SAC. Interesting to mention that that Governor NN Vohra raised pitch in the year 2011 to strengthen the SAC but the state Government remained unmoved even over appointing the second member. SAC could not take the suo-moto cognizance of any issue due to failure of the state government to empower it. The High Court here had held that the anti- corruption watchdog cannot exercise suo- moto powers in absence of inherent powers.
The documents in possession of Early Times reveal that Jammu and Kashmir State Information Commission (SIC) has spent more than seven crore and thirty one lakh rupees during past three years. In 2010-11, the expenditure was Rs. 118.92 lakhs. In 2011-12, it was more than two crore rupees. In 2012-13, the expenditure borne by the commission was Rs. 228.09 lakhs and during the year 2013-14, the commission spent Rs. 181.54 lakhs. The total amount spent by the commission was Rs. 731.32 lakhs in past three years. The SIC which Omar's regime claims to have constituted, the Commission faced dearth of staff. Though SIC raised the issue of shortage of staff with General Administration Department, over the past two years, no action was taken by the government.
The Jammu and Kashmir State Electricity Regulatory Commission (JKSERC) has shown the expenditure of more than four crore and fifty eight lakhs during the past three years. Rs. 83.96 lakhs was the expenditure borne by the commission in 2010-11. In 2011-12, the amount grew upto more than one crore and Rs. 33 lakhs . in 2012-13, rupees one crore and eleven lakh was the amount spent by the commission .More than two crores and 29 lakhs were spent in 2013-14.
The details maintained further that Rs. 79.06 lakhs were spent by the Jammu and Kashmir State Vigilance Commission (JKSVC). Pertinently, by the creation of the State Vigilance Commission (SVC), the previous government claimed to have brought public servants in its domain. But at the same time it had restrained the SAC to look into complaints against the public servants. While 2011 was spent by the government for making necessary amendments in the SVC Act, the Commission couldn't be constituted in 2012 owing to queries from Raj Bhavan over the name recommended by the panel headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for the post of Chief Vigilance Commissioner.
The impact of non- constitution of the SVC is evident on the ground as more than 290 cases of alleged corruption against the public servants are gathering dust in the SAC.
The State Human Rights Commission again remained virtually toothless as against 216 SHRC recommendations submitted to the Committee since 2008, only 86 have been accepted by the government. |
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