| VOK books patwaris, tehsildars in 40 cases in 5 yrs | | | Javaid Naikoo
Jammu, July 9: Among all the government departments functioning in Kashmir division, vigilance Organization Kashmir (VOK) registered most (40) cases in the revenue department across Kashmir since 2011. According to details available all the 40 cases registered against officials of Revenue Department mostly include 'Patwaris and Tehsildars' allegedly involved in illegal transfer of private land from one party to another and misuse of 'Roshni Act' to sell and transfer state land to parties against hefty amounts.
Details reveal that most of the cases registered against Revenue officials from the rank of a Patwari to an Assistant commissioner Revenue in various Districts of Kashmir since 2011 till date are either under investigation or produced in respective Courts by VOK. In the current year VOK so far registered 6 cases of different nature which include, FIR number 31/2015, dated 5/06/2015 one case of Illegal Transfer of land under Roshni scheme against then Additional Deputy Commissioner Anantnag namely Abdul Rasheed Dar and one Syed Altaf Hussain, Tehsildar Anantnag, Ghulam Mohi-ud-din- Rather, then Assistant Commissioner revenue Ananatnag, Altaf Hussain Mistri, Nayeb Tehsildar Anantnag, Abdul Majeed Wani, Girdawar , Anantnag and Syed Ghulam Geelani, Patwari of Khanabal. In Kakapora of Pulwama District a case of illegal transfer of land under FIR number 30/2015-VOK dated 5/06/2015 was registered against one Abdul Hameed Mir, Then Tehsildar Chadoora, Muhammad Hussain Mir, Tehsildar Pulwama, Muhammad Maqbool Ahanagar, Nayab Tehsildar Kakapora,Ghulam Ahmad Sheikh, Girdwar Kakapora, Abdul Razaq Wagay, Patwari of Kakapora.
Another case of illegal transfer of land under FIR number 29/2015-VOK dated 5/06/2015 stands register against one Mushtaq Ahmad Beg, SDM Uri,Abdul Rasheed Tantray, Clerk in SDM Office Uri. Three other cases under FIR numbers 28/2015-VOK dated 24/04/2015, 26/2015-VOK dated 22/04/2015 and FIR number 02/2015-VOK dated 16/01/2015 were also registered in Srinagar and Bandipora against officials of revenue.
In 2014 VOK registered 11 cases of different nature at Shopian, Pulwama, Ganderbal, Kulgam under FIR Numbers 43/2014-VOK dated 16.12.2014,34/ 2014-VOK dated 27/08/ 2014,32/2014-VOK dated 06/08/2014,27/2014-VOK dated 25/06/2014,24/2014-VOK dated 17/06/2014,19/2014-VOK dated 29.05.2014,18/2014-VOK dated 29.05.2014,17/2014-VOK dated 29.05.2014, 14/2014-VOK dated 07/05/2014,13/2014-VOK dated 24/04/2014 and 9/2014-VOK dated 03/04/2014.
In 2013, 4 cases were registered in Chadoora,Srinagar,Bandipora and Budgam under FIR numbers 19/2013-VOK dated 08/10/2013,17/2013-VOK dated 25/07/2013,10/2013-VOK dated 12/06/2013 and 7/2013-VOK dated 3/04/2013. In 2012 VOK Registered total 13 cases of different nature at different places includes Bandipora,Srinagar,Pulwama under FIR numbers 25/2012-VOK dated 17/09/2012,20/2012-VOK dated 27/08/2012,13/2012-VOK dated 28/06/2012, 12/2012-VOK dated 8/06/2012,11/2012-VOK dated 10/5/2012,07/2012-vok dated 27/03/2012, 06/2012-VOK dated 20/03/2012, 03/2012-VOK dated 09/02/2012 and one case of taking bribe under FIR number 02/2012-VOK dated 06/02/2012.
Similarly in 2011 VOk Registered 6 cases and already produced challans in the respective courts in most of cases which include one case against Abdul Hameed Reshi, Patwari Halqa Noorpora Tral and others under FIR number 20/2011-VOK dated 16/11/2011 a case of fraud and fictitious signatures of attesting Authority and Transfer of land by way of oral gift after mutating the revenue record. Another case against one Javaid Ahamd, Patwari of Halka Shivpora Srinagar under FIR 19/2011-VOK dated 12/11/2011 a case of Demand and acceptance of Rs 2000/- as bribe from one complainant. In other case of Demand and acceptance of bribe of Rupees 2000 from one complainant one FIR under number 14/2011-VOK dated 11/08/2011stands registered against the parties involved.
Against one accused Mehraj-ud-din-Ganai, Patwari Halqa Gangoo of Pulwama under one FIR Number 11/2011-VOK dated 24/6/2011 stands registered allegedly for demand and acceptance of bribe of Rs 30000 from one complainant.
And last not least two more cases one of manipulations of records allegedly by officials in SDM of Budgam District of Central Kashmir including then Tehsildar settlement and other employees posted in his office then and demand and acceptance of bribe in Tehsil office Anantnag stands registered under FIR numbers 10/2011-VOK dated 11/6/2011 and 4/2011-VOK dated 01/04/2011. Pertinently in its drive against corrupt officials in administration state government recently terminated 63 employees of different rank and Profile which includes some officials of the KAS rank as well and has already indicted to terminate more corrupt official in near future. |
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