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| Vigilance Organization recommends removal of Dr Riyaz Farooq as Principal GDC Srinagar | | GAD sleeps over matter, file yet to reach Chief Secretary's office | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 28: Despite the recommendation of Vigilance Organization to take 'punitive' action against Principal Government Dental College (GDC) Srinagar, Dr. Riyaz Farooq, the General Administration Department (GAD) is yet to act on the same with allegations being leveled at the highest level in this regard.
Sources told Early Times that few days back the Vigilance Organization wrote a letter to GAD and asked the department to take 'punitive' action against Dr. Riyaz since a First Information Report (FIR) stands registered against him in the multi-crore purchase scandal that surfaced at GDC Srinagar.
"The Vigilance Organization mentioned in the letter that the Principal GDC, Srinagar is harassing the witnesses in the case that stands registered against him. Through the letter the Vigilance Organization recommended to GAD that Dr. Riyaz should be removed from his present position without any further delay," said sources. The sources said that since Dr. Riyaz is yet to be confirmed as the Principal of Government Dental College, Srinagar he can be attached with the Health and Medical Education department or suspended from the service pending enquiry in the case registered against him. However, nothing of that sort has happened with Dr. Riyaz continuing to head GDC Srinagar.
"Commissioner Secretary, General Administration Department, Gazanffar Hussain had to forward the letter to the Chief Secretary for necessary action along with a note. However, to the reasons best known to him the Commissioner Secretary has blocked the removal of Dr. Riyaz as Principal GDC Srinagar. He has not passed on the file to Chief Secretary and as such the removal of Dr. Riyaz has not taken place so far," said sources.
Sources said that instead of taking the necessary action Gazanffar returned the file to his lower ups in the department and asked them to speak over the matter. This has created suspicion among the people more so when the Commissioner Secretary GAD is being viewed as one of the honest and upright officers in the State.
At the same time it has also been learnt that the vigilance wing of the GAD has given its nod for the prosecution of Principal GDC, Srinagar. The officials of the vigilance wing of GAD are waiting for the 'seal' of approval for the prosecution of Dr. Riyaz from their higher ups.
It would be in place to mention here that Dr. Riyaz was booked by State Vigilance Organization (SVO) for embezzlement at the GDC Srinagar. The file regarding prosecution against Dr. Riyaz is gathering dust in the GAD over the last three years with no action being taken against him during the previous National Conference-Congress coalition Government in the State headed by Omar Abdullah. A First Information Report (FIR) already stands registered against him in the police station of Vigilance Organization Kashmir.
SVO registered a case against Dr. Riyaz after it was established that he had purchased medical equipment for GDC Srinagar and GDC Jammu at exorbitant rates thus causing loss in crores of rupees to the State ex-chequer. The multi-crore purchase scandal came to the fore after revelations that came through a Right to Information (RTI) application moved by Tanveer Hussain Khan.
After preliminary investigations that led to the revelation of purchase scandal the anti-corruption court in Srinagar started the formal investigations in the case. The inquiry established the fraud and finally a FIR under FIR number 33/2012 under section 161 of Ranbir Penal Code was registered against Principal GDC, Srinagar. The inquiry officer probing the purchase established that equipment was purchased on exorbitant rates in order to cause monetary benefits to Principal GDC, Srinagar and officials of the company that supplied the equipment.
In his report to then Special Judge Anti-Corruption Kashmir, Aijaz Ahmad Mir, the inquiry officer had written that machine Orthophos X G5 DS Ceph had been procured on exorbitant rates in order to cause undue pecuniary benefits to Dr. Riyaz Farooq, Principal Government Dental College, Srinagar, V. L Narayan Proprietor M/s Villa India, New Delhi and Hamid Bashir of M/s Basha Enterprises, Karan Nagar, Srinagar. |
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