| 2 months on, committee fails to submit report | | Illegal revision of Rs 5 Crore | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 5: Even after the lapse nearly two month, the committee, constituted by government to probe the illegal revision of Rs 5 crore to the Delhi based firm has failed to finalize the report.
Sources said that it is understood that the committee could not develop the consensus as to whether the revision is genuine or not. "Though the committee has started working on this and collected vital records but surprisingly it midway attained a slow pace," sources said.
He said that the functioning of the government can be gauged from the fact that a few of the members who were instrumental in releasing payments were selected by the government as the members of the committee.
However one of the members of the committee seeking anonymity maintained that the committee would submit its report to the government within the next week. "We are finalizing the report. At this time I cannot share details but yes I can say that the extra work has been done," he added.
Meanwhile sources said that one of the committee member who was holding a technical wing has been transferred on deputation to JKPCC resulting inordinate delay in concluding report.
The committee, including Joint Director (Development) Directorate of I&C, Jammu, Chief Accounts Officer. Directorate of I&C, Jammu, FA&CAO, JKCL, Executive Engineer (Civil JKCL, Executive Engineer (electric) Samba division (M&RE), Power Dev, Department, Jammu, Executive Engineer (Mechanical Division) Kathua, Dt, General Manager (Works), JKCL and two representatives of executing agency M/S Ashoka Gears, was constituted on October 26, 2015 and was entitled to look into the circumstances leading to the illegal revision by the management of the JKCL within 15 days.
The government had asked the committee to complete and submit the probe to Industries and Commerce Department within a period of fifteen days.
Already reported that the JKCL incumbent Managing Director and its management, in violation of the rules, had allowed illegal revision of Rs 5 crore to a New Delhi-based company. The previous National Conference-Congress Government had decided to install a grinding-cum-packaging unit with a capacity of 300 tons per day at Industrial Growth Centre Samba.
The project of 300 tons grinding- cum- packaging plant in Samba was approved at a cost of Rs 26.80 crore, which was funded by State Government in the shape of equity.
The Government then decided to call tenders for installation of required machinery, and accordingly the rates of Delhi-based Company M/s Ashoka Gear were found to be lowest and hence it was allotted the project.
However the MD sought revision of Rs 5 crore in the total project from then MoS Industries and Commerce Sajad Ahmad Kichloo. Kichloo accepted the approval for making an upward revision in the total project.
The management of JKCL under MD Rakesh Sharma mooted a proposal with strong recommendations to allow an increase of Rs 5 crore to the contractor and in accordance with the approval the management headed by Sharma raised a loan from J&K Bank for Rs 5 crore.
The officials in the Industries and commerce department have said the claim is not genuine and it cannot be reimbursed as the contract was for fixed amount and there was no scope in the terms and condition of the notice and the agreement. |
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