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Alleged 37 backdoor appointments by 3 Ex-Speakers IGP SVO referred the matter to GAD and Law Department for opinion 12/28/2015 11:22:31 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 28: In the much publicized writ petition seeking directions to the SVO to register an FIR against the then Speaker Mohd Akbar Lone and Secretary J&K Legislative Assembly Mohd Ramzan for making 37 illegal/ backdoor appointments in J&K Assembly Secretariat, today took a new turn as the Inspector General of Police, State Vigilance Organization (SVO) has referred the matter to the GAD for obtaining opinion and advice in the matter from the Law Department and in this connection a communication bearing No.VO-PR-PE-01/15/19080-81 dtd December 7, 2015 followed by reminder dated December, 17, 2015 sent to General Administration Department by IGP Vigilance. After considering the matter on the last date of hearing on December 3, Justice Bansi Lal Bhat directed IGP State Vigilance Organization to take a final call on the report and decide future course of action within two weeks and pursuant to the said directions the IGP State Vigilance Organization today filed a compliance report in the State High Court disclosing that the preliminary enquiry involved questions of law which needed the opinion of the Law Department in terms of J&K Government Business Rules as such the matter has been referred to GAD for obtaining opinion and advice in the matter from the Law Department. Earlier IGP State Vigilance Organization in a compliance report filed today submitted to the court pursuant to the directions passed by the Court vide its order dated December, 3, 2015 when after consideration of the matter directions had been issued to the IGP SVO to take a final call in the matter in view of the preliminary enquiry report filed by SVO in July, 2015 wherein it was established that 37 newly created posts for Assembly Secretariat and MLA Hostel Jammu/Srinagar were filled up without adopting any procedure by appointing candidates on pick and choose basis. The SVO in its preliminary report also held that only precedences were relied upon and no criteria was framed/adopted by the then Speakers while making appointments against 37 posts. In the preliminary enquiry report the SVO further established that 37 appointments were made by 3 Former Speakers i.e. 28 appointments have been made by Mohammad Akbar Lone, 5 appointments by Tara Chand and 4 appointments by Mubarak Gul. In the status report it is further highlighted that on the receipt of the advice and opinion from the Law Department further course of action in the matter will be taken by the IGP State Vigilance Organization. --(JNF)   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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