| Then DM, GM SFC Doda among three officials land in vigilance net | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 31: State Vigilance Organization registered case against three State Forest Corporation (SFC) including Amar Nath, the then DM SFC Doda (member of Tender Opening Committee), Naiz Ahmed Sheikh, the then GM SFC (also member of Tender Opening Committee), Abdul Latif Sheikh, the then DM SFC, members of SFC management and other beneficiaries for their alleged embezzlement of lakhs of rupees in SFC Division Doda in connivance with the contractors.
According to official spokesperson, a case under FIR No.43/2015 u/s 5 (1)(d) r/w 5 (2) J&K PC Act Svt. 2006 and 120-B RPC has been registered in P/S VOJ against Amar Nath, the then DM SFC Doda (member of Tender Opening Committee), Naiz Ahmed Sheikh, the then GM SFC (also member of Tender Opening Committee), Abdul Latif Sheikh, the then DM SFC, members of SFC management, Mohd Iqbal Wani, Khawja Gh Ahmed both contractors and others on the basis of a verification conducted into the allegations pertaining to embezzlement of lakhs of rupees in SFC Division Doda in connivance with the contractors
"Investigations revealed that during the year 2008-09. SFC Extraction Division, Doda invited tender vide tender notice No 53-83/DM/SFC/D on 28-04-2008 for executing work in various different compartments including Compartment No 67 and 68 Kellar, 3, 4 and 5 Marmat and 17, 42 and 34 Siraj, he said, and added, "based upon the individual marking of each compartment conducted by the Forest Department, individual Project Reports were prepared by the SFC for the execution of extraction work which include felling, hand sawing, pathroo, pacci nalli upto loading point Khellani/Bimna road head and further, Road Transportation upto Sales Depot Jammu."
"The SFC officers deliberately by clubbing the compartments raised the earnest money, discouraged the small contractors to participate in the tender process and thereby avoided the healthy competition, he said.
He further said, "Regarding first group of compartments i.e. 3, 4 and 5 of Marmat and compartment No 67 and 68 of Kellar, only two tenders of Mohd Iqbal Wani and his brother-in-law Javed Iqbal both resident of Bharat Doda were received by the SFC and the contract was allotted to the contractor namely Mohd Iqbal Wani being lowest tenderer(L-1). Similarly, the contract regarding compartment No.17,42 and 34 of Siraj was awarded to Khwaja Ghulam Ahmed Wani."
" Though the nature of contract was shown as composed in the tender notice, but while awarding the contract to the above named contracts and deciding the rates the suspect officers of SFC awarded compartment-wise individual contract to the contractor ignoring the fact of clubbing of compartments in the NIT, he said, and added that verification conducted has further revealed that the suspect officers of SFC had not only favoured the contractors by granting no. of extensions without imposing penalties to complete the work within stipulated time, released additional amount of Rs 7.09 lakhs on account of floods occurred in pacci nalli operation on the report of Addl Deputy Commissioner Doda who was not competent to issue such a report/certificate. On the basis of aforementioned omissions/commissions the instant case has been registered against the above named officers of SFC and others and investigation taken-up. |
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