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| J&K Govt forgets action against corrupt officers, no action likely | | |
Syed Junaid Hashmi
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 25: Unrest in Kashmir coupled with political compulsions seem to have forced Jammu and Kashmir government to virtually forget taking stringent action against alleged corrupt officers and come out with another list of employees to be ousted.
The stringent action includes forced retirement of the corrupt officers. Around 56 officers were shown the door when ex-Chief Minister Late Mufti Mohammed Sayeed took over reigns of the power in the state. But as has been the case, there was no follow-up and the drive to show corrupt officers way out died a tragic death.
If the sources are to be believed, the drive had to be stopped since the officers who were ousted by late Mufti Mohammed Sayeed were not the known thugs but small fries and hence, most of them knocked at the doors of the court. But when the state government started the exercise for coming-up with another list, the same had to be stopped since those who knew they were going to be ousted managed to get politicians backing them.
It was largely believed that state government had already drafted a list of corrupt officers who would have been shown the door, had the then Chief Minister Late Mufti Mohammed Sayeed not passed away. List included around four dozen officers who had been facing serious corruption charges and were likely to be retired prematurely.
Sources said that the list included names of Chief Engineers of PHE, PWD and PDD departments serving as well as those who are either been attached or are working in other departments on the equivalent post.
They added that names had been finalized after going through the in-depth enquiry conducted by state vigilance commission into the complaints of corruption against these officers.
They added that the list had been prepared by taking into account the possibility of those being shown the door approaching the court of law.
It was also being said then that departments had been strictly instructed not to come up with half baked stories but give names of all the corrupt officers only if they have credible evidence to back it.
They maintained that the process of preparing the list was started immediately after the first list was out. They further said that not even one department had been spared and all had been told to gather ample evidence against the corrupt officers. But nothing is known about the list since the day the new government was formed. Sources said that the list has been abandoned and there would be no further action against any government employee.
They added that after this current unrest in the valley, it is highly un-likely that the list would be made public. "The list for now has been abandoned. No one would be shown the door now on the basis of how corrupt he is. It is highly likely that those who participated in the unrest in any way would be taken to task," said an officer. He added that corruption is unlikely to be the issue of the government as and when the situation improves in the valley.
On being asked, an official in the Chief Minister's secretariat said "You are talking about corrupt officers and we are waiting for restoration of normalcy. Let the state especially valley come back to life. We are right now focussed on security situation of valley. There is nothing else that needs to be done right now." However, he accepted that those who have taken part in anti-state protests would not be spared. |
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