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| 'Emboldened' Principal Dental College Srinagar refuses to fall in line even during Guv's Rule | | Declines to hold practical examination for students, makes them to suffer | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
srinagar, Aug 1: Most of the officers heading the government establishments in the state have fallen in line ever since Governor Narendra Nath Vohra has taken charge, but the change of guard has made no difference for Principal Government Dental College (GDC) Srinagar.
Principal GDC Srinagar, Dr. Reyaz Farooq has been 'emboldened' to the extent that he is not conducting practical examination of students of one of the departments at the college. Despite repeated pleas from the students the Principal GDC Srinagar is dictating terms and not announcing dates for practical examination of students.
Students of Department of Orthodontics at GDC Srinagar are running from pillar to post so that their practical examination is conducted. Due to the reluctance and rigidity of Dr. Reyaz, the examination has not been held thus causing huge inconvenience to the students. The students want the examination to be held as early as possible.
"In the first instance the Principal GDC Srinagar showed reluctance in holding the theoretical examination for students of Department of Orthodontics. The examination could be held only after the proactive role of the Head of Department of Orthodontics. Dr. Reyaz wanted the examination to get delayed so that career of students of this department is ruined," said sources while sharing details with Early Times.
It would be in place to mention here that Principal GDC Srinagar is at war with the students of Department of Orthodontics ever since his close confidante Dr. Mohammad Mushtaq Najar was removed as HOD. Dr. Najar was removed after he slapped a student of the department who had refused to carry out the menial jobs assigned to him by the HOD. Dr. Najar was attached with Directorate of Health Services Kashmir.
"The students of Department of Orthodontics are being victimized since they stood up against Dr. Reyaz and his coterie of doctors at the Dental College and Hospital. The students of the other departments are also feeling the heat but the heat is more intense when it comes to students of Department of Orthodontics," said sources.
Sources said that a group of students met K Vijay Kumar, advisor to Governor Vohra and apprised him of the problems being faced by them at GDC Srinagar. The students have pinned their hopes on the Governor's advisor and they believe that Kumar would intervene and stem the rot at GDC Srinagar.
Dr. Reyaz was appointed as in-charge Principal GDC Srinagar in 2004 by then PDP-Congress government in the state. The successive state governments have failed to remove him and he continues to call shots. Supreme Court's directive that a person can remain as in-charge Principal for one year has also been flouted at GDC Srinagar.
Pertinent to mention here that SVO registered a case against Dr. Reyaz in 2012 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 First Information Report (FIR) under FIR number 33/2012 under section 161 of Ranbir Penal Code was registered against Principal GDC, Srinagar.
The inquiry officer probing the case 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. Reyaz and some others.
After this Special Judge Anti-Corruption Kashmir directed SSP Vigilance Organization to register formal FIR in the case if in his opinion any ground for the same exists on the basis of the findings arrived at by the inquiry officer under the relevant provisions of law. The vigilance organization while carrying out probe also found that fraud has taken place and it was only after this FIR was filed.
The inquiry officer in his report said that he compared the rates of the equipment in the market and found that GDC Principal has paid more for the equipment so that he acquires benefits from the purchase. The rates of the equipment were also presented to the Anti-Corruption Judge by the inquiry officer in a tabular form in his report. |
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