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| Rs.12. 31 lakhs swindled | | Xen PHE, Others in Vigilance net | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, June 24- State Vigilance Organization has registered a case under J&K Prevention of Corruption Act against Executive Engineer and other officials of PHE Division Shopian for misappropriating of Rs. 12.31 lakhs on account of execution of works on highly exorbitant rates.
Following verification conducted into the allegations of abuse of official position and illegalities committed in tendering of the works viz. laying and fitting of pipes by the officials of PHE Division, Shopian in the year 2006-07, Ghulam Nabi Gani, then Executive Engineer, PHE Division Shopian had invited tenders for execution of five works as against 129 works. The accused public servant in active league with other officials of the division and contractors (beneficiaries) subsequently resorted to manipulation of records and dishonestly made two fictitious annexures to falsely indicate that 124 works mentioned in these annexures are part of works mentioned in the original NIT No.35/PHS. It was found that these 124 works were dishonestly not advertised and no tendering process was induced relating to the said works willfully depriving thereby the competitors to associate themselves with tendering process. These works were found to have been executed on highly exorbitant rates. The accused public servants without following the procedure, in gross violation of rules and on pick and choose basis allotted these unadvertised 124 works to the favorite contractors to confer undue benefit upon themselves and the contractors. A random check of 82 works out of 124 works revealed that loss of Rs 12.31 lakhs on account of execution of works on highly exorbitant rates was caused to state exchequer.
It was also found that same modus operandi was also adopted by accused public servants and others in case of execution of works relating to NITs No.31, 32, 33 and 34.
In this manner accused public servants abused their official position and under a conspired plan resorted to manipulation of records to confer undue benefit upon contractors (beneficiaries) and themselves.
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