Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
jammu, Aug 31: A major recruitment scandal has surfaced in Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council, wherein nearly 50 casual labourers have been engaged in the last five years during tenure of National Conference-Congress Government. Instead of advertising the posts, the engagements were made merely on the approval of the then Secretary or vice president of Council, who happens to be the Sports Minister. In response to an RTI application filed by Sudhir Kumar, the JK Sports Council furnished a detailed reply, according to which 31 casual labourers were engaged on the approval of the then Secretary of JK Sports Council while 20 casual labourers were appointed on the approval of the then vice presidents, who happened to be the then Sports Ministers of Congress-NC coalition.
Sources informed Early Times that being a public authority, as same is getting funds as grants-in-aid from the Government, the recruitment rules laid down by Government for other autonomous bodies, Government institutions were applicable but the Council had become a rehabilitation center for party workers and blue eyed of former Sports Ministers or the Secretaries, many of whom were discredited bureaucrats and technocrats. According to RTI reply, the casual labourers engaged on the approval of the then Secretary were Nazir Ahmed Bhat son of Ghulam Ahmad Bhat resident of Naganari, Uri, appointed on 9/6/2006, Fayaz Ahmed Sofi son of Mohamamd Sofi resident of Peer Hamdan Anantnag appointed on 8/1/2007, Mushtaq Ahmed Parray son of Ghulam Mohammad Parry resident of Gadoora Ganderbal (DOA: 6/2/2009), Mohammad Maqbool Malik son of Late Mohamamd Ramzan Malik R/o Dalgate Srinagar (10/3/2010), Altaf Hussain Dar S/o Ghulam Qadir Dar R/o Dalina Baramulla (26/3/2010). Fayaz Ahmed Mir S/o Gh. Mohammad Mir R/o Lasjan Bye Pass (8/3/2011), Tariq Ahmed Sofi S/o Gh. Mohammad Sofi R/o Qamarwari Srinagar (8/3/2011), Raj Kumar R/o Jammu (Feb 2012), Wasim Akram Rather S/o Gh Rasool Rather R/o Kralpora Chadoora (Dec 2012), Mohammad Ibrahim Shaksaz S/o Mohammad Sultan Shaksaz R/o Seerhamdan Anantnag (March 2013), Nazir Ahmad Kak, S/o Gh Ahmad Kakk R/o Radpora Srinagar (March 2013), John Mohammad Khosa son of Mohammad Shafi Khosa R/o Abi Karpora Nehru Park Dal Gate Srinagar (March 2013), Mohinder Singh S/o Balwan Singh R/o village Shipa Jammu (20/2/2007), Tanveer Ahmed Bhat S/o Mohammad Shafi Bhat R/o Chandapora Habakadal Srinagar (1/5/2013), Bashir Ahmed Sheikh S/o Gh Mohammad Ganai R/o Rull Mohammad, Ganderbal (1/8/2013).
Mudasir Ahmed Dar S/o Gh Mohammad Dar R/o Naid Khan, Bandipora (11/10/2013), Ubaid Ahmad Khan S/o Abdul Gani Khan R/o Safakadal Srinagar (11/10/2013), Vilayat Hussain Malik (skilled) S/o Mohammad Sabdar Malik R/o Mirbhari Dalgate Srinagar (23/10/2013), Muneer Ahmed (skilled) S/o Gh Rasool Malik R/o Mirbhari Dalgate Srinagar (23/10/2013), Abdul Hamid Ganai S/o Abdul Aziz Ganai R/o Golu Jahangir Sonwari, Shabir Ahmed Ganai S/o Habibullah Ganai, Shabir Ahmed Dar S/o Abdul Jabbar Dar, Mohammad Afzal Dar S/o Mohamamd Shaban Dar all residents of Gomdibon Sonwari, all appointed on 25/11/2013.
Moreover, Mukhtar Ahmed Dar S/o Mohammad Afzal Dar R/o Pattan, Baramulla (26/11/2013), Bindu Singh Jamwal (skilled) W/o Radraksh Singh Jamwal R/o village Barnai Jammu, (10/1/2014), Jagtar Singh (skilled) S/o Sukhdev Singh R/o 54, Ambadkar Nagar Extn 2A, Trikuta Nagar Jammu (8/6/2014), Mohammad Irfan Bhat (skilled) S/o Shames Ud-din Bhat R/o Jora A/P Bhagna, Kishtwar (8/6/2014), Jameel Ahmed (skilled) S/o Ab Hameed Lone R/o Naidkhai Sonawari (8/6/2014), Akhter Rasool (skilled), S/o Gh Rasool Shah R/o Tulibal Sopore (8/6/2014), Bashir Ahmed Bagua (skilled) S/o Gh Ahmed Bagua R/o Channpora Srinagar (16/10/2014) and Jyoti Kumari (skilled) W/o Sohan Singh R/o House No. 106/4 Indira Vihar, Patoli Morh Janipur Jammu (16/10/2014).
The casual labourers appointed on the approval of the then Vice President, who happened to be the then Sports Minister were Rameshwar Singh S/o Raghunath Singh R/o Village Manchal, Tehsil Akhnoor, Jammu (25/4/2006), Ajaz Doomb S/o Ghulam Hassan Doomb R/o Tugar Sopora (29/10/2009), Rakesh Kumar S/o Dev Raj R/o Kanchi House Jammu (4/1/2010), Zakir Ahmad Malik S/o Mushtaq Ahmad Malik (1/4/2010), Gulshan Kumar S/o Babu Ram R/o Sawni Rajouri (1/6/2010), Vir Singh S/o Sen Das R/o Saryan RS Pura Jammu, (1/9/2010), Imtiyaz Ahmed Shah S/o Noor Mohammad Shah R/o Qamarwari Chattabal Srinagar (31/1/2011), Rehana Bano D/o Ali Mohammad Bagwan R/o Rainwari Srinagar (26/12/2011).
Seema devi (skilled) D/o Hardev Singh R/o Lower Roop Nagar Jammu, (18/5/2012), Abid-ullah Noorani S/o Noor Mohammad R/o Khalidbin Walled Colony Natipora Srinagar (5/6/2012), Ajaz Ahmad Kak S/o Abdul Gafar Kak R/o Hazari Bazar Rainawari Srinagar (15/6/2012), Faisal Fayaz Najar S/o Fayaz Ahmed Najar R/o Rainwari Srinagar (15/6/2012), Fayaz Ahmed Wani S/o Mohd Yousuf Wani R/o Wanihama Ganderbal (16/6/2012), Nissar Ahmad Sofi S/o Habibullah Sofi R/o Qamarwari Arrampora Srinagar (21/6/2012).
Mohinder Singh S/o Balwan Singh R/o Village Shipa Jammu (20/2/2007), Fayaz Ahmad Bhat S/o Gh Qadir Bhat R/o Khanayar Srinagar (June 2013), Varun Khajuria S/o Vijay Kumar R/o Nanak Nagar Jammu (8/8/2014), Janak Raj S/o Bishan Dass (2/9/2014), Sureekshit Jasrotia S/o Gagan Singh R/o village Baharwal, Kathua (2/9/2014). Secretary of JK Sports Council Javaid Shah, who was recently elected, said that the engagement of employees in Council was only done as per the rules laid in the constitution of Council. He assured that he would personally look into the matter. |
