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| Agro Industries Corp under SIC scanner for appointment scam | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 2: The J&K State Agro Industries Development Corporation (JKAIDC) is under the scanner of the Government and State Information Commission (SIC) as there are serious allegations of corruption in recent appointments for the posts of Assistant Managers.
Aggrieved candidates have been moving from pillar to post to get justice and even tried to seek details of merit list and marks given by the selection committee during the interview. The said information was denied by the Public Information Officers (PIO) of the JKAIDC. The aggrieved filed an appeal before SIC which directed the corporation to give all these details to one of the aggrieved party. Inspite of this order, it is alleged that the corporation hasn't provided the information.
Before the intervention of SIC, the government had also started an investigation in this alleged scam, but nobody knows what was the outcome of that investigation.
Details available with Early Times reveal that one Mir Tafveez Mehmood, a research scholar at Central University Tourism Studies department, filed Second Appeal under section 16 of State RTI Act 2009 before the SIC on 11.04.2016 against JKAIDC for non-compliance of application filed under J&K RTI Act 2009 . Mehmood submitted before SIC that JKAIDC has failed to provide him information sought vide application filed on 04.11.2015. Thereafter, he filed First Appeal before the First Appellate Authority (FAA), but Corporation failed to provide him the requisite information. The appellant requested the Commission to direct the Corporation to disclose the information.
Mehmood filed RTI application on 04.11.2015 before PIO J&K State Information Commission (SIC) to direct the J&K State Agro Industries Development Corporation seeking following information:- i) Details of shortlisted candidates for the interview of following post a) Assistant Manager (Marketing) b) Assistant Manager (Cattle Feed Production) ii) The merit list of shortlisted candidates for interview with segregated scores of written exam and interview iii) The criteria for selection of the above mentioned posts. iv) Copies of qualification and experience certificates of the selected candidates for the above mentioned posts. The application of the appellant was responded by M.M Gani Divisional Manager J&K State AIDCL vide letter dated 26.11.2015 whereby the applicant was informed to deposit the Postal order for Rs 10/- in the name of Accounts officer J&K State Agro Industries Development Corporation Ltd. Lalmandi Srinagar so that the information sought is furnished to him.
During proceedings on 12.05.2016, appellant submitted that he has received incomplete information. The appellant was directed to communicate with PIO within one week as to in which respect the information is incomplete vis-à-vis RTI application under intimation to the Commission. During hearing at SIC office Srinagar on 24.05.2016, the appellant submitted that in compliance to directions of Commission, he has conveyed deficiencies in information to PIO on the same date and they have received it. After hearing both parties (JKAIDC & appellant) on 08.06.2016, the State Information Commission (SIC) passed following interim order in which M.M Gani Divisional Manager J&K State AIDCL/FAA, M.R. Khan Divisional Manager/PIO J&K State AIDCL and appellant Shri Mir Tafveez Mehmood attended the hearing.
In response to the summons/show cause notice M M Gani Div Manager/FAA and M.R. Khan Divisional Manager/PIO J&K State AIDCL filed explanations which is taken in record. FAA also filed counter statement to the deficiencies pointed out by the appellant. The Commission perused information sought by the appellant and information provided by the PIO. It was found that information in respect of Point 1, 3 & 4 have already been provided. At Point-2, the appellant has sought merit list of shortlisted candidates for interview with marks awarded for written exam and interview separately. The respondents submitted that marks obtained in the written examination have been provided. The only information pending now is marks obtained in the interview. On this point, the respondents in counter statement dated 07.06.2016 submitted that there is an enquiry going on and the information sought would be made available to the appellant after the findings of the enquiry officer are made known to the Corporation and authenticity of the interview marks, verification report of degree certificates and experience certificates of selected candidates etc are clarified. |
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