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Law Secretary travels 84 Kms every day: Reveals RTI query
Loot of Taxpayers money - III
10/16/2016 10:59:53 PM
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 16: Yet another information extracted through Right to Information Act (RTI) has exposed loot of tax payers money by State's Law Secretary. The information provided by the Law Justice & Parliamentary Affairs Department under J&K RTI Act 2009 vide its office letter No: LD(RTI)40/2016 dated: 27.9.2016 says that Secretary Law has traveled 84 kms per day on an average.
Details available with Early Times reveal that official vehicle attached to Law Secretary bearing registration No: JK02 BK -1354(Honda City) travelled more than fifteen thousand kilometers in just 6 months of time (15513 Kms). When the reason for such long distance travels was sought the reply from his office said : " The extra distance covered above 40 kms is because Commissioner Secretary has to travel from Jammu to Srinagar and vice versa in connection with the official work and also has to travel in various districts of state for official work"
"People are fully aware that Commissioner/ Secretary never travel by car from Jammu to Srinagar or Srinagar to Jammu . In addition to it, Law Secretary has no field work , how can he travel to various districts .This is a misleading information " says Bashir Ahmad Malik an RTI Activist from Srinagar
Earlier, information obtained under Right to Information Act (RTI) had revealed that during 6 months (Feb to July 2016) Commissioner/Secretary, Animal/Sheep Husbandry Department traveled a distance of Twenty One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty kilometers (21, 930 Kms), at an average of 164.30 Kms per day, which implies that the officer was travelling eight hours a day.
Pertinent to mention that similar RTI query had exposed a scam involving swindling of public money under the garb of field travel. The information provided to an information seeker had revealed that Commissioner Secretary to Government ARI & Trainings department had travelled more than 19,500 kms in last 6 months and on an average the officer has travelled 136 kms per day.
Under Secretary ARI & Trainings department vide RTI reply No: ARI/Genl/38/2016 dated 24.6.2016 revealed that Department gave all the misleading and incorrect information to the information seeker.
"It is not possible for an officer of the rank of Commissioner/ Secretary to travel 136 kms on daily basis. This is misleading information and reality is that money has been illegally drawn from state exchequer by showing all these long distance travels" says Dr Mushtaq Khan noted RTI Activist
Pertinent to mention that looting state exchequer by government babus under the name of tour and travel is not a new thing. Recently it was revealed how State Motor Garages and its senior officials were using official vehicles despite not being entitled for them. Government has to bear heavy expenses on fuel charges and maintenance of these vehicles. The Govt vehicles continue to be "misused" by the officials despite directives from the government that only those officials can use the services, who are entitled for the same.
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