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| They don’t fear at all even in Governor’s rule | | Wrongdoers going scot free | | R.B. Suri | 7/26/2019 11:46:36 PM |
| The wrongdoers in the Police Scam and the Scam pertaining to Mediclaim Insurance Scheme for the employees and the pensioners of the State Government are going scot free in the Governor's Rule of Satya Pal Malik. They do not fear at all even in the Governor's Rule. When these scams were detected, the Governors of the state N.N. Vohra and Satya Pal Malik had ordered the enquiries in these financial episodes but up till now, no findings have come in the public domain resulting which the delinquents are passing their days happily and the money swindled by them is being used for their personal gains?
Therefore, it becomes obligatory on the Governor Satya Pal Malik to stem the rot and the guiltiest are punished severely without any further loss of time otherwise wrong signals would go to others to commit the same scams in the days to come. Probes and findings are two different things over which the governments of the State and the Centre usually go very slow resulting which the delinquents in our country go scot free and pass their luxury lives after acquiring the properties - land and flats in the posh colonies in the Metro and other big cities besides having the huge balances in the Banks and their houses. By the power of their assets and the money they (delinquents) purchase the people at the helm of affairs while probing of their guilt's and their misdoings and misdeeds.
There is no doubt that the governments discharge their role in ordering for the Probes in the big scandals and the scams but after that go under hibernation. For the over three decades, this bad practice is going on in the country but no tangible results have been seen with the result that the wrong doers mostly the top Bureaucrats in our state are having the open field in committing the big wrongs during their tenure of the service careers. It is quite relevant to mention here that some times, the probing agencies do their jobs judiciously and honestly and after having conducted the Probes they submit their finding reports to the respective governments for taking the deterrent administrative action against the wrong doers but the competent authorities or Investigating agencies adopt the slow approach in dealing with things on this score.
Usually, it has been observed that delays are generally made in taking the action against the wrong doers and with the results the governments get changed in the next elections. Some times, the probing agencies do their jobs judiciously and honestly conduct the Probes but they don't submit their finding reports to the respective governments for taking the deterrent administrative action against the wrong doers. This is very strange indeed. Their findings never see the light of the day as they don't come in the public domain. I want to concentrate on the two scams and the scandals happened in our state -
1. Police Scam
After having done the Audit of J&K Police, the Accountant General, J&K had furnished the detailed 'Audit Report' to the Jammu and Kashmir government of the time and had sought for the detailed reply and the compliance to the certain objectionable paras of the said report where under it was pinpointed therein the grave irregularities and defects about the financial scam involving an amount of 116 crores of rupees drawn from the state exchequer during the Last Assembly/Lok Sabha elections held in 2014.
This was a big financial scam which came to lime light in the year 2016 and there was no such instance of scam of such nature in the past. In this scam, top heads of (SPs and SSPs) the various Districts of the state are involved in it. While drawing the fake and fabricated bills from the various Government Treasuries of the state , the top of the Districts had shown the registration numbers of the scooter, bikes, tractors, bulldozers and the nos. of their private cars and vehicles in connection with the transportation of the men and materials for the purpose of the conducting of the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections held in 2014. It is pertinent to mention that the money amounting to crores stands withdrawn from the different treasuries functioning in the state under the Security Related Expenditure (SRE).
The scam was exposed by the CAG during the audit of a sample of nine SSPs, SPs and the DDCs who got over Rs 116 crore’s from the PHQ for the carriage of constabulary and hiring of the vehicles under SRE. All these stand mentioned by CAG in its letter to the State Government enclosing there in voluminous report of 162 pages. The statutory annual audit of every government department is essential as per the stipulations as laid down in the law of the land and at the same time, it is very much obligatory on the part of the Accountant General of the state to submit the Audit Reports of the concerned departments operating in the state of Jammu and Kashmir after having conducted the said Audit every year as per the stipulation as laid down in the law of the land, to the State Government for the rectifications of the defects and the irregularities committed by these department during their workings.
The Administrative Secretaries of the State Government are very much responsible for getting the defects and the irregularities as communicated or pointed out by the Auditors of the Accountant General during their course of the audit, rectified at the earliest possible. Over the years, it has been observed with serious concern that not to talk of the minor mistakes but the major and glaring violations are not complied with by the State Government for the reasons best known to it. Major paragraphs of these audit reports are always avoided to comply with and the same are going on hanging in fire for the years together and the Accountant General of the state goes on issuing the various reminders on the subject but it is painful to note that the State Government leaves the issues involved untouched.
It is also worth mentioning here that after having completed the said audit in every department of the state, the Audit Teams of the Accountant General hold the meeting with the concerned departmental heads after having getting the small defects and the irregularities rectified on the spot, send the major note paragraphs under the signatures of the Accountant General J&K to the State Government for the rectifications. Having received the same, the State Government takes these very lightly to deal with the same resulting which these glaring violations never complied with properly.
For making of the compliance in all respects, the Accountant General of the state goes on reminding the State Government for getting all the serious defects and the irregularities as pointed out in the various audit reports rectified at the earliest. It is quite pertinent to mention here that the AG J&K reported that the State Government is treating these defects and the irregularities as TRASH. For the over three decades, this bad practice is going on in the state but no tangible results have been seen resulting which that the wrong doers are having the open field in committing the big wrongs during their tenures of the service careers. it has been observed that the delays are generally made in taking the action against the wrong doers and resulting which and the passage of time, the governments get changed in the next elections. Though the probe in the issues of the Police Scam occurred during the last Lok Sabha and the J&K Legislative elections of 2014 was ordered during the Governor's Rule - Probe in to the Police Scam involving an amount of 116 crores of rupees drawn from the state exchequer on the fake bills and the vouchers during the Last Assembly/ Lok Sabha elections held in 2014, was ordered by the then Governor of the state N.N Vohra as the scam was related to the expenses incurred on the movement of the Police personnel from one place to another in the state during the Lok Sabha and J&K Legislative Assembly elections 2014 in the regime of Omar Abdullah. it was pinpointed by the AG J&K that the grave irregularities and defects about the financial scam involving the huge an to the Jammu and Kashmir government of the time and had sought for the detailed reply and the compliance to the certain objectionable paras of the said report. The people of the state came to know about the same from the print media in April 2016. The situation demands that the new Governor Satya Pal Malik should issue the orders for putting the findings of the probe before him in the right perspective so that the wrongdoers are not go scot free otherwise, it would be a signal to the wrongdoers that there is nobody who can harm them administratively or through Judiciary.
It is the high time to act promptly and the Governor may instruct the State Administration for putting before him the findings of the probe done by the 'Investigating Agencies'. It is worth mentioning over here that some top Police heads in the government set up enjoy the patronage of the political leaders in power because of which they commit such crimes as they know that in case they are held criminally liable and responsible, they manage to use their influence in getting the clean chits from the Vigilance organizations of the state. This is very unfortunate. The Governor's action, on this score, is very important indeed. While doing the Audit, the Auditors of the AG J&K found glaring and instances of grave irregularities in the transportation of the police officials, vehicles and the constabulary from one place to another across the state for conducting of the Parliament and Assembly elections in J&K.
Pertinent to mention here that it is very unfortunate in this country that whenever a small fish in the governmental set up i.e. Patwari / Girdawar or a Revenue clerk of the DC Office is found involved in any sort of corruption or the embezzlement, he or she is always discharged from the Government service. On the contrary, when the higher officers of the Civil Administration or of the Police Administration are involved, they always go scot free as the State Governments protect them and even give them the promotions also. There should be some sort of fear of Governor Administration. Whosoever founds guilty should be booked immediately. This paper and a English daily of Jammu Journey line have brought certain glaring wrongdoings of the present DGP of the state and sought for the action by the Governor of the state Satya Pal Malik soon.
2. Medi claim Insurance of the Employees and Pensioners done by Reliance General Insurance Company of Anil Ambani.
With great pump and show, the Medi claim Insurance Scheme was launched in the state from September last year for the benefit of the Employees and Pensioners. Subsequently the same was withdrawn and cancelled effecting from January 1 , 2019. Since the Governor of the state Satya Pal Malik smelt some fishy deal and giving of Rupees 100 crore under hand money by the Insurance Company representatives to the officials of the Finance Department of the state for the finalization of the said scheme. It is also on the record the Governor of the state Satya Pal Malik for having said time and again that he had an input about the giving of corruption money Rs.100 crore by the Insurance Company of Anil Ambani to the officials of the Finance Department of the state.
It is very strange to see that the Governor's administration is not discharging its responsibility to deal with the culprits or the wrong doers of the captioned two financial scams occurred in our state. They have not been booked as yet under the law of the land resulting which they are going scot free. They do not fear at all as they treat themselves as the Kings and are passing their lives luxuraly. Better course for the Governor's administration is that whosoever are guilty into these financial scams should have been removed by now as was done by the Governor's administration in the case of the former Chairman of J&K Bank Parvez Ahmed.
The Governor's administration has already cancelled the 101 appointments which were made by the authorities of the J&K KVIB illegally. Sorry to state here that the numerous appointments made by the former Chairman of J&K Bank Parvez Ahmed arbitrary still stand, these too must have been cancelled as was done in the case illegal appointments in J&K KVIB.To prove the credibility of the Governor's administration, prompt ans severe action in the aforesaid matters, immediate action is warranted without wasting any further time. Let's hope that the Governor's administration would act in the right earnest. |
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