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| Administrative propriety brutally violated, Khan obliquely does Pole's job | | Transfer of 11 Patwaris in Udhampur Tehsil | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Dec 23: Former Deputy Commissioner (DC) Udhampur Baseer Khan's decision to reshuffle eleven revenue officials, four days after cabinet ordered his transfer to Srinagar has upset many and raised questions over administrative propriety, which every officer is expected to follow on being transferred.
Baseer Ahmed Khan, known widely for resisting political pressure, transferred eleven Patwaris of Udhampur district on December 19, 2011 through seven different orders i.e. four days after being transferred. Some of the Patwaris, according to revenue officials in Udhampur, had not completed their tenure of two years.
Questions are being asked as to why despite having been transferred, Khan chose to reshuffle Patwaris in the interest of an administration, whose head he was not anymore. The seven Patwaris transferred have all been given positions much better than the ones they were already holding. Tilak Raj has been transferred from Patwar Halqa Kashirah to Patwar Halqa Rehmbal.
Dinesh Chand has been transferred Patwar Halqa Mada to Patwar Halqa Karlah. Yash P... | |
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| JBA urges Soz to ask govt review its decision | | 'Issue would be settled as per Bar aspirations' | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 23: In a bid to garner support from political quarters for the cause it is fighting for over a month, Jammu Bar Association led by BS Salathia called on J&K PCC President Prof Saif-u-Din Soz here today.
Prof Soz, who reached in the winter capital today had a threadbare discussion with the lawyers over the issue of transfer of registration powers from judiciary, a move which has seen unrest and complete strike by the lawyers of Jammu led by Bar. In the detailed ... | |
| | | | Full Bench directs govt not to issue SRO regarding till next hearing | | Transfer of Registration powers Asks protesting lawyers to resume works | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Dec 23: Full Bench of Jammu & Kashmir High Court Jammu Wing comprising Justice Virender Singh, Justice JP Singh and Justice Hasnain Massodi, today taking serious note of the report submiited by Registrar General State High Court before the Chief Justice on December 21, directed the protesting lawyers to resume work and at the same directed State of Jammu & Kashmir to put on hold the issuance of SRO for transferring powers of registration of documents from Judicial Officers to Executive Officers till next date of hearing.
In this larger interest of the public, the Full Bench after hearing Sr Adv AV Gupta assisted by Adv Aditya Gupta for the Registrar General, Advo... | |
| | | | Barriers, night ambushes laid on 21 new infiltration routes, traditional routes | | Troops ready to foil intrusion bids during foggy days | | | Bharat Bhushan
suchetgarh on ib (jammu), Dec 23: To foil intrusion bids by militants from across the borders during foggy days, that have already set in, troops here have erected additional barriers and laid night ambushes on the 21 newly identified routes and the old routes.
Additional forces were deployed on all these routes in Jammu and Kashmir, a senior army officer said.
The identification of 21 new infiltration routes involved a hectic drill undertaken by counter-insurgency (CI) agencies with the help of border dwellers and troops, he informed.
The survey in this regard was carried out by the agencies some time back on the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) i... | |
| | | | Tension grips GMC hostel after MBBS student beaten | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 23: Tension today gripped the undergraduates hostel of government medical college (GMC) at Reshamghar Colony here after a MBBS student was beaten by some other students inside his room.
Police sources said Ibrar Ahmad, son of Mohammad Khalid of ward No 10, Rajouri, was inside his room at undergraduates' hostel for MBBS students at Reshamghar Colony when he was assaulted by other hostlers.
Sticks were also used by the attackers, the sources added.
Ibar, who had sustained wounds on his hands and other body parts, was admitted to the GMCH.
Police had registered a case in this connection.
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| | | | Where are the Maharaja's jewels? No idea | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 23: Hundreds of diamonds, rubies, gold bars and other valuables owned by Kashmir's Maharaja Hari Singh seem to have gone missing. An appraisal done by the Sotheby's in 1983 for the Jammu and Kashmir government had valued the Maharaja's treasure trove to be around Rs 5,000 cr.
An RTI activist, who sought information on the treasure from the J&K government, says that the current value would be Rs 100,000 cr at least. The J&K government on the directions of High Court had made an inventory of all the items, but that list is missing. Bashir Assad, the RTI activist, told this newspaper that he was verbally conveyed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's Secretariat ... | |
| | | | Court upholds Govt order on Inter-district recruitment | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Dec 23: Upholding government order on inter-district recruitment, the High Court today lifted the ban and vacated the stay on such recruitment.
While rejecting the PIL against the Government decision , ther Court vacated the stay paving way for Services selection Board to carry on with the pending selection process.
Confirming the decisioin Chairman Services Selection Board D S Bhagat told a local news agency," Court has vacated the stay, observing that the petitioners had no valid reason to ask for the withdrawal of the order."
He said that court has upheld the government stand on the issue. Bhagat further added that the court is also hearing the writ petition... | |
| | | | Tenders for Baghliar I & II allotted without proper procedure | | RTI petition brings JKPDC under scanner CVF Kishtwar demands probe into irregularities | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
kishtwar, Dec 23: The Power Development Corporation (PDC) alloted tenders for construction of Baghliar Iand Baghliar II having the capacity of 450 MW each to Jai Prakash Industries Limited without inviting national or global tenders as required by rules. This was stated by PDC Information Officer I A Kakroo in response to an RTI petition filed by Mashood Ahmad Matto who heads the Chenab Valley forum Kishtwar.
"The bid for construct of Baglihar Hydro Electrical Power Project (BHEP) stage I was awarded to Jai Prakash Industries Limited after the Board of the Directors JKSPDC in its 4th meeting held on 29-07-1997 had decided that Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will be adop... | |
| | | | Congress of contradictions | | Lawyers' Strike | | | Neha
jammu, Dec 23: Something is patently wrong with the Congress party in Jammu and Kashmir. Its leaders are singing one song and its ministers singing another tune and doing exactly the opposite. The case in point is the ongoing fierce controversy over the NC-Congress coalition government's unanimous decision on the transfer of registration powers from the courts to the revenue officials. Another case in point is the positive attitude of certain Congress leaders to the ongoing lawyers' strike. The strike has evoked tremendous response from the people of Jammu province for various reasons, including their realization that they would be the worst sufferers in case the judiciary is divested... | |
| | | | Time for leadership to intervene without losing a minute | | Health of Congress | | | Rustam
jammu, Dec 23: Congress party might have made some inroads in Kashmir Valley, but it has become thoroughly unpopular in Jammu province. It is Jammu province which kept the Congress alive after 1975, notwithstanding the Congress high command's mind-boggling decision to bring down its own government in the state and hand over the state power on a platter to the votary of plebiscite Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, whose outfit is wrecking the constitution from within and systematically vitiating the political atmosphere in the state by raking up divisive issues, instead of focusing on issues of governance. The Congress has been enjoying power in the state since 2002 primarily because of Jamm... | |
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