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| Mineral Corpn's official in Vigilance net | | | EARLY TIMES REPORTER
Jammu | Aug 8: The State Vigilance Organization today presented charge sheet(challan) in the Hon'ble Court of Special Judge, Anti Corruption Jammu against the accused Bodh Raj, Storekeeper, Surjeet Singh Foreman, J&K Minerals Ltd, Jammu and Kuldeep Singh Chadha, Proprietor M/S Mansfield Cable, Noida Gaziabad, U.P. in Case FIR No 18/1997 under section 5(2) P.C. Act Svt 2006 read with Section 120-B, 167-A, 420-A RPC, Police Station Vigilance Organization, Jammu, for purchase of sub-standard cables causing loss of Rs 4.86 lacs to State Exchequer.
Investigation conducted by SVO revealed that during the year 1995 J&K Minerals Ltd purchased 1000 meters each of 3 core copper conductor 10 Sq.mm single wire armored PVC Cable (Mining Type) 1.1 KV and 3 core copper conductors 25 Sq.mm PVC cable double wire armored (Mining Type) 1.1 KV from M/S Mansfield Cables Ltd for Rs 4,86,000/- for underground installation in the Coal Mines of Kalakote. The cables were installed in Metka Mines Kalakote which bursted within three days after its installation and became non functional/ useless. The cables procured by the J&K Minerals Ltd were not approved by the Director General Mines Safety (DGMS). Even the supplier was not registered with the DGMS Dhanbad, Jharkhand for manufacturing 3 core copper conductor cables. The certificate produced by the supplier firm prior to the procurement was illegible and did not pertain to the material intended to be purchased by the J&K Minerals Ltd. Surjeet Singh, the then Foreman, J&K Minerals Ltd, Kalakote Mines gave an incorrect certificate to the effect that material was inspected by him and found correct as per specifications. The material was not DGMS approved and mining type which was bought on stock of Coal Mines, Kalakote without conducting any survey which was prerequisite. In this way the accused persons in furtherance of criminal conspiracy and by misuse of official position purchased the substandard cables for Rs 4.86 lacs thereby conferring undue monetary benefit upon themselves and the supplier firm and thus caused corresponding loss to the State exchequer. The next date of hearing in the case has been fixed on September 16, 2007
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