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| SKIMS official convicted for fraud, forgery | | Court directs for recovery of Rs.2.19 lakh undue salary | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 8
The Court of Special Judge, Anti Corruption, Kashmir convicted Ghulam Rasool Ganie, Security Supervisor, SKIMS Soura, Srinagar for three years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs.20,000 for commission of offence under section 5(2) Prevention of Corruption Act, three years rigorous imprisonment for offence under section 468-RPC and two years rigorous imprisonment for offence under section 471-RPC, besides recovery of undue salary of Rs.2.19 lakhs for producing fake Matriculation certificate and tampering Army discharge certificate for getting employment / promotion. However, the Court ordered the terms of punishment will run concurrently.
Case FIR No. 80/99 P/S VOK was registered on August 17, 2001 after a preliminary enquiry prima-facie established that Ghulam Rasool Ganie, Security Supervisor in SKIMS Soura, Srinagar had managed his promotion as Security Supervisor by producing fake Matriculation certificate. In the course of investigation authenticity of the Matriculation certificate, on the basis of which he was promoted a Security Supervisor in SKIMS, was got checked from the Board of School Education (BOSE). The BOSE authorities denied the issuance of any such certificate and intimated that J.R Rathore was functioning as Chairman of the Board on October 31, 1992 and not Peerzada Ali Mohammed, whose signatures appear in the forged certificate.
As regards the verification of forgery in the Army discharge certificate, the investigation revealed that Ganie had actually served as Rifleman in J&K Light Infantry from March 24, .1976 to September 18, .1981 but the certificate produced by him was showing his designation as Naik instead of Rifleman. The accused on the basis of fake matriculation certificate and tampered Army discharge certificate and managed his promotion as Security Monitor and Security Supervisor taking the illegal benefit in the salary, which was calculated to be Rs.2,19,757 for the period from August 22, 1991 to September 30, .2000. Thus the accused, by abuse of his official position obtained illegal pecuniary benefits for himself and corresponding loss to the state exchequer committing offences U/S 5(2) P.C Act 2006 r/w 468, 471-RPC.
After obtaining the sanction for prosecution, the challan of the case was produced in the court of law on May 1, 2002. The Court convicted the accused SKIMS official on the basis of the evidence adduced by the CPO Vigilance Organization in the Court of Special Judge Anti Corruption for three offences as defined U/S 5(2) P.C Act and 468, 471-RPC.
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