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| Irregularities at SKICC: Committee completes special audit, detects faults | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 27: A five member committee, constituted to conduct audit of (SKICC) Sher e Kashmir International Convention Centre, have finally completed the audit and submitted a detailed report to Director General Audit and Inspection.
Well placed sources told Early Times that the report, submitted by the committee, is being scrutinized and will be forwarded to Commissioner Secretary Finance. "We have detected a number of loopholes during the audit and have submitted over 100 page report to DG Audit and Inspection," A Committee member confirmed to ET.
Deputy Director Finance Sonika Arora, who was heading the audit committee, did not respond to repeated calls.
Important to recall here, former Tourism Minister Tassaduq Mufti had ordered Special audit of SKICC after removing Director SKICC Yasmeena Khan and attaching the engineering staff. However surprisingly, the Governor Administration has provided 'royal accommodation' to the officer in Jammu.
Earlier Departmental enquiry had found them involved in mass bungling and corruption from last several years. The officials were attached with the Tourism Department.
As reported already, then Director Yasmeen Khan was allegedly operating bank account of the centre illegally as the account was supposed to be operated jointly by the Chief Accounts Officer (CAO) JK Tourism Development Corporation (JKTDC) and Director. The CAO of JKTDC was also having additional charge to deal with the accounts of SKICC.
As per Government order No: 38 -TSM-of 1988 Dated 9.8.1988, the Director of SKICC cannot operate the bank account on its own as it is a joint account to be operated by Director SKICC & CAO of J&K Tourism Development Corporation (JKTDC). As per authentic sources , the order has not been amended till date with some alternate Government order or approval from SKICC board of Governors.
Then Director had also spent more than 20 crores of rupees on civil and electric works from last 3 years in SKICC without following laid down procedures.
The norms haven't been also followed in awarding promotions and other benefits to employees of SKICC. |
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