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| PROBES AND FINDINGS ARE IMMATERIAL | | ACTION WARANTED BUT NOT TAKEN | | R.B. SURI
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 huge properties - land and flats in the posh colonies in the Metros 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 in the 'Investigating Agencies' while probing of their guilt's and the 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 they go under hibernation for long. 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 are having the open field in committing the big wrongs during their tenures 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 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 resulting which and the passage of time, 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 -
PROBES
Police Scam
Medi claim Insurance of the Employees and Pensioners - Done by Reliance General Insurance Company of Anil Ambani
Both the probes were ordered during the Governor's Rule - Probe in to the Police Scam 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 2015 in the regime of Omar Abdullah.
And in the other one - Medi claim Insurance of the Employees and Pensioners - done by the Reliance General Insurance Company of Anil Ambani. This was occurred in the present Governor Satya Pal Malik's time.
1. Police Scam
After having done the Audit of J&K Police, the Accountant General, J&K had furnished the detailed 'Audit Report' where under it was pinpointed therein the grave irregularities and defects about the financial scam involving the huge 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, 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. This was a major financial scam which came to lime light in the year 2016 and there is 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 the 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 116 corers 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. Based upon the same, the Governor N.N Vohra ordered a probe into this big financial scam but the results of which never come in the public domain or in the print and electronic media as on date. People of the state came to know about the same from the print media in April 2016. This means that the major cases of the misappropriations and huge embezzlements have been hushed up and the wrongdoers have been pardoned by the then State Government, it is believed. Now the Jammu and Kashmir state is under the Governor's Rule and the administrative matters are moving nicely with the geared up speed under the command and control of the new incumbent BVR Subramanaym as the Chief Secretary of the state administration. 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. By ordering a probe into the matter, the Governor of the time set an example that no body is above law and whosoever - top Bureaucrats or the big Corporate can swindle the Government exchequer in future. In case the objectionable audit para pinpointing this financial scam in the AG's Report stands replied by the then State Government over which the AG J&K stands apprised and who is fully satisfied by the answers to the various queries raised therein the report and the rectifications of the defects and the irregularities, it is the high time to act promptly and the Governor may instruct the State Administration for putting before hin 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. Since the state is under Governor's Rule, it must leave no chance for the next political government in the state to shield the culprits and the wrongdoers in the months to come. The Governor's action, on this score, is very important indeed. It is important to mention here that Accountant General J&K got conducted the Audit of the Police Administration and during the course of Audit, the Auditors 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. After having conducted the Audit, the Audit Report was prepared by the AG J&K and was sent to the State Government for immediate compliance. In our system of governance, probes are generally ordered and with the passage of time, people forget them and the state authorities pardon the guiltiest and the influential wrongdoers and often withdraw the cases filed against them in the court of law subsequently as a result of which guiltiest and the influential wrongdoers go scot free generally and without any loss to them. But in the administrative set up of the country top brass go scot free and occupy the top posts once again after getting the clean chit from the State / Central Governments particularly the IAS and IPS officers. Even the tainted IAS . IPS officers of the country after their retirements are enjoying their luxurious lives along with their families in and outside the country without any fear.
It is painful to write that now once again, the time has come for conducting of the elections to the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in our state but the findings of the Probe, in question have never in the public domain so far.
Not only this, it is apprehended that this time too, the authorities of the Police Department would adopt the same tactics to swindle the money of the state exchequer to the large extent as they know very much that there is no body who would check them minutely. Therefore, it is the demand of the hour that the Governor's administration to pass on the strict instructions to them for the pre audit of the bills and the vouchers, relating to the movement of the Police personnel from one place to another besides the transportation of the goods and the materials required for the smooth conducting of the polls in the state, by the Finance Department. Certainly. this step of the State Government would go a long way in saving the money collected by the government from the tax payers as far as possible.
2. Probe - Medi claim Insurance of the Employees and Pensioners-
Medi claim Insurance of the Employees and Pensioners -
This was done by the Reliance General Insurance Company of Anil Ambani
After a so called hectic exercise of the Finance Department of J&K Government, the Mediclaim Insurance Policy was launched for the benefits of the regular employees and the pensioners as well with great pump and show by the Governor Administration effective from September 1 last year. Not only this, the employees of the governmental autonomous bodies were also made as the beneficiary of this policy. The State Government had spent a big money for the publicity of the Mediclaim Insurance Policy. It is pertinent to mention here that there were big - full page adds in the various dailies of the state besides publicity in the electronic media also. These adds were issued by the Finance Department of J&K Government and were repeated time and again at the cost of the state exchequer. The Insurance premium was deducted from the salaries and the pensions of the employees and the pensioners of the State Government for the month of October as the Mediclaim Insurance Policy was effective from September 1 last year. It is pertinent to mention here that the said Mediclaim Insurance Policy was offered by the Reliance General Insurance Company owned by a big Corporate of the country Anil Ambani which was accepted as being the lowest bidder by the Governor Administration led by the Governor Satya Pal Malik.
Regarding the said Insurance scheme, the employees and the Pensioners had pointed out certain shortcomings and higher rates of Insurance premium etc etc. under the contents of this policy. Mediclaim Insurance Policy, in question, was discontinued by the State Government with in a month because of the reason that the Governor of the state Satya Pal Malik received number of complaints and it was alleged that a big booty of money was made as a corruption by the officers of the Finance Department of J&K Government. The Governor Malik Sahib pointed out that based upon the inputs he had in this regard were very serious in nature and ordered a in depth PROBE into the entire deal with the Reliance General Insurance Company owned by Anil Ambani. More than six months are already over but it is surprise to state that up till now, no such out come of the probe ordered by the Governor has come into lime light which is a serious issue indeed.
This means that there will not be any Mediclaim Insurance Policy. Now since the said policy is discontinued by the State Government from January 1, 2019 but certainly the officers who remained at the helm of affairs in finalizing the said Mediclaim Insurance Policy contracted by the State Government with the Reliance General Insurance Company, are going scot free without any deterrent punishment. In the beginning, the delinquents were frightened because it was clear that they will be taken to task by the Governor Administration but it has been observed that with the passage of time, the guilty in this entire scam are passing their lives leisurely without any fear.
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. This time too, if the guiltiest are not punished deterrently, the people of this state would consider that the Governor Administration is exactly the same like the political government in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and there is no difference at all. In this eventuality, the guiltiest would treat themselves as the big Supremo as the Kings and consider the state as their or Ancestral property. There should be some sort of fear of Governor Administration.
The outcome of the said PROBE must come in the public domain so that the Public at large may know the exact truth in this episode. |
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