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| VO nabs two JEs in purchase scam | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 12: The State Vigilance Organisation has arrested two engineers of the Public Health Engineering Department and is looking for their accomplices in a case of exorbitant purchases resulting into loss of over Rs 5 lakhs to the state exchequer.
The Vigilance Organization has registered Case FIR No 4/2009- u/s 5(1) (d), 5(2) PC Act 2006 r/w 120-B RPC against three engineers of Public Health Engineering division Bijbehara and two contractors for their involvement in purchase of material on highly exorbitant rates thus putting the state exchequer to a loss of over Rs.5.23 lakhs.
A Vigilance spokesman said that during the course of investigation Habibullah Mir, AEE PHE Sub Division Anantnag and presently AEE, PHE Sub Division D H Pora Kulgam and Mohammad Shafi Teli, the then JE Sub Division Anantnag and presently JE, PHE Division Shopian were arrested while efforts are on to arrest the other accused.
The spokesman said the verification conducted in this connection revealed that execution of work relating to widening of Khanabal- Pahalgam road also involved realignment of pipes. Mangat Singh, the then Executive Engineer PHE Division Bijbehara, in league with Habibullah Mir ,AEE and Mohammad Shafi Teli, JE Sub Division Anantnag, under a conspired plan, dishonestly allotted work of providing and fixing of pipes, especially ‘Sluice Valves’ and ‘Gate Valves’ to contractors Mohammad Altaf Bhat son of Mohammad Jabbar Bhat resident of Uranhal Anantnag and Mohammad Mukhtair Allai son of Mohammad Maqbool resident of Zirpora, Bijbehara, to confer undue benefit upon the contractors and themselves.
The spokesman further said that during investigation it was found that no tendering processes was induced and no market survey for purchase of items to ascertain the reasonability of rates was conducted. The accused public servants, despite possessing knowledge of the fact that purchased material viz ‘Sluice Valves’ and ‘ Gate Valves’ were available in M&P division Srinagar, did not procure the same from the said division. Apart from this, no objection certificate from M&P division Srinagar, as required under rules, was obtained with dishonest intent to effect purchase of items on exorbitant rates. These all essential requirements were willfully dispensed with by accused public servants to achieve object of conspiracy which was to confer undue benefit upon accused contractors and themselves. The rates paid for purchase items were found highly exorbitant as compared to rate contract of Chief Engineer, PHE department Kashmir and prevailing market rates. This has resulted into loss of Rs 5, 23, 694 approximately to state exchequer.
In this manner, accused public servants, dishonestly abused their official position and resorted to aforesaid acts of omission and commission to confer undue benefit upon themselves and accused contractors.
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