Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 29: Vigilance Organization Kashmir today presented a challan against the officers and officials of PHE Divison Baramulla, accused of abusing their official position and the beneficiaries were fraudulently regularized.
Challan, in terms of section 173 Cr PC, in case FIR No. FIR 13/2010, under Section 5(2) of Jammu & Kashmir Prevention of Corruption Act, r/w Section 420,467,468, 471,120-B RPC, was produced in the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption Baramulla, after obtaining proper sanction for launching prosecution from the competent authority.
The brief facts of the case are that VOK had registered a case after conducting verification into the fraudulent regularization of daily rated workers and their subsequent drawl of salary by the officials of PHE Division Baramulla through illegal means during the period 2005-06. The accused public servants by abuse of their official position in league with each other, under a conspired plan, made appointment/ regularization of beneficiaries as regular employees in PHE Division to confer undue benefit upon themselves and the beneficiaries.
The investigation of the case was concluded as proved against the accused for launching prosecution.