Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 5: The High Court today directed the School Education Department to submit all records and particulars of those officials who are involved in Elementary Teachers Training Colleges scam before the Crime Branch.
Hearing PIL with regard to irregularities and embezzlement in ETT Colleges across the State, the Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Alok Aradhe passed the direction after perusal of status report filed by the IGP Crime Branch Kashmir Syed Ifahadul Mujtaba in tune with previous directions.
IGP, in his status report, with regard to investigation in the scam has submitted that the School Education authorities are not cooperating with the investigating agency.
After these submissions by IGP Crime, Court observed that this action (non-cooperation) on part of the education authorities suggested that the officers in the department are involved in the scam which has culminated into an FIR No. 36/2013.
In view of these facts, Court directed the Director School Education to place all record pertaining to the case before the investigating agency as also the details of those officials against whom FIR is registered.
Court has also left it open for the CB to take action against all the concerned who are not cooperating, if, Court said, the submissions of IGP are correct.
It may be mentioned here that the Court had directed the CB to inform it regarding the action taken against the other institutions who have committed the violations similar to those against whom action stands already initiated and IGP Crime, was directed to report regarding the criminal investigation and prosecution.
The investigation is carried in the scam by Crime Branch Kashmir as well as by Crime Branch Jammu in connection with two FIRs registered one at CB Jammu and another at CB Kashmir and Court is monitoring the investigation in which till date various revelations have come before the Court about the bungling and irregularities in ETT Colleges throughout the state.
In one of the reports, it is alleged that the candidates were lured and amounts, ranging from Rs 45,000 to Rs 80,000 were extracted from each one of them through touts for providing them degrees and certificates by these ETT colleges.
Enquiry report further alleged that these institutions were allowed and permitted to run the courses without issuance of NOC from the State Government, which is granted after inspection of these colleges.
As court has already held that insatiable human greed has caused immense damage to our educational system as such the whole country will become nation of block heads, thus making its future dark.
Another report filed before the Court also revealed that a mafia in league with BOSE authorities is involved in this huge scandal and almost 480 colleges are operating in the entire State out of which 80 are in Kashmir Division and 320 colleges in Jammu Division and two FIRs have been registered with regard to ETT scam as one in Kashmir and another in Jammu Division.
In one of the communications sent by Chairman BOSE to IGP Crime because of the enquiry report of Joint Secretary BOSE and offence u/s 120-B (Criminal Conspiracy) has been added to the FIRs, which would mean that a conspiracy was allegedly hatched by the BOSE authorities with the owners of ETT institutes resulting into registering of FIR at Crime Branch Srinagar as well as Crime Branch Jammu.
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