Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 8: Crime Branch Jammu today presented challan against Dr Shashi Gupta, ex-Principal GMC (presently HOD Gynecology SMGS) and Kashmira Singh, retired Under Secretary, before the Court of Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu.
According to the Crime Branch, one Surjeet Singh, son of Harnam Singh of Simbal Camp filed a written complaint mentioning that Dr Shashi Gupta had committed serious offences. He informed the Crime Branch that immediately after joining as Lecturer, Department of Gynaecology GMC Jammu, she applied for four days casual leave but thereafter remained absent unauthorizedly for more than four years and went abroad without any authorization.
However, on her return she was allowed to join back her services and was even given promotion without settlement of her absent period despite the fact that her period of absence was treated as Diesnon vide Govt. order dated 3.7.1997. She was, thereafter, accorded promotion by the Public Service Commission on notional basis with effect from 23.04.1995 and on regular basis with effect from 26.7.1996.
However, the Govt. vide its order No. 494-HME of 1996 dated 26.7.1996 granted her promotion with effect from 23.04.1994 in violation of the PSC recommendations.
On the receipt of this complaint, a preliminary verification was initiated in Crime Branch and during the course of enquiry contents of the complaint against Dr Shashi Gupta were found true. It also came to the fore during the investigation that Dr Shashi Gupta owing to her illegal promotion and conferment of undue favour has also withdrawn lakhs of rupees from the State exchequer and the officers/officials of the Health and Medical Education Department had, in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy hatched with the beneficiary Dr Shashi Gupta, issued different orders in order to confer undue benefits upon her, in sheer misuse of their official position.
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