Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 14: A local court today directed the police to lodge a First Information Report (FIR) against the officials of J&K Bank for retaining the certificates of its class IV employee without any justification.
Third Additional Munsiff Srinagar in a complaint moved by one Mohammad Rafiq Sheikh directed the SHO Chanapora Srinagar to register an FIR and proceed under law in the matter against the President HR, J&K Bank Ltd, AVP HR, J&K Bank and Branch Manager Chanapora.
“This court being empowered in terms of Section 156(3) Cr.P.C, the SHO Police Station Chanapora is directed to lodge FIR in the matter in hand and proceed under law. Office shall forward a copy of this order along with the copy of the application to SHO Police Station Chanapora for compliance”, read the court direction.
The complainant-Sheikh had sought lodgment of an FIR against the non-applicants on the grounds that he was severing in J&K Bank as Sweeper and at the time of his appointment he had submitted his original certificates i.e. 10th Class Marks Card, DoB Certificate, Higher Secondary Part 1″ Marks Card, PRC and Experience Certificate to the bank and receipt was issued to that effect by the bank.
In the year 2002 the applicant approached the Labour Commissioner for release of his bounce which was not paid instead the bank officials hatched a conspiracy and managed to lodge an FIR against the applicant and thereafter in 2006 he was verbally informed that his services have been terminated and the applicant requested the bank officials to hand-over his original certificates which were not returned despite repeated requests.
The applicant-complainant also filed a written complaint before the SHO seeking lodgment of FIR and when the SHO did nothing he also approached the SSP but nothing happened thereafter a suit came to be filed for damages against the bank for the loss suffered by him.
The Police Station Chanapora has reported that the documents are lying in the J&K Bank Head Quarter and that the complainant is not receiving the documents deliberately. Court said, in case the same had been the matter then the concerned Bank Authorities would have presented the documents before the police when the complainant had approached the police in the year 2021.
The police report also states that when the documents were sent to the complainant through post and he denied to receive the same, however, copy of the postal receipt reflects the date as 06.09.2021. To this, court said this again implies that when the applicant was terminated from his services in 2006 why his documents were not handed over to him in 2006 only and this again suggest that the non-applicants have retained the documents belonging to the complainant without any justification.
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