Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 7: The Vigilance Organization Kashmir, Srinagar has booked Custodian Evacuee Property Abdul Majid Wani for making illegal appointments in connivance with Custodian General Evacuee Property, J&K.
A case FIR number 22/2014 under Section 5(1) d, read with 5(2) PC Act Svt 2006 and Section 120-B RPC has been registered against the duo.
The case was registered following an inquiry into the complaint alleging that the duo had appointed Khurshid Ahmad Khanday of Pushwan Tral (brother in law of Custodian) and Javid Ahmad Bhat of Hariparigam tehsil Awantipora (cousin of the then Custodian) in the department initially on consolidated basis on 12-11-2003 and 15-07-2005, respectively on monthly wages and thereafter with in a short span of time regularized these relative beneficiaries as Orderlies in a graded pay scale on 16-08-2004 and 26-10-2005 respectively.
These beneficiaries were later promoted in violation of all codal formalities as Junior Assistants during the year 2004-05 on pick and choose basis. The Vigilance established that these engagements and their subsequent regularization and promotions were based on back door entry, nepotism and favouritism whereas the genuine and deserving candidates were not given the chance to compete in the process of engagement or proper recruitment in utter violation of rules and regulations.