Custodian General, Custodian Evacuee Property in Vigilance net

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.