Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 18: District Election Officer (DEO) Bandipora has asked the Director Urban Local Bodies (ULB) Kashmir to act against a BJP Councillor in Municipal Council, Bandipora for holding fair price shop licence in violation of the norms.
As per details, Councillor of Ward No. 4 of Municipal Council Bandipora Saleema Akhter is in a possession of the Fair Price Shop (FPS) license for Ward No. 6 of Bandipora, keeping the concerned authorities in the dark.
In this regard, the President of MC Bandipora moved a complaint against the said councillor before the DEO, which was inquired by the Additional District Development Commissioner Bandipora.
Further, the inquiry officer submitted his detailed report vide No:-ADDC/BPR./2022-23/482 dated:-10/05/2022 and then the case was deliberated upon and was perused threadbare.
In this connection, a letter has been written by the DEO, Bandipora to Director Urban Local Bodies (ULB) Kashmir which reads: “It came to note that disqualification of any representative falls under section 16 of Jammu & Kashmir Municipal Act 2000. It is further requested that the person in context has been elected and her candidature has to be decided by sub-section 2 of section 16 of this act, for which Director Urban Local Bodies is empowered enough by virtue of the said Act and has to take a call as laid down in the sacred provisions of the Law.”
The letter has requested the concerned to take the appropriate action as warranted under norms “as the elected representative is having FPS license for Ward No. 6 of Bandipora and is at the same time as an Elected Councillor from Ward No. 4 MC Bandipora.”
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