Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 25: The State Vigilance Organization has booked then District Social Officer, Kupwara for abusing his official position and making illegal appointment in the department.
A case FIR has been registered against accused Gh Mohi-ud-Din Bhat of Wahipora, then District Social Welfare Officer Kupwara who allegedly made illegal appointment of one Nazir Ahmad Mir of Bungam Langate as Orderly in the Social Welfare Department, Kupwara thereby conferring undue pecuniary advantage upon the said beneficiary with corresponding loss to the State exchequer.
The preliminary investigations revealed that the accused officer in the capacity of District Social Welfare Officer Kupwara, in connivance with accused beneficiary Nazir Ahmad Mir, had issued a series of orders which paved a way for the illegal appointee to claim his appointment in the department.
The omissions and commissions on the part of the accused public servant constitute offences punishable under Section 5(1), (d) read with 5(2) P.C. Act 2006 and 120-B RPC.
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