Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 12: The Director Local Bodies Kashmir, Shamim Ahmad Leharwal, today suspended the executive officer of Pulwama and Shopian Municipal Committees for violating the orders of the director for auctioning of the entry tax points at the two South Kashmir district headquarters.
The executive officer of Pulwama and Shopain Municipal Committees, Bashir Ahmad Nanda, was directed by the Director Local Bodies not to auction the entry tax points on his own. He had directed him that a member from Director’s office will supervise the bidding process for transparency.
But Nanda auctioned the entry tax points at ` 36 lakh when the original bid was ` 41 lakh causing at loss of at least ` 5 lakh to the state exchequer. 
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