Illegal selections: ACB produces chargesheet against then CEO, others

Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, Nov 24: Anti-Corruption Bureau today produced chargesheet against 34 beneficiaries and Tarsem Lal, the then Chief Education Officer Jammu and others in illegal selections of Class-IV employees in School Education Department.
The chargesheet in case FIR No. 30/2014, under section 5 (1) (d) r/w 5 (2) J&K PC Act 2006 and 120-B, 466, 468 and 471 RPC, P/S VOJ (now ACB) , was produced against Tarsem Lal, the then CEO Jammu (now retired), Surinder Kumar, the then I/C ZEO Khour, Raj Kumar Gupta of Kalli Janni, Jammu, the then Master, Hr Sec School R S Pura, Bharat Bhushan of village Sagoon, Surinsar, the then Master, in the office of CEO Jammu, Sudesh Kumar of Pindi Sarochian, R S Pura Jammu, the then Master GHS Dablalrh and 34 beneficiaries in the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption Jammu.
The accused public servant by way of forgery, tampering of record, fraudulent increase of academic and interview marks, acceptance of Application Forms after due date, finally managed selection of 34 candidates as class-IV employees. The selection of the candidates was done in an unfair, arbitrary and illegal manner by sheer abuse of their official position in order to confer undue benefit upon these 34 illegal beneficiaries. Thus accused CEO under well knit conspiracy with co-accused public servants and beneficiaries by abuse of their authority helped the accused beneficiaries in getting qualified by managing insertion in their records.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau Jammu , after obtaining sanction for launching prosecution against an in service public servant from the Government, submitted the charge sheet of the case as envisaged U/S 173 Cr PC against these accused persons and produced the same in the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption Jammu for judicial determination.
The next date of hearing has been fixed on December 4, 2020.