Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 19: Division Bench of State High Court comprising Justice Virender Singh and Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar today issued notice to the State in an application seeking Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into multi-crore Roshni scam.
After hearing Sheikh Shakeel Ahmad, counsel for the applicant, the DB issued notice to Chief Secretary, Commissioner/Secretary, General Administration Department, Commissioner/ Secretary Revenue Department and others for filing response to the demand for CBI probe into Roshni scam.
Senior AAG Gagan Basotra and AAG H A Saddiqui waived notice on behalf of the respondents.
The DB also provided copy of the application to the counsels for the respondents in the open court in order to enable them to file detailed response more particularly with regard to Vigilance enquiry into the Roshni scam.
In the application, it has been mentioned that CAG has detected glaring violations in the implementation of the Roshni Scheme and State Vigilance Commission has directed the State Vigilance Organization to register multiple FIRs. However, till date not even a single FIR has been registered by the SVO.
Stating that State Vigilance Organization is a State controlled organization, which is answerable to the State Government in General Administration Department and there is no possibility of free, fair and unbiased investigation, the applicant said, “looking into the magnitude of the scam and in view of the involvement of senior IAS/KAS officers, then posted as Deputy Commissioners in various districts of the State and the then Divisional Commissioners of Jammu/Kashmir Divisions, who abused their official position while implementing the Roshni Scheme, there is every possibility that investigation will be derailed and not taken to its logical conclusion”.
“In order to instill people’s confidence in rule of law and the fairness of investigation the instant scam is required to be entrusted to the premier investigating agency of the country—CBI so that whosoever is involved is dealt under law”, the applicant said.
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