Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 2: The Vigilance Organization Kashmir today registered two cases against Administrators/ Executive Officers of Municipal Committee, Pahalgam and Chief Executive Officers of Pahalgam Development Authority (PDA).
The cases were registered against the Administrators/ Executive Officers of MC Pahalgam, Chief Executive Officers of PDA and others under Prevention of Corruption Act on the outcome of an enquiry regarding irregularities in functioning of the two bodies.
The enquiry revealed that different purchases have been made by Municipal Committee Pahalgam from year 2000 to 2015 without adhering to codal formalities, besides causing huge loss to the State exchequer.
The enquiry also revealed that appointments/ regularizations of consolidated/class 4th employees were made by the Administrators/Executive Officers of MC Pahalgam in total violation to prevailing rules and procedures etc.
Besides, some employees were appointed at MC Pahalgam, who belonged to other districts. The payments of Rs. 4,26,058 were made to various quarters by the officers/officials without adopting the codal procedures and prior approval from the competent authority.
In addition to these allegations, the Vigilance probe revealed that Pahalgam Development Authority was allowing illegal constructions in Pahalgam particularly Mavoora and Yenned area in total violation to the directions of the High Court of the State.
Besides the store indent, stock register and income expenditure statements of PDA have also huge discrepancies and there were bungling in allotments of paying guest house schemes in the area.
“This showed that the Administrators/ Executive Officers of MC Pahalgam, Chief Executive Officers of Pahalgam development Authority and others have abused their official positions resulted in pecuniary benefits to themselves and beneficiaries and loss to the State exchequer from time to time which led to invoking the provisions of Anti-Corruption Act and other Sections against them,” an official handout said.
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