Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 16: State Vigilance Organization has booked the then Executive Engineer, Mechanical Irrigation Construction Division, Wazir Bagh Srinagar and two Assistant Executive Engineers for misusing their official position and causing loss of more than Rs 18 lakh to the State exchequer.
According to the SVO spokesman, Nisar Ahmad Dar, the then Executive Engineer, Mechanical Irrigation Construction Division, Wazir Bagh Srinagar, Assistant Executive Engineers namely Tasaduq Hussain Dar and Karamjeeet Singh have been booked on the basis of an enquiry.
During enquiry, it was established that these engineers by misuse of their official positions placed orders for design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of 11 KV 3 phase Trivectro Meters with M/s Bashir Brother’s, Red Cross Road, Srinagar and M/s Srinagar Mechanical Works, College Road, Wazir Bagh Srinagar during the year 2011-12 and 2012-13 on very high exorbitant rates. In this way, they caused loss of more than Rs 18 lakh to the State exchequer.
“The omissions and commissions on the part of these public servants constitute offences punishable under Section 5(1) (d) read with Section 5 (2) J&K Prevention of Corruption Act, and Section 120-B RPC”, the spokesman said.
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