Greater Kashmir

SRINAGAR | July 15, 2014, Tuesday

STATE

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‘Misuse’ of official vehicles by Dy CM

Govt recovers
fuel charges from
‘delinquent’ officers
Around 20000 litres
of POL illegally issued
between 2009 and 2012
UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 14: The ghost of alleged doubledrawl of fuel and misuse of official vehicles by
the Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand and his
persona staff has returned to haunt the National
Conference- Congress government.
Following High Court directions in a PIL, the
state government has started the process for recovery of fuel charges from the officers of the line
departments who have issued the same to the vehicles used by Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand
and his personnel staff between, 2009 to 2012.
In a communiqué (HUD/Lit/ 83/ 2014, dated
10-07-2014), the Housing& Urban Development
department has directed departments including Lakes & Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA), Srinagar Development Authority
(SDA), Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC),
Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC), Jammu
Development Authority (JDA) and Urban Local
Bodies Kashmir (ULBK) to recover the fuel charges of vehicles attached with Tara Chand and his
staff from the officials involved in issuing it.
“I am directed to request you to kindly recover the amount against total quantity of POL,”
the letter from Financial Advisor, HUDD reads.
“It is further requested that the actual amount
shall be calculated from your records for effecting
recovery from delinquent officials immediately.”
According to tentative details worked out by
HUDD, the letter states, the cost of fuel (19552
litres) supplied to the vehicles attached with
the Dy Chief Minister and his staff works out to
around Rs 11. 73 lakh. Of this Jammu Municipal
Corporation has issued fuel worth Rs 680700, Srinagar Municipal Corporation Rs 134340, LAWDA
Rs 221640, Jammu Development Authority Rs
38940, Srinagar Development Authority Rs 23100,
Urban Local Bodies Jammu Rs 30000, Urban
Local Bodies Kashmir Rs 36600 and Urban Envi-

JMC
SMC
JDA
SDA
LAWDA
ULBJ
ULBK
UEED
TOTAL

Qty of Fuel
(in Litres)
11345
2239
649
385
3694
500
610
130
19552

Cost
680700
134340
38940
23100
221640
30000
36600
7800
1173120

ronmental Engineering Department Rs 7800. The
fuel was supplied to the vehicles in clear violation
of the rules and regulations.
In its status report filed before the High
Court, the State Vigilance Organization had
submitted that 18 vehicles - nine each of State
Motor Garages and security wing of JK Policeremained allotted to Tara Chand and his staff.
According to the report, the fuel was supplied by
LAWDA, SDA, SMC, JDA, JMC, ULBK, ULBJ and
UEED on different occasion between 2009 to 2012.
According to sources the Vigilance Organization is also investigating excess drawl of money by
the personal staff of Tara Chand against air travel.
“The personal staff of the Dy Chief Minister used
to make several copies of a single air ticket utilized
by the Minister and get it reimbursed from various
field wings of the H&UDD,” Vigilance sources said.
They said in another case an expenditure of
around Rs 10 lakh was made by LAWDA during
2009 on organizing a Hawan at the MA Road official residence of the Dy Chief Minister in Srinagar.
When contacted, Secretary Housing & Urban
Development Department, Satish Nehru confirmed the development. “We have identified
the officials involved in issuing the fuel and the
process of recovery is on,” he said.

Too many aspirants delay finalization of mandates
Jammu East, Jammu West, Nagrota, Reasi, Bani, Raipur Domana, Kathua most sought after seats
YOGESH SAGOTRA

Jammu, July 14: Grappling with infighting and too many contenders claiming
party mandate for one seat, Jammu and
Kashmir unit of Bhartiya Janata Party
(BJP) is having a tough time resolving
differences within the party.
According to party insiders, the biggest problem BJP was facing is that
there are too many contenders staking claim for the party mandates from
various constituencies making it difficult for the party to finalize the names.
“Too many persons claim representation for a single seat which is
ultimately delaying finalization of
candidates for upcoming assembly
polls,” party sources said.
They said that infighting for tickets

has started in the party as senior leaders
are eyeing the constituencies considered as party’s stronghold like Jammu
East, Jammu West, Nagrota, Reasi,
Bani, Raipur Domana and Kathua.
Sources added that state BJP state
president, Jugal Kishore Sharma, who
won Lok Sabha polls from Jammu-Poonch
seat, wants mandate for his brother Nand
Kishore Sharma from Nagrota Assembly
segment, which is considered as safe seat
as it is being won by BJP since 2002.
Another seat that is in great demand
is Jammu West, which has been a
party stronghold for a long time and
is presently represented by Chaman
Lal Gupta - BJP’s rebel leaders.
As per sources former mayor of
Jammu and general secretary of party
Kavinder Gupta, Yudvir Sethi, in-

RECEIPTS
Opening Balance
Cash
Bank

AMOUNT AMOUNT

PAYMENTS
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
442430.00
Construction/repair of building
5446751.80 5889181.80 Sports Articles
Furniture/Matting
Tuition/Admission fee
7638980.00 Library Books/Newspaper
Games Fund
16180.00 Laboratory equipment
Building Fund
40320.00 Loan for Higher Education
Library fund
5630.00 Purchase of Building
Laboratory Fund
9339.00 Amount Transferred from IMS
Printing Charge
582870.00 REVENUE EXPENDITURE
Donation on printing Materiel
208758.00 Salary to Staff
Donation Collection
1330402.00 Purchase of Stationery & Forms
Misc. Receipts
363134.00 Rent of Building
Bank Interest
216685.00 Refreshment/Functions
Grant in Aid
37240.00 TA/Conveyance
CPF Act/Insurance
72765.00 Misc. expenditure
Donation on Calendars
111545.00 CPF Act/Insurance
Administrative Charges
128774.00 First Aid/Seminars/Functions
Mali Imam Mali Sadat
0.00 Printing Charges
Life Membership
135000.00 Revenue Stamp/Stationery
Educational Loan Recovery
17700.00 Red Cross
Donation on Books
287447.00 Sports Fee
Sadka Fitar/Nazar-o-Niyaz
90005.00 Postage/Telephone
Grant in Aid to Schools
1050000.00 Registration of School
Encashment of FDR's
1430856.00 Petrol for School Van
KAS Material
8150.00 News Paper
Loan from Imamia Model School
5860000.00 Publicity and Publication
Recovery of Salary
2300.00 Printing of Calendar
Loan from Schools
20000.00 Telephone Charges
Coaching for Higher Classes
107300.00 Electric Charges
Petrol/Repair of Veh.
Aid to Poor/Orphan Students
Honorarium to Molvies
KAS Coaching Material
Printing of Question Paper
Edu. Coaching Charges
Cutting/Tailoring charges

Total 25660561.80

Closing Balance
Cash
Bank

AMOUNT

6521920.00
354008.00
276035.00
205670.00
103022.00
128774.00
293610.45
468419.00
166675.00
41920.00
6508.00
37107.00
69065.00
38200.00
13817.00
102300.00
82510.00
14500.00
14975.00
4066.00
40285.00
510718.00
3417.00
74111.00
580000.00
312824.00
36033.00

426206.00
745433.35 1171639.35
Total 25660561.80

Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2014

Liabilities

Capital Fund
Opening Balance
Add: Life Membership Fees
Add: Surplus during the year
Current Liabilities
Orphan Fund
Mali Imam

Amount

43692166.00
135000.00
1805034.55
247843.80
64276.18

Total

Amount

45632200.55

312119.98

45944320.53

24488922.45

Assets

Amount

Fixed Assets
As per schedule "A"

(Amount in Rs.)

Amount
43858561.20

Loan & Advance
Education Loan
Misc. Loans

802000.00
0.00

Current Assets
Cash in Hand
Cash at Bank

802000.00
426206.00
857553.33

Total

45944320.53

Tara Chand, who is facing anti-incumbency and charges of corruption.
For high profile Gandhi Nagar Constituency many BJP leaders have already
started campaigning on their own.
Former IGP and BJP leader Farooq
Khan, Rajeev Charak, Vikaram Randhawa are some names making rounds
for the seat, which was lost by party’s Dr
Nirmal Singh to Congress heavyweight
Raman Bhalla in the last elections.
A senior party leader wishing not
to be named said that BJP top brass
was caught in catch 22 situation as too
many people are staking claim on one
seat making their job difficult.
He said that party was expected to
release the first list in the first week
of July but due to differences within
it may take more time.

Pentac-20,
Sifspas tablets
fail quality tests

Srinagar, July 14: Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment Mian Altaf has asked the
forest department to make third party monitoring system more effective and ensure that
inspection reports of the works, conducted by
the agencies engaged for the purpose, are submitted in time to the government.
The minister was reviewing status of the projects taken up under CAMPA scheme in the state.
Secretary Forests, Principal Chief Conservator Forests, Director Social Forestry and
Conservator Forests (CAMPA) were present
on the occasion.
Underling need for focusing attention on

plantation, the minister asked officers to go for
massive plantation on open forest land particularly along the roads so that pollution due to
vehicular traffic is checked. He asked concerned
officers to speed up work on the projects started
across the state under CAMPA.
The meeting was informed that Rs 59 crore
stands expended during last financial year
on various programs taken up under CAMPA
scheme in the state while Rs 49.50 crore have
been earmarked for current fiscal. Apart from
this, the social forestry department has incurred
Rs 6 crore under the scheme during last financial year, the meeting was told.

FIXED ASSETS SCHEDULE "A" AS ON 31/03/2014

(Amount in Rs.)

AMOUNT

1089768.00
34436.00
54021.00
6230.00
4488.00
122000.00
7467490.00
5210000.00 13988433.00

charge Jammu-Poonch constituency
and Priya Sethi president women’s
wing also claim stake for the said seat.
For Jammu East, besides several
party leaders, sitting MLA Ashok
Khajuria and former women president
Sakina Bano are the main contenders.
Another general secretary of party,
Bali Bhagat is seeking mandate from
Raipur-Domana constituency, which
is being represented by Bodh Raj, who
was earlier expelled from party for
allegedly cross-voting. Bodh Raj was
later re-inducted in the party.
There is also a tug-of-war for
the Khour Assembly seat between
Chaman Lal and Dr Ashok Bhagat
who recently joined the party.
The constituency is presently represented by state’s deputy Chief Minister

Mian Altaf for effective third Spurious Drugs:
party monitoring of projects DFCO books
‘` 50 cr earmarked for current fiscal under CAMPA’
manufacturers,
dealers

Head Office Auqaf Complex Alamgari Bazar Srinagar Kashmir 190011
(Amount in Rs.)

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RECEIPT AND PAYMENT ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2014

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Particulars
Land & Building
Furniture and Fixture
Vehicle
Electronic Equipments
Sports Articles
Labortary equipments
Books
Computer

Opening
Balance as
on
01/04/2013
32934872.00
1326163.00
483859.00
120800.00
67152.00
381383.00
192825.00
83100.00
Total 35590154.00

Additions
8180696.20
42821.00
0.00
0.00
34172.00
4488.00
6230.00
0.00
8268407.20

Closing Balance as at
31/03/2014
41115568.20
1368984.00
483859.00
120800.00
101324.00
385871.00
199055.00
83100.00
43858561.20

Srinagar, July 14: The
enforcement wing of the Drug
& Food Control Organization
(DFCO) has booked some
manufacturers and dealers
who were found involved in
manufacture and sale of substandard drugs.
According to DFCO, these
drugs include Pentac -20
capsules (batch No: PLPT08125) manufactured by M/s
Technica Labs & Pharma Pvt
Ltd. Plot No 100 Sec.7, IIE
Haridwar UK and Others,

Sifspas tablets (batch no:
6J-197) manufactured by M/s
Mkbro Health Care Pvt Ltd
83-Mulanpur Road Ludhiana, and others and Antacid
Liquid 170ml (batch no: 133)
manufactured by M/s Adorit
Pharma Pvt. Ltd. 48, Garoba
Maidan, Nagpur.
The Controller Drugs Dr
Baldev R Sharma has asked the
manufacturers, distributors,
retailers, regulators and consumers to extend their cooperation in ensuring availability of standard quality drugs
to the masses. He has warned
that any person indulging in
unethical trade shall be dealt
sternly as per the law. GKNN