JammuHC to hear Rajouri Development Authority case on July 4

HC to hear Rajouri Development Authority case on July 4

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(Rajouri):
The Division Bench of J&K High Court comprising Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar and Justice B.S. Walia after hearing Advocate S.S. Ahmed on the issue of non-compliance of High Courts' earlier order to GAD to file fresh status report observed in the open court that matter requires consideration at length and due to paucity of time directed the Registry to list this PIL in the week commencing July, 4 next month.

A well reported Public Interest Litigation filed by Prof. S.K. Bhalla highlighting alleged hushing up of Rajouri Development Authority Scam wherein instead of registering an FIR despite the approval of the Director Vigilance, J&K Vigilance Organization the same was converted by SVO into Regular Department Action against the delinquent officers/ officials of Rajouri Development Authority namely Mohammad Javed Khan the then Chief Executive Officer, Rajouri Development Authority presently Custodian General, J&K Government, Khushal Chand the then Executive Engineer, Devi Dass Heer, Executive Engineer and Gurcharan Singh Junior Engineer, Rajouri Development Authority.

The High Court in its earlier order by the Division Bench comprising Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice B.S. Walia in May last month had directed the General Administration Department to file a fresh status report indicating the appointment of the new inquiry officer.

The then Advocate General D.C. Raina with then Deputy Advocate General Aseem Sawhney had assured the Division Bench that a new inquiry officer would be appointed within three weeks and on the assurance of the Advocate General the Division Bench had directed the Registry to list this matter in the 2nd week of June, 2016 and had further directed the General Administration Department to file fresh status report in this regard.

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