Go full throttle against corrupt officials: J&K guv to vigilance dept

JAMMU : Governor NN Vohra on Thursday reviewed the pendency of graft cases with director vigilance organisation, Munir Ahmad Khan and asked him to make systematic efforts to clear all pending cases without any fear or favour.

The vigilance organisation lately has upped the ante against corrupt public servants and beneficiaries.

“Khan, who took over the charge a few days back, apprised the governor about the functioning of the vigilance organisation,” said a Raj Bhawan spokesperson.

“Briefly, till date, 265 first information report (FIR) cases are pending disposal. The major reasons for delay in the disposal of cases include the indifference of the departments concerned in furnishing the related records of cases; stay orders passed by the high court in regard to investigations, production of challans (chargesheets), and delay in the proceedings in the trial courts; inadequate staff for the prosecution offices of newlycreated anticorruption courts; and the State Vigilance Commission Rules, 2013, not being in consonance with the State Vigilance Commission Act, 2011,” the spokesperson added.

Governor said that he will be discussing vigilance functioning with the chief minister Mehbooba Mufti.

He complimented Khan for making a prompt start and advised him to make systematic efforts to clear all pending cases without any fear or favour.

It may be stated here that a New Delhi-based non-government organisation (NGO) ‘Transparency International’, in a survey in 2005, had found Jammu and Kashmir as the second most corrupt state after Bihar in the entire country. JAMMU IGP BRIEFS VOHRA Inspector general of police (IGP), Jammu Zone, SD Singh Jamwal on Thursday called on the governor NN Vohra at the Raj Bhawan here.

Jamwal briefed the governor about the internal security situation in the Jammu region.

While advising the maintenance of strict surveillance on all fronts, the governor asked the IGP to also devote close attention to problems caused by mismanagement of traffic flows and prompt removal of all encroachments on the highways.

He also advised the IGP to ensure strict enforcement of the Control of Noises Act.

Reasons for delay in the disposal of cases include indifference of departments concerned in furnishing related records of cases; stay orders passed by the HC, production of challans and delay in court proceedings. RAJ BHAWAN SPOKESPERSON