SRINAGAR: With the state authorities making claims over the eradication of the corruption menace from the state, the details reveal that out of 113 registered cases, challan against only few have been submitted with rest still pending to be heard.
Since the year 2012, 113 cases against the officials working in various government departments in Kashmir were registered with the figures maintaining that most of the cases are still under investigation.
In the year 2012, the state vigilance received 34 cases of corruption against officials in Kashmir division and the 12 were challaned in the court of law while 22 cases are yet to be given the final verdict.
In 2013, there were 19 cases registered with the challan produced against only two and the investigation pending in 17 cases.
In 2014, so far the state vigilance has received 31 cases and all remain pending.
In addition to that28 cases were registered in Jammu in the year 2012, with two challaned in court and two cases not proved.
In the year 2013, 17 cases were registered and all are under investigation while as in the year 2014, 22 cases were registered and all are pending.
Meanwhile, the details also informed that 79.06 lakhs have been spent by the state government here on State Vigilance Commission (JKSVC) so far and a total number of 1083 complaints of corruption have been received by the Commission, 831 cases are still pending.
Reliable sources in the state vigilance commission that till date the commission has received 1083 complaints out of which 250 have been disposed and 250 are under investigation. It was informed further that more than 590 complaints are pending without being looked into or investigated. The reason provided by the commission over this delay was the dearth of the staff in the commission.
Details informed hat SVC informed the government that 82 posts need to be filled for the commissions smooth functioning. The cabinet rejected the file- stating the number is too high and the same needs to be reduced. The commission went back to the government this time with 74 posts but till date no action has been taken.
SVC Chief Commissioner, Kuldeep Khoda when contacted said that the commission has already asked the government for the filing up of the post and some persons have already joined the commission while as some are expected to join in the coming time. (KNS)
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