Mr. Jagmohan, who remained the Governor J&K from 26 April 1984 to July 1989 and 19 January 1990 to 26 May 1990, took steps for improving quality of administration and weeding out the officials of doubtful integrity and thus earned appreciations from the common man. Mr Jagmohan had ordered premature retirement for some officers and had also disallowed the private practice to Government doctors. But some of his actions did not either stand to the judicial tests or were undone when the political governments returned. Governors rule has been imposed once again in J&K from 9 January 2015. Among other things, the J&K Governor after taking over has focused on the need for streamlining the administration and taking corrective measures for eradicating corruption form government services.
Now Shri NN Vohra too has shown his intentions for action against the corrupt order as well as the corrupt officials. Vohra Ji has been the Union Defence Secretary, Union Home Secretary and has also earned confidence of Sh Atal Behari Vajpayee Ji as well as S. Manmohan Singh ji. He was appointed as interlocutor for J&K during the previous NDA Government and was later on appointed as J&K Governor in 2008 by UPA-II Government. Therefore, the people who know Sh. Vohra well, after he has shown his intentions for taking action against the corrupt system, are suggesting that Governor rule in J&K should remain for some more time so as to accomplish the project corruption clean India that in a way the BJP led NDA Govt in Delhi has promised to Indian people.
No doubt during Governor rule government in general can not take major decisions but in the case of J&K atleast on two occasions some notable legislative as well as administrative decisions / actions have been taken.
During Jagmohans rule some government officers were given premature retirement invoking the provisions Rule 226 (2) of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Service Regulations by issuing orders like Govt. Order No. 300 GR of 1986 dated 25-4-1986, Government order No.189GR of 1986 dated 11.4.1986, 1986, Govt. order No. 947 GR of 1986 dated 31 July 1986, etc. But since either the cases were not well structured before issuing orders or the petitions challenging some of the orders were not that well contested during judicial / legal review by the governments in the courts , some of the retired employees could hence get relief at some stages of the trials in the courts.
It has also been learnt that Governor has been told by administrations / GAD/ Chief Secretary that it has become difficult to screen out the corrupt elements since the annual performance report / records are incomplete in many cases. Therefore, keeping in view the fate of the orders issued in 1986 and the incompleteness of the records utmost care need be taken while taken action against the corrupt officers. In 1986 the officers were given premature retirement with pensions, that too favoured their petitions in courts. So, this time cases should be well structured and if at all orders are issued the same should be preferably dismissal orders. So, therefore, before any such order is issued Honble Governor must call the case files of officers and court case records concerning orders like Govt. Order No. 300 GR of 1986 dated 25-4-1986, Government order No.189GR of 1986 dated 11.4.1986, 1986 and Govt.order No. 947 GR of 1986 dated 31 July 1986 so that any loop holes, where ever left in 1986, could be plugged this time.
Daya Sagar
Jammu
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