Anti corruption Bureau produced chargesheet in Case FIR No. 12/2010 PS VOK (Now ACB) against 27 accused persons including 19 public servants and 8 illegal beneficiaries before the Hon’ble Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption Baramulla in a case related to alleged misuse of official position & illegal appointments/ regularization in PHE Dept by the officers/ officials of PHE Division Baramulla.2. The instant case was registered on the outcome of the verification conducted by ACB into the allegations of illegal appointments/regularization etc. 3. The investigation conducted by Anti-Corruption Bureau has revealed that the Government had issued an order for regularizing service of daily rated workers of PHE Dept of Kashmir Division who had completed 07 years of service in different PHE Divisions of Kashmir as Helpers. But about 8 beneficiaries were fraudulently appointed/ regularized as Helpers under the garb of the said Govt. Order by the accused public servants, when the names of these appointees were not existing in the said Govt. Order No. 288 PW of 1996 dated 28.09.1996 and as such they were not entitled for such regularization and their appointment and regularization was illegally affected by the accused officers/officials by way abuse of their official positions under a well knit conspiracy hatched with these accused beneficiaries. The investigation conducted by ACB has also revealed that the accused public servants in league with these accused beneficiaries have also resorted to cheating and forgery of records. 4. On the basis of cogent and clinching evidence brought on record by the ACB, the investigation established the commission of offences U/S 5(1) (d) 5(2) of the prevention of corruption Act, Samvat 2006 r/w section 120-B, 420, 467, 468, 471 RPC against the 19 accused public servants including 8 illegal beneficiaries
