Jammu, Nov 12: J&K ACB registered case against Raman Puri, then Chief Engineer, Mughal Road Project, PWD (R&B) Department, beneficiary company M/s Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. and others Jammu and Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau has registered a case under Prevention of Corruption Act on outcome of a Verification conducted by ACB into the allegations relating to award of payments in the construction of Mughal Road from Bufliaz to Shopian-Pulwama, wherein Chief Engineer purportedly admitted the claims of the company, which the department controverted.
The matter involved serious financial stakes, resulting huge loss to the government exchequer 2. During the course of verification, it came to fore that tender was invited through Joint Commissioner Works/ Chief Engineer Mughal Road Project PWD (R&B) Department on 15.03.2005 and after due procedure, the award of contract was allotted to M/s Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. for ₹214,40,00,000 by Development Commissioner Works on the approval/ recommendation of State Contract Committee.
An agreement into this effect was entered vide Agreement No. 61 PW(R&B) of 2006, dated 06.02.2006 wherein the date of start was 01.03.2006 and date of completion as 36 months i.e 28.02.2009.
Thereafter, the supplementary agreement drawn on 25.01.2010 has been entered into the parties for ₹126.64 crores, with date of completion as 31.03.2011.
The extension of time was further granted with time of completion upto 15-02-2012. As the work was not completed upto the prescribed time i.e 15.02.2012, the company again raised the issue for grant of extension of time for delay.
The matter was referred to Arbitration for settling the disputes so raised.
. The verification conducted further revealed that Chief Engineer Raman Puri used to interact/meet with representatives of M/s Hindustan Construction Company Ltd outside his office without
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