Jammu, Feb 12: Anti-corruption Bureau registered a case against one Shahid Buch and officials and officers of JDA in constructing commercial flats without seeking mandatory permission from JDA in complete violation to then prevailing Building By-laws.
ACB acted on a complaint alleging that one Shahid Buch had constructed commercial flat on the land falling in khasra No. 185 and 186 at Village Satwari after obtaining permission from BDO on 4-12-2014. whereas the area falls under jurisdiction of Jammu Development Authority and had been notified as local area of JDA vide SRO-44 dated 2-2-1971 and also in schedule-A of notification No. SRO-263 dated 9-8-2004.
The probe revealed that Shahid succeeded in constructing commercial flats without seeking mandatory permission from JDA in complete violation to then prevailing Building By-laws.I
The JDA officials who were duty bound to take timely legal action to stop the illegal construction in JDA notified area maintained criminal silence and remained mute spectator till the structure was erected and probe initiated by ACB.
The notices u/s 7 (1) and 7 (3) of Building Operation Permission Act required to be issued at the very inception of illegal construction were issued lately on 24.08.2015 and 31.08.2015 respectively providing ample opportunity the beneficiary for to constructing illegal commercial flats.
The officers / officials of JDA being hand in glove with the beneficiary builder wilfully abused their official positions conferring undue benefit corresponding exchequer upon him with to the state loss.
The aforementioned acts of omissions and commissions on the part of then JDA officers/officials who remained instrumental in facilitating the construction of illegal commercial flats under the name and style Charam Wood Estate and owner constituted offences punishable under sections 5 (1) (d) r/w section 5 (2) of J&K PC Act Svt. 2006 and section 120-RPC.
It is not only the case CTN is in possession of lot of documents, where people wanted to get their plan sanctioned but by the harassment by present CTP/non technical KWO/Inspectors, people constrained to go for constructions, which caused multi crore loss to Govt exchequer by was of permission fees.
In a case of such kind of big illegality by STP, Jagdish Hans, despite complaints, no Senior Officer acting for building permission over the illegal rejection of permission by STP vide no. CTP/JDA/BPC/ 1039-41 dtd.2/2/2021, but adjoining the proposed site, countless big Godowns are constructed.
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