JAMMU: Crime Branch Jammu has presented challan against Dr Shashi Gupta, ex-Principal GMC (presently posted as HOD Gynecology SMGS) and Kashmira Singh, retired Under Secretary, before the Court of Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu.
According to the Crime Branch, one Surjeet Singh, son of Harnam Singh of Simbal Camp filed a written complaint mentioning that Dr Shashi Gupta had committed serious offences as she applied for four days casual leave but thereafter remained absent unauthorizedly for more than four years and went abroad without any authorization.
On her return she was allowed to join back her services and was even given promotion without settlement of her absent period .She was, thereafter, accorded promotion by the Public Service Commission on notional basis with effect from 23.04.1995 and on regular basis with effect from 26.7.1996. However, the Govt. vide its order No. 494-HME of 1996 dated 26.7.1996 granted her promotion with effect from 23.04.1994 in violation of the PSC recommendations. \
It also came to picture during the investigation that Dr Shashi Gupta owing to her illegal promotion has also withdrawn lakhs of rupees from the State exchequer and the officers/officials of the Health and Medical Education Department had, in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy hatched with the beneficiary Dr Shashi Gupta, issued different orders in order to confer undue benefits upon her, in misuse of their official position.
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