Friday May 31, 2019 13JE suspended for non compliance

of transfer orderSTATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: The government on Thursday suspended JuniorEngineer, (R&B) Division-I Jammu for non-compliance oftransfer order.

"Vinod Kumar Gupta, Junior engineer, (R&B) Division-IJammu, who is under orders of transfer to J&K State SportsCouncil, has not joined his new place of posting is hereby placedunder suspension with immediate effect for non compliance ofgovernment order," reads the order issued by Khurshid Ahmad,Commissioner/Secretary, PW(R&B) Department.

"Pending enquiry into the matter the official shall remainattached in the office of Chief Engineer, Jammu during theperiod of suspension," the order further stated.

Committee formed for audit of TawiBarrage construction

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: The government on Thursday constituted four-mem-ber Committee for conducting Special Audit for constructionof auto mechanically operated Gated Barrage across RiverTawi.

"Sanction is hereby accorded to the constitution of committeecomprising four officers for conducting special audit of the proj-ect Gated Barrage across River Tawi," reads the order issued byDr Arun Kumar Mehta, Principal Secretary, FinanceDepartment.

"The committee members include Director General CSSPD&MD, Development Commissioner Works, Chief EngineerR&B, Jammu and Director Codes Finance Department," theorder stated and added, "The committee shall submit the spe-cial audit report to Finance Department within 15 days posi-tively."

Six PWD XEns promoted as SEsSTATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: The government on Thursday promoted sixExecutive Engineers (XEns) (civil) as SuperintendingEngineers (SEs) in Public Works (R&B) Department.

"Sanction is hereby accorded to the placement of the six

Executive Engineers (Civil) as Superintending Engineers(Civil), in their own pay and grade, for a period of six monthsor till such vacancies are filled up, on regular basis, on the rec-ommendations of the DPC/PSC, whichever is earlier," reads theorder issued by Khurshid Ahmad, Commissioner/Secretary,PW(R&B) Department.

The promotees include Ghulam Mohi-ud Din Akhoon, TanvirMir, Pardeep Kumar Sharma, Rajan Mangi, Javeid IqbalBukhari and Mufti Imran Shah.

PWD XEn transferred STATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: The government on Thursday transferred ExecutiveEngineer (Civil) Public Works (R&B) Department.

"Sanction is hereby accorded to the deputation of ParshotamKumar Phunsa, Executive Engineer (Civll) R&B DivisionUdhampur to National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) fora period of two years or till his services are required by theNational Highway Authority of India (NHAI) on the standardterms of deputation," reads the order issued by KhurshidAhmad, Commissioner/Secretary, PW(R&B) Department.

"Rajin Gupta, Executive Engineer (Civil) R&B Division,Katra shall hold the additional charge of R&B DivisionUdhampur till further orders," the order further stated.

KAS officer transferredSTATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: Tilak Raj Sharma, KAS, Deputy Commissioner,State Taxes, Enforcement (Kathua) headquartered atLakhanpur has been transferred and posted as AdditionalSecretary, Hospitality & Protocol and Civil AviationDepartments. The order in this regard was issued on Thursdayby Charandeep Singh, Additional Secretary, GeneralAdministration Department.

BoDs of J&K Handicrafts Corpn reconstitutedSTATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: The Government on Thursday reconstituted theBoard of Directors (BoDs) of the J&K Handicrafts (S&E)Corporation. According to an order issued by the Navin K.Choudhary, Principal Secretary, I&C Department, K.Skandan, Advisor to Governor will be the Chairman of thereconstituted Board of Directors.

The Directors include A.K Mehta, Principal Secretary,

Finance Department, Navin K Choudhary, Principal SecretaryIndustries and Commerce Department, Rohit Kansal, IASPrincipal Secretary, Planning & Development Department,Inder Jeet, KAS, Director Handicrafts, J&K, J.S Dua,Incharge Managing Director, Handicrafts (S&E) Corporation,Chairman, Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry,Srlnagar and Chairman, Jammu Chamber of Commerce& Industry, Jammu.

BoDs of J&K HDCL reconstituted STATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: The Government on Thursday reconstituted theBoard of Directors of the Jammu & Kashmir HandloomDevelopment Corporation Limited (J&K HDCL).

"Sanction is hereby accorded to the reconstitution of theBoard of Directors of Jammu of Jammu and KashmirHandloom Development Corporation in terms of Article 76 ofthe Articles of Association (AoA) of the Corporation," reads theorder issued by Navin K. Choudhary, Principal Secretary, I&CDepartment. K. Skandan, Advisor to Governor will be theChairman of the Board while A. K. Mehta, IAS PrincipalSecretary, Finance Department, Navin K. Choudhary, IAS,Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department,Rohit Kansal, IAS, Principal Secretary Planning &Development Department, Anil Raj Kumar, DirectorAdditional Development Commissioner, Handlooms, Ministryof Textiles, Government of India, New Delhi, Rubina Kousar,KAS Director, Handloom Development Department, J&K andRakesh Sharma, Managing Director, J&K StateHandloom Development Corporation Limited, will be itsDirectors.

DC Rajouri reinstates suspended employees STATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: Deputy Commissioner Rajouri ordered the reinstate-ment of Officers/Officials who were suspended for violationof Model Code of Conduct during Lok Sabha Election 2019.

"In view of the shortage of staff and perusal of recommenda-tions made by the Controlling Officers, followingOfficers/Officials who have been placed under suspension forviolation of Model Code of Conduct are hereby reinstated withimmediate effect pending enquiry and directed to report back attheir original place of postings with strict warnings. Controllingofficers shall expedite and complete enquiry within 7 days in the

matter," reads the order issued by Sher Singh, Nodal OfficerMCC and Additional Deputy Commissioner Rajouri.

Those who reinstated include Abdul Rashid, ZEO Rajouri,ZEO Office Rajouri; Sanjay Kumar, Teacher, MS Zone Doongi;Daleep Kumar, Veterinary Pharmacist, VeterinaryPharmacist Centre, Chingus; and Romesh Kumar, Helper,AEE Office Kalakote , PHE Division Nowshera.

Four SHOs transferred STATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: The Senior Superintendent of Police JammuTajinder Singh on Thursday transferred four SHOs.

As per the order, Inspector Inderjeet Singh, District PoliceLines (DPL) Jammu has been posted as SHO Police StationSatwari; Inspector Urfan Parvez, Police Station Satwari hasbeen posted at DPL Jammu; Inspector Mushtaq Ahmed,Police Station Peer Mitha has been posted at DPL Jammuwhile and Sub-Inspector Nayat Ali, Police Station Gangyal hasbeen posted as SHO Peer Mitha.

Business re-allocated to EC membersof LAHDC Kargil

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Chairman/ Chief Executive LAHDC, Kargil onThursday re-allocated the business of Executive Council amongfour Executive Council members.

"In pursuance of the powers vested in me under section 33 (2)of the LAHDC Act 1995, the business of the Executive Councilis hereby re-allocated among its member for convenient trans-action of office business of the Executive Council LAHDC,Kargil," said Chairman/ Chief Executive LAHDC, Kargil in theorder. Executive Councilor Aga Sayeed Mujtaba has been allo-cated the business of Social Welfare, Horticulture, Handloomand Amimal and Sheep Husbandry Department; ExecutiveCouncilor Aga Syeed Abass Razvi has been allocated the busi-ness of Road and Buildings, Mechanical, Food Civil Suppliesand CA, Industries & Commerce, Co-operative and Fisheries &information; Executive Councilor Er Punchok Tashi has beenallocated the business of Rural Development and PanchayatiRaj, Tourism, Handicraft and Zanskar Affairs; and ExecutiveCouncilor Mohd Ali Chandan has been allocated the businessof Health, Revenue, Agriculture, Forest & Soil ConservationForestry, Wild life and Industrial Training Institute.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: The Governmenton Thursday ordered tempo-rary appointment of 15 can-didates as Junior Engineer(Mechanical) in theMechanical EngineeringDepartment under PrimeMinister's Special Packagefor Return andRehabilitation of KashmiriMigrants to Kashmir Valley.

"As recommended by theJ&K Service Selection Board,sanction is hereby accordedto the temporary appoint-ment of 15 candidates asJunior Engineer

(Mechanical) in the pay bandof Rs 9300-34800 (pre-revised) with grade pay of Rs4200 under Prime Minister'sSpecial Package for Returnand Rehabilitation ofKashmiri Migrants toKashmir Valley," reads thegovernment order.

"The appointees shall reportin the office of ChiefEngineer, MechanicalEngineering DepartmentKashmir within a period of30 days from the date ofissuance of this order," theorder stated and added, "Theappointment order of Junior

Engineers (Mechanical)under Prime Minister'sSpecial package shall bedeemed to be cancelled ab-ini-tio, in case, at any stage, itemerges that the certificates/documents produced by theconcerned are fake or forged."

The appointed candidatesinclude Akshey Bhat, RohitMagotra, Umar Mukhtar,Vinod Koul, Rahul Sher,Ashwani Kumar Raina,Vishal Pandita, Vineet Bhat,Rahul Bhat, Mehak Kar,Romil Raina, VijaydeepSingh, Nitish Kichloo, VishalRaina and Amit Koul.

15 candidates appointed as JEMechanical under PMSP

AGENCYNEW DELHI: TheSupreme Court suggested tothe high courts onWednesday not to grantanticipatory bail to thosewho default on the goods andservices tax (GST), andreminded them that the SChas upheld the TelanganaHC's decision not to grantbail to such defaulters, theTimes of India said in areport.

On April 18, a division ofthe Telangana HC hadupheld the authority andpower of the commissioner ofthe central goods and servic-es tax (CGST) to arrest andrejected any interim relief tothose accused of violating theCGST Act, 2017.

On May 27, the SupremeCourt dismissed an appealagainst the HC order. TheCentre had argued thatCGST officers were notpolice and hence not requiredto follow the provisions of theCriminal Procedure Code,which mandates registrationof FIR prior to arrest, theToI report mentioned.

However, the Bombay highcourt had passed a series oforders granting pre-arrestbail to CGST Act violatorson the ground that theCGST officials had not regis-tered any FIR as warrantedunder the CrPC. Followingthese orders, the Centre hadfiled a bunch of appeals inthe SC against the Bombayhigh court orders.

Challenging the BombayHC's orders, solicitor generalTushar Mehta saidParliament had segregatedCGST Act from CrPC andprovided a separate proce-dure for dealing with offend-

ers. Mehta said the HC'sorders had brought "func-tions of the directorate gen-eral of GST intelligence to agrinding halt".

According to the daily, avacation bench of ChiefJustice Ranjan Gogoi andJustice Aniruddha Bosesaid, "As different highcourts of the country havetaken divergent views in thematter, we are of the viewthat the position in lawshould be clarified by thiscourt. Hence the notice."

"As the accused-respon-dents have been granted theprivilege of pre-arrest bail byhigh courts by the impugnedorders, at this stage, we arenot inclined to interfere withthe same. However, we makeit clear that the high courts,while entertaining suchrequests in future, will keepin mind that the SupremeCourt by order dated May 27had dismissed the specialleave petition filed againstthe judgment and order ofthe Telangana high court in asimilar matter, wherein thehigh court of Telangana hadtaken a view contrary towhat has been held by thehigh court (of Bombay) inthe present case. Beyond theabove, we do not consider itnecessary to observe any-thing further," the ToI reportquoted the top court as say-ing in the notice.

However, senior advocateMukul Rohatgi requested theCJI to delete the reference tothe apex court upholding theTelangana HC order as itwould "close all doors" for theaccused under CGST Act toseek relief. The benchrefused to oblige and said,"That is the whole idea."

Woman injured as Pak violates ceasefire STATE TIMES NEWS

POONCH: A woman was injured as Pakistan troops vio-lated ceasefire and resorted to mortar shelling and smallarms firing on forward posts along the Line of Control(LoC) in Poonch district on Thursday, officials said.

The 35-year-old woman, identified as Hanifa Bi, wasinjured and admitted to a hospital, they said.

The Pakistan army resorted to firing of small arms fol-lowed by shelling with mortars in Bagyaldara forwardarea of the district during midnight, the officials said.

The Indian troops guarding the LoC also retaliatedbefittingly.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Jammu recordedits hottest day of the seasonso far on Thursday with amaximum temperature of43.6 degrees Celsius -- fournotches above the normal,the meteorological depart-ment said.

The minimum tempera-ture in the city, however,settled at 26.1 degreesCelsius, which is 1.2degrees Celsius below thenormal, a spokesperson ofthe MeT department said.

After remaining severaldegrees below the normal

till last week, temperaturesin Jammu and Kashmir'swinter capital have spi-ralled over the past fewdays.

The maximum tempera-tures on Wednesday andTuesday were 42.8 degreesCelsius and 41.1 degreesCelsius respectively.

Katra, the base camp forpilgrims visiting the famousVaishno Devi shrine inReasi district, was the sec-ond hottest place in Jammuon Thursday with a high of40.2 degrees Celsius, thespokesperson said.

Jammu records season'shottest day at 43.6 degrees C

GST defaulters may getarrested without FIR,

anticipatory bail unlikely