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CIAA tells ministry to jump
KATHMANDU, JUN 09 -
The Cabinet on Wednesday sacked Chief of Janak Shikshya Samagri Kendra Birendra Kumar Das.
Earlier, the Cabinet suspended him after recommendation from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) and appointed Ram Chandra Silwal as acting chief. CIAA also recommended department action against Das for his alleged involvement in misappropriation of Rs. 70 million in printing textbooks of Grade One to Ten. The Cabinet has formed a committee to investigate the corruption cases in Samaj Kalyan Parishad.
The Cabinet also appointed Ramchandra Adhikari new chairman of Baidhyakhana Bikas Samiti and promoted two Senior Superintendents of Police — Tapendra Dhwaj Hamal and Keshav Bahadur Shahi — to Deputy Inspector Generals.
The Commission also directed the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC) to scrap its decision to give on contract 301 stalls to Kalimati Fruit and Vegetable Market Management Board (KFVMB).
“Officials at the Board contracted stalls without the bidding process for 15 years, amending by-laws. It is a grave violation of Public Procurement Act-2063 and Competition Promotion Act-2063,” said CIAA. Former Agriculture Minister Jaya Prakash Prasad Gupta had formed the Board misusing quota allocated for farmers.
The same board extended the tenure of contracts to 15 years from five years without a formal bidding process, amending by-laws under the Public Competition Promotion and Market Act-2006.
The Commission said that three sets of quota allocated for farmers in the board were “misused” and “malpractices were rampant”. The probe found that “fake farmers” occupied positions reserved for farmers in the board.
Market Development Regulations-2060 has provisioned mandatory representation of three farmers in the 11-member board but no real farmers are represented in the Board. “Investigation shows fake farmers are included in the Board sidelining genuine peasants, and also that anomalies have crossed the limit,” CIAA Spokesman Ishwori Poudel told the Post.
Posted on: 2010-06-10 07:52
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