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STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: MLA Jammu East and BJP Chief Whip RajeshGupta on Sunday started the work of the construction of a toi-let complex and a change room at Parade Ground. The facilitiesare meant to be used by the players as changing room andwashroom. The estimated cost of the project will be Rs 11 lakh.

AEE Zulfikar Shapoo from J&K Sports Council, ParadeSports Association President Vijay Sabharwal, Dr. AnilMahajan, Sanjay Sharma, Randhir Singh Jamwal, HarshNayar, Pawan Gupta, Kapil Mahajan, R.P Bedi, RajinderSaini, Amarjeet Singh, Suresh Bharti, Manmeet Singh, AshokGupta, Bhanu Pratap, Sameer Khajuria, Sanjay Bali, VikrantSharma, SSP J&K Police Romesh Bhatt and Rajesh Gill ChiefProsecuting Officer also accompanied the MLA.

Karan Singh, Ramesh Sharma, Kuldeep Kandhari, ChandanGupta, Raj Kumar,Prem ,Dinesh Varmani, Gopal Gupta,Rajesh Gupta, Hari Om Sharma, Rajesh Nischal, SubhashAnand, Balkrishan, Darshan Singh and Rakesh Khanna werealso present.

MLA Rajesh starts developmental work

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: A meeting ofCentral Body of JammuKashmir Teachers Forum(JKTF) was held on Sundayunder the chairmanship ofSoorat Singh ToofaniProvincial General Secretaryto discuss various issueswhich the teacher communi-ty is confronted with and thepresent educational scenario.

The speakers in the meet-ing strongly condemned theunjustified , unwanted, dra-conian, arbitrary and arro-gant order issued by SDMMahore authorising Patwarito inspect governmentschools and even teacherscan be suspended on thereport of Ex-Sarpanch.

"It is very shocking andshameful on the part ofGovernment as teachingcommunity is being humiliat-ed in such a manner by lowrank employees of otherdepartment who have noth-ing to do with the educationdepartment. It was alsostressed upon the authorities

to strengthen the internalmechanism by constitutinginspections and monitoringdepartment committees or toappoint nodal officers fromeducation department if needarises to monitor and checkthe schools, speakers said.

The forum appealed theEducation Minister to inter-vene for withdrawal of suchtype of illogical, biased anddraconian order which candent the image, honour anddignity of teachers' fraterni-ty.

Yograj Slathia , RajenderGupta, Ravinder Singh,Kuldip Singh, Mohd. Iqbal,Shayam Badyal, DarshanSharma, Shankar Chib,Kuldeep Singh Bandral,Shanti Saroop, BharatBhushan, P.D. Singh, MajidChoudhary, RajeshwarSambyal, Subhash Sharma,Surinder Sharma, VinodSharma, Rohit Gupta, ShivKumar, Subhash Singh,Narinder Chib andJaswinder Singh were alsopresent on the occasion.

JKTF condemns orderissued by SDM Mahore

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Rotary ClubJammu Midtown onSunday held a programme

at Jammu Club for theinstallation of the RotaractClub Midtown Brood whichis sponsored by them and

also at this occasion twochildren were adopted bythe club whose educationthroughout the life will besponsored by the club.

On the occasion, theDistrict Governor of theDistrict 3070 Dr.Parvinder Jit Singh wasthe Chief Guest. He con-gratulated President ofRotaract Club Abhai SinghBhadwal and SecretaryJayant Sehgal on beingelected for the next term of2018-19. Rotarians pres-ent were Sushma Gupta(President),Rakhi Singhal( S e c r e t a r y ) , S u n i t aBhadwal, Sushil Singhal,Meena Jamwal and H SDua.

Rotaract Club Midtown Brood installed

A Rotarian speaking during a programme.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: A delegation ofS K U A S T - T e a c h i n gAssociation Jammu(SKUAST-TAJ) led by itsPresident Dr. VikasSharma met Minister forFisheries, Animal andSheep Husbandry, AbdulGani Kohli at his residenceon Sunday and submitted amemorandum regardingstrengthening of faculty ofVeterinary Sciences andAnimal Husbandry ofSKUAST-Jammu andsanction of additional fac-ulty for Dairy Technology.

Vikas Sharma informedthe Minister that

Veterinary Sciences is anintegral part ofAgriculture and more so inthe present context whenGovernment of Jammu andKashmir is emphasising onthe integrated farming sys-tem approach, which isvital for enhancing farm-ers' income. Dr. Sharmafurther said that it is feltthat existing faculty ofVeterinary Sciences shouldbe further strengthenedand new faculty of DairyTechnology be established,the case for which isalready lying with theState Government since,2005

General Secretary of theassociation Dr. Vivak. M.Arya expressed thatupgrading of the existingVeterinary faculty ofSKUAST-J throughincreased capital infusiontogether with structuralprofiling and reenergizingthe current humanresource available and pro-viding better operationalfacilities for focused R&Dprojects having State'sspecificity, shall yield tan-gible results.

After giving a patienthearing to SKUAST-Jteachers, Minister assuredfull support to SKUAST-Jammu from present StateGovt. and informed thatthe matter regarding sanc-tion of new faculty of DairyTechnology will be takenup with APD and PlanningDepartment for its earlysettlement. The deputa-tion comprised of Dr. VivekM. Arya - GeneralSecretary, Dr. P.K. Rai -Joint Secretary, Dr. RajeevBharat-Treasurer and Dr.Amitesh Sharma.

SKUAST-TAJ urges Kohli for strengtheningVeterinary Sciences faculty

SKUAST-TAJ member presenting memorandum to Cabinet Minister A.G Kohli.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Jammu, Kashmirand Ladakh AllDepartments clerical staffAssociation condemned therecent statement of theFinance Minister in a televi-sion interview wherein he hascategorically refused toremove the pay anomalies ofClerical Cadre with theimplementation of 7th PayCommission.

While addressing the pressconference, Babu HussainMalik and Ravi Singh Bhauappealed to all the clerical

cadre employees and otheremployees of JammuDivision to support the callfor complete pen down strikeon April 16, 2018 and toassemble in front of UdyogBhawan, Rail HeadComplex, Jammu to showtheir solidarity with the cleri-cal cadre employees who arefighting tooth and nail to getthe matter of removal of payanomalies settled once andfor all. An appeal was alsomade to all the district bodiesof clerical cadre to observecomplete pen down strike in

the District Headquarters toassemble in their individualDistrict DevelopmentCommissioner's Office toprotest against the recentstatement of Minister andanti Clerical Cadre approachof the government.

Bharat Bushan, NazirAhmad Bhat, MunishSharma, Ashok Singh, YashPaul Sharma, MeenakshiSharma, Anil Mehta, GurmeetSingh, Brijesh Mehta, BharatBushan Kotwal, Mohd Latif,Onkar Verma, Ansuya Gupta,Umar Jan, Seva RamRathore, Kuldeep Kotwal,Farida Bano, Yash Sharma,Ranbir Singh, Vikas Chander,Vikas Sharma, MukhtyarSingh, Gurjeet Singh, KirpalSingh, Mohd Sadiq, ArunSharma, Naresh Sharma,Ajay Sharma, Om Prakash,Sandeep Singh, ShamsherSingh, Darshan Angurana,Sham Lal, Sudershan Singh,Ali Mohd, Uday SinghPathania, Mangal Singh,Sukhbir Singh and RaviKumar were present in themeeting.

Clerical staff to observe pen down strike today

Employees leader Babu Hussain Malik talking to reporters.

STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Justice M.K Hanjura ofJ&K High Court while quashingFIR registered by the VigilanceOrganisation against the thenAssistant Custodian Jammu(Former MLC PDP) Asgar Ali inthe year 1986 observed thatwrong/incorrect or even an illegal orperverse order cannot fall within thedefinition of an offence under theprovisions of the Prevention ofCorruption (PC) Act merely becausesome procedural irregularities arenoticed by the court.

After hearing Advocate AbhinavSharma appearing for Asgar Aliobserved that no finality is attachedto an order passed by the AssistantCustodian. "It can be challengedbefore the authority designatedunder the Act as has been done inthe instant case. The power to beexercised by the Assistant Custodianis a power vested with him under astatute and under the colour of hisoffice he exercises the power of acivil court. Therefore, the action ofthe petitioner in passing an orderunder Section 8 of the Act would notfall within the purview of Section5(1)(d) of Prevention of CorruptionAct. An order passed by the civilcourt which is bad or perverse wouldnot per-se mean that its maker canbe prosecuted under the provisionsof the Prevention of Corruption Act.In such a case the scheme as provid-

ed and postulated under the Act hasto be followed by the aggrieved per-son", the court observed.

According to the case in whichpetitioner Asgar Ali has soughtquashment of FIR, Abdul Majid,son of Abdul Aziz, resident of ChakMohammad Yar Tehsil R.S Pura,Jammu filed an application underSection 8 of the Evacuees'(Administration of Property) Act,2006, on February 20, 1981 beforethe then Tehsildar (AssistantCustodian), Jammu namely,Mohammad Aslam, seeking restora-tion of the land situated at villageDeeli, Tehsil Jammu, comprisingSurvey Nos. 285, 286/1, 287 and372 measuring 47 Kanals 14 Marlasand under Khasra Nos. 283, 284,286/2 and 373 measuring 47 Kanals4 Marlas belonging to one AllahDitta, son of Noor Mohd andKaramfllahi, son of Fazal Din, onthe ground that he is their sole heir.Since the application was filed aftera period of 35 years approximatelyfrom the date, the evacuees had leftthe place, therefore, the AssistantCustodian made an endorsement onthe aforesaid application to thateffect. However, the then Custodianproceeded ahead and issued a noticeinviting objections from the generalpublic which was published in anewspaper and, thereafter, theCourt recorded the statements of thewitnesses produced by the applicant

in support of his application seekingrestoration of the land. The afore-said application came to be dis-missed for non-prosecution and wasconsigned to records. Subsequently,the same was restored to its originalnumber by the then Custodiannamely Meharban Singh posted asTehsildar, Agrarian Reforms,Jammu, at that moment. In the year1983, the petitioner came to be post-ed as Tehsildar (AssistantCustodian) Jammu, and the saidapplication was ripe for final deter-mination at that juncture. The peti-tioner decided the aforesaid applica-tion vide order dated November 25,1983 which directed that the land berestored in favour of the applicantnamely, Abdul Majid, inasmuch asno one else had opposed the afore-said application or laid any claimover the aforementioned property.The petitioner passed the said orderon the basis of the material availableon the record. However, the Policeauthorities of Police StationVigilance Organisation, Jammu reg-istered an FIR bearing No.9 of theyear 1986 for the commission of anoffence under Section 5(1)(d) of thePrevention of Corruption Act alleg-ing therein that the petitioner hadhatched a criminal conspiracy withthe applicant namely, Abdul Majid,despite the fact that at a time whenthe application under Section 8 wasfiled, the petitioner was posted at

Poonch and not in Jammu. The FIRwas registered against the petition-er, the then Assistant Custodian-Mohammad Aslam Qureshi and theapplicant namely, Abdul Majid. It isfurther contended that the orderpassed by the petitioner in the appli-cation of Abdul Majid was chal-lenged by one Siraj-ud-Din beforethe Custodian General, J&KGovernment in a revision petitionand during the pendency of the revi-sion petition, the petitioner Siraj-ud-Din died and his daughter, name-ly, Sharifa Bibi was brought onrecord as his legal heir. However,fate had it for her that she too diedduring the pendency of the revisionpetition and despite that theCustodian General allowed the revi-sion petition and quashed the orderdated November 25, 1983 vide hisjudgment dated April 23, 2008.Abdul Majid preferred a revisionbefore the Special Tribunal, Jammuin which he challenged the vires ofthe order dated April 23, 2008 of theCustodian General and the SpecialTribunal Jammu stayed the opera-tion of the order passed by theCustodian General.

The petitioner has proceeded toState that the respondent contem-plated to produce the Challanagainst the petitioner and AbdulMajid as well and MohammadAslam has been dropped from thelist of the accused.

Perverse order cannot fall within definition of PC Act: HC

IN THE COURT OF SUB JUDGE SPL RAILWAYMAGISTRATE (JUDICIAL) JAMMU

FileNo: 13/DVACT D.O.I: 25-09-2017Rajni Chalotra ....Complainant /Petitoners

V/SSanjeev Kumar & Ors. ....Accused/RespondentIN THE MATTER OF:- Complaint U/S Execution Petition (DV Act).

Notice to:- Sanjeev Kumar S/o Om Parkash R/o Village LANGER NearPeaks Auto, Kunjwani Teh & Distt Jammu.

Whereas the complainant has filed the above noted complaint in this Courtin which you have been arrayed as a party in the capacity of

Whereas, this Court is satisfied that there is reason to believe that you havebeen avoiding seivice of summons already served upon you in the ordinaryway. You are, therefore, informed by the medium of this pubication andcalled upon you to appear in this Court in person or through counsel dulyauthorized and instructed to answer all material questions pertaining to thesaid complaint on or before 26.04.2018 at 10:00 a.m.

Take notice that in default of your appearance on the above said date ofhearing of this complaint the same will be heard and determined in yourabsence.

Given under my band and seal of this Tribunal today the 19 Day of 03.2018.Sd/-

Sub-Judge Spl.No: 1306/SJRMJ Railway Magistrate (Judicial)Dated: 03.04.2018 Jammu

TSEWANG RIGZINLEH: District CongressCommittee Leh demanded'capital punishment' to theculprits of Kathua and UttarPradesh gruesome rape inci-dents.

A candlelight march wascarried out from Leh Gate toBalkhang Chowk byCongress Party under theleadership of DCC Presidentand former MLA TseringSamphel on Saturdayevening demanding actionagainst the culprits and seek-ing justice for eight year oldRasana and 17 year of Unnaorape victims.

Tsering Samphel accused

BJP leaders at the Centre aswell as at the State for theiralleged attempts to shield theculprits of such heinouscrimes.

"The slogan 'Achhe Din' -the good days - as promisedby BJP has now turned outto be the 'dark days' as underthe incumbent regime, evenwomen and little girls are notsafe in the country today,"Samphel observed.

While condemning the cus-todial death of the victim'sfather in UP, the Congressleader questioned the longsilence of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and UPChief Minister Yogi

Aditiyanath as they allegedlydidn't take action on timeagainst the UP MLA accusedof raping a minor.

President DCC furtheralleged that BJP-PDPCoalition Government at theState has completely failed todeliver to the expectations ofthe people of the State.

He termed that fasting-to-protest, staged by BJP inLeh under the leadership ofMP Ladakh few days ago,against Congress Party forcausing interruption to thefunctioning of the budget ses-sion of the Parliament as ajoke since BJP under thebanner of NDA has as manyas 315 MPs whereasCongress has only 43 MPs inLok Sabha.

Among others who attendedthe candlelight march includesenior Congress leader Dr T.Namgyal, former ExecutiveCouncillors Gurmet Dorjay,Abass Abidi, Shafi Lasu,President Mahila CongressRinchen Dolkar, PresidentDistrict Youth Congress LehTsering Namgyal, formerMLC Norbu Gailchan andCongress supporters.

Leh Congress demands 'capital punishment' for rapists

DCC President Leh leading a candlelight march in Leh.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Accusing the BJPof facilitating the promotionof separatist agenda in theState in total disregard forthe sentiments of people ofJammu region, the activistsof JKNPP led by Harsh DevSingh, JKNPP Chairmanand former Minister, held amassive protest at ExhibitionGround, here on Sundayseeking the resignation of allBJP ministers.

The agitated protestorstorched the effigy of BJPamidst the slogans.

"The BJP has played thebiggest fraud upon people ofJammu region. It hasditched us all. It promisedmoon to the people ofJammu but divested us of allthat we had including ourself pride and honour. Dothey have the right to repre-sent the Dogras who alwaysvalued their self esteem andhonour as their most pre-cious treasure?" Harshargued.

Terming the yesterday'sBJP meet held under theChairmanship of RamMadhav, its National GeneralSecretary as a cover up oper-

ation to hide the party's yetanother surrender toMehbooba's dictates, Harshsaid that it was an opensecret now that the two min-isters were made sacrificiallambs by BJP in-order tosave its unholy opportunistalliance with PDP.

Accusing BJP of changingcolours like chameleon, hesaid that he was in posses-sion of video-graphed as wellprint media reports of state-ments of several BJP leadersand ministers who were earli-er seeking CBI probe inRasana rape and murdercase but disowned theirstatements immediately after

Mehbooba's snub. Not onlyin Rasana case but the BJPhad surrendered each of itsfundamentals and discardedits core philosophy merely forcrumbs of power, said Harsh.

Having lost the nerve andguts to ideologically confrontthe PDP over Jammu relat-ed issues, the BJP ministerspreferred to play a secondfiddle to Mehbooba thusfacilitating the promotion ofher pro separatist agenda inthe state.

As for the sacking of twoministers Ch. Lal Singh andC.P Ganga, Singh said thatpeople would have welcomedthem had they resigned

immediately after theirassurance of CBI probe inMarch 1 rally was rejected byMehbooba.

But the said ministers wentinto hibernation afterMehboob's 'no' to CBI probeand disappeared from thescene for 43 days when even-tually they were sacked onApril 13, remarked Harsh.

"And after their ouster,they have suddenly appearedas the sympathisers of publicrebuking their own govt andcharging it of working underthe tutelage of Geelani, arealisation which has dawnedupon them, a bit too late".

Ridiculing further the BJPleaders for their empty rheto-ric in yesterday's meetingover the issues of deportationof Rohingyas, Bangladeshisand withdrawal of directiveson 'tribal encroachments',Singh said that saffron lead-ers were only making mock-ery of themselves by suchvague statements.

He said that people hadseen their real faces behindtheir deceptive facades andwould no longer be hood-winked or misled by suchabsurd meaningless state-

ments. BJP ministers were blindly

following the dictum "there'snot to make reply, there's notto reason why" said Harshadding further that their rolewas confined merely to carryout the orders of MehboobaMufti. With people's angeragainst BJP's betrayals hav-ing reached its crescendo, thepresent turmoil and tensionin Jammu region could fur-ther escalate in case theJammu based ministers con-tinued to remain glued topower.

Seeking resignations of allBJP ministers in the interestof peace and public good,Singh advised the BJP lead-ers to seek a fresh mandatefrom the public in the face ofacute crisis of confidencefaced by them.

Prominent among thosewho spoke on the occasionincluded Rajesh Padgotra,Gagan Partap Singh,Parshotam Parihar, KhajoorSingh, Paramjit SinghMarshall, Rajesh Gondhi,Neeraj Gupta, Stiffness Gill,Rashpaul Singh, UdhayveerSingh, Rakesh Verma andRahul.

JKNPP protests seeking resignation of all BJP ministers

JKNPP activists raising slogans during a protest.

MLA Rajesh Gupta inaugurating construction work of toilet complex.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Deputy ChiefMinister, Dr Nirmal Singh,on Sunday convened an offi-cers meeting to take stock ofarrangements being put inplace for upcoming visit ofPresident of India, RamNath Kovind, to Jammu andKashmir on 18th April at ahigh level meeting conveyedat Hari Singh Palace.

Deputy Chief Ministerexhorted upon the concerneddepartments to make surethat all necessary arrange-ments are made in time forthis high profile visit to thestate and called for a co ordi-nated effort to make the visita success. He said that a fool-proof mechanism should be

put in place to ensure thatevery aspect of providing therequisite protocol and facili-ties is ensured.

Vice Chairperson AdvisoryBoard for Development ofOBCs, V, Additional DirectorGeneral of Police security,Divisional CommissionerJammu, Inspector General ofPolice Jammu range, DeputyCommissioner Jammu,Heads of various depart-ments and senior officers ofvarious departments werealso present on the occasion.

The Deputy Chief Ministerstressed on maintaining closecoordination among variousdepartments including thesecurity officials to ensurethat the visit could go suc-

cessfully. He also directed theofficers to ensure that thecultural items to be presentedshould reflect the rich cultureand heritage of the State in aproper perspective givingequal preference to everyregion.

The Deputy Chief Minister,while reviewing traffic planfor the event, asked the offi-cers to ensure that that com-mon people are not be put toany inconvenience due to thearrangements being made forthe VVIP visit. Dr Singh alsoreviewed the arrangementsbeing made for the stay of thediginataries. He also wentaround the venue andinspected the arrangementsbeing made.

Dy CM reviews arrangements for President's visit

Bukhari offerscondolences

to Haroon STATE TIMES NEWS

SRINAGAR: Minister forFinance, Education andLabour & EmploymentSyed Mohammad AltafBukhari has expressed deepshock and grief over thedemise of mother of HaroonAhmad Choudhary a seniorpolitical activist from SaraieBala, Amirakadal con-stituency.

In his condolence messageBukhari termed thedeceased a pious and gentlelady who was known for hersocial and philanthropicactivities in the area.

"In this hour of grief Iextend my heartfelt sympa-thies and solidarity with thebereaved family. MayAlmighty Allah grant eter-nal peace to the departedsoul," Bukhari said in hiscondolence message.

Earlier in the morning,Bukhari visited Lal NagarChanapora to offer personalcondolences to the bereavedfamily.