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2025:JHHC:15448 2019:JHHC:40019

27. The Chief Vigilance Officer had alleged that Dr. T.N. Singh, Ex. Director, C.M.R.I and few other officials of C.M.R.I., Dhanbad during the period of April, 1999 had purchased many items like equipment, filter papers, digital burette etc. and chemicals on limited tender by splitting the requirement or by keeping the estimate-cost, below Rs. 2 lacs. The ceiling for limited tendering. The enquiry Letters were sent to only few selected firms and this was done with motive of personal gains resulting price difference between the price that which the purchases were affected and the actual price of the items.

43. From investigation, it reveals that the petitioner along with other accused persons were public servant during the year 1999-2000, and several items like Glass Microfibre, Filter paper, Whatman Filter Paper, Digital Burette, and Dis-pensetee Bottle Top Dispensor, Digital Titration Burrette, Digital Burette positive, Displacement Micro-pipetor and several types of chemicals and other equipments were purchased by the C.M.R.I and for such purchase, a conspiracy was made by the accused persons with supplying firms and in pursuance of that conspiracy, false incomplete split indents were initiated and in the most faulty manner it was approved by the Standing Purchase Committee and Purchase Order was placed on the firms and supply was taken at inflated rates on limited tenders.

45. Thus, prima facie it appears that in the purchase procedure the ideal rules were not followed. Even the investigation further reveals that, even some firms were not remotely connected with the dealing in the specific items and materials. Further, spectrometer, microwave, digestion system were found to be different from the specification and were inferior in quality. Similarly, the other items like filter paper of Whatman 'filter paper, digital burette, Dispensetee bottle and chemicals were purchased from the firms who were not authorized dealers in such matters. From the perusal of order taking cognizance and counter affidavit, it further appears that while making purchase of aforesaid items for C.M.R.I. the rules required for purchase of such items were not followed.