Indian Kanoon - Search engine for Indian Law

Further, he acted beyond the limits of his official authority by violating the terms of contract in hiring the transport carrier beyond the 3 months period of the contract and continued to hire the said carrier for full 4 months without any review of the contract.

By commissions of the above act, Shri Dewan willfully violated Rule 12 (2) of GFR and displayed lack of integrity.

Article VI Misuse of Financial Powers for the Purchase of Stores for Building Material :

While functioning as DFO, Campbell Bay, Shri Dewan placed the orders for the procurement of the stores valuing Rs.34,579/- by splitting the indents keeping the value of each splitted indent within his financial limits which was a deliberate action on the part of CO to bypass the sanction of the competent authority for the purchase of store items worth Rs.34,579/- and thus violated Rule 104 of GFR.

From the actual place and execution of work, it was revealed that only about 6 to 8 cum. Of timber have been actually used against the purchases of sawn timber shown as 26,366 cum.

Shri Dewan as thus, willfully, violated the Rule 104 of GFR by purchasing sawn timber from private saw mill for Rs.96,953/- without the approval of competent authority and without observing the codal formalities.

Article VIII Unauthorised demolition of residential Government building:

Shri Dewan, while functioning as DFO, Campbell Bay, unauthorisedly on verbal order got demolished the government residential building No.T/2-III, T/9-II A & B situated at Campbell Bay. Most of the dismantled materials from the demolished building were disposed of without bringing them into the record. Demolition was shown on the plea that the building had been damaged during the cyclone.

Further, the officer did not even bother to inform the loss of the red corals to higher authority, in terms of Rule 16 of GFR.

By the above acts, Shri Dewan had displayed lack of devotion to duty, integrity and violated the provision of GFR and Rule 3 (1) of AIR (Conduct) Rules, 1968.

Article X Illegal felling of trees and misappropriation of timber out of it:

Shri M.R.Dewan, while functioning as DFO, Campbell Bay, permitted illegal felling of 10 trees and lifting of 5 logs estimated as 60 cum. Of timber which was supplied to M/s Elephants Saw Mill in the A & N Islands, in connivance with the Range Officer. The said timber was supplied to the above firm for conversion into sawn timber. Since the DFO had already purchased huge quantity of sawn timber from the same firm, there was no need/justification for making felling of so many trees for producing sawn timber in a private saw mill without observing the codal (sic).