Ayurveda University Scam: 300 Crore Scam With Recruitment In Vigilance Investigation Confirmed Financial Irregularities
Dehradun (IANS) | Scams have now become common in Uttarakhand. Assembly recruitment scam, UKSSSC exam recruitment scam, Patwari-Lekhpal recruitment scam, VPDO recruitment scam or constable recruitment case, all these cases were not resolved yet. That another scam case has come to the fore in the state. This is the matter of Uttarakhand Ayurved University.
The matter of irregularities in appointments and purchases in Uttarakhand Ayurved University remained in the headlines. After the investigation of Vigilance in Uttarakhand Ayurveda University, now legal screws can be tightened on the officials of the university. In this matter Vigilance has sent its report to the Government and the approval of the Government is awaited in the matter. On the other hand, after the completion of vigilance investigation, it is certain to open layer by layer of the old case.
In fact, along with illegal appointments in Ayurveda University, a case of irregularities in tenders has also come to the fore. After which Vigilance has submitted its report to the government and now the approval of the government is awaited.
Corruption in Ayurveda University has been confirmed in vigilance investigation. In the Vigilance investigation, a scam of about Rs 250 to 300 crore has come to light in the purchase of goods, construction works and recruitment. Vigilance has submitted the investigation report to the government. Now soon a case will be filed against the officers and employees responsible in the matter. It is being told that the vigilance committee has given oral permission, but written orders are awaited.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami had given instructions to conduct a vigilance inquiry into wrongful appointments, irregularities in purchase of goods and financial irregularities in Uttarakhand Ayurved University from 2017 to 2020.
Allegations were made that in order to benefit the near and dear ones, tenders for various works were also arbitrarily given to the loved ones. After this, orders were issued by Personnel and Vigilance Secretary Shailesh Bagoli on May 2022. On the instructions of Vigilance Director Amit Sinha, the investigation was handed over to Inspector Kiran Aswal.
On the other hand, AYUSH Secretary Dr. Pankaj Kumar Pandey says that permission will be given to file a lawsuit on behalf of the Personnel Department on the investigation report of Vigilance. If any officer or employee is found guilty in the inquiry report, then a recommendation will be made to the Personnel Department to take departmental action against him. He said that on the basis of the investigation, strict action will be taken against the culprits.
These are the allegations:- In Uttarakhand Ayurveda University, changing the roster released on the posts of yoga instructors, non-compliance of rules in recruitment to the posts of microbiologists, biomedical faculty, publishing a release on the posts of Assistant Professor in Sanskrit and Panchakarma Assistant and then canceling accused of doing. Along with this, despite not having a post in the university, Sanskrit teachers were promoted and ACP was paid.
Vigilance Director, Amit Sinha said that without the permission of the government, advertisements were repeatedly taken out by the university for recruitment to various posts. Apart from not giving detailed information to the government regarding formation of committees for recruitment on various posts, more than 60 youths were also recruited through PRD. After completing vigilance investigation in Ayurveda University, the report has been sent to the government. The written permission of the government is awaited. Soon a case will be registered in this matter.
Not only this, the scam officials of Ayurveda University left no stone unturned to swindle crores of rupees. The corpus fund created for various works of the university was also not spared. Out of this, without the permission of the government, crores of rupees were withdrawn and buildings were built in the campus.
Not only this, it has come to the fore in the vigilance investigation that crores of rupees were misappropriated even in giving admission to the students. All the money that came from this scam was divided among themselves. Actually, a corpus fund is created in every university and college. Fees and exam fees taken from the students are deposited in this fund. After this its FD is done.
According to the rules, only one percent of the interest received from this FD can be taken by the university for various works without any permission. Approval from the government is necessary to use more than this, but the scamsters have played in this too.
Withdrawing money from this fund, they built building upon building. According to vigilance sources, more than half of this fund was emptied. A scam of about Rs 50 crore has also come to light from this fund.
Students who are successful in NEET exam are given admission in medical colleges. NEET counseling is done for this, but many such students were given admission in the university, whose counseling was not done. It is being told that lakhs of rupees were taken per student for this. Crores of rupees were deposited by the scamsters even more than this. However, the amount taken from these students could not be ascertained.
–IANS
