{"id":608,"date":"2011-05-24T13:41:32","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T08:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cimforest.in\/?p=608"},"modified":"2024-10-11T14:17:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T13:17:17","slug":"in-recruitment-of-forest-guards-clerks-peon-in-pune-forest-division-serious-criminal-and-administrative-lapses-including-forgery-cheating-and-criminal-breach-of-trust-which-attract-penal-action-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimforest.in\/?p=608","title":{"rendered":"In recruitment of forest guards, clerks peon in Pune forest division, serious criminal and administrative lapses including forgery, cheating and criminal breach of trust, which attract penal action up to life imprisonment were established in the enquiry conducted by APCCF. Report is hushed up by office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Maharashtra. Allegedly lots of bribe money exchanged in the whole process in selection; and then in hushing up the enquiry. People allege that for hushing up enquiry senior officials accepted bribe\u2026\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

For direct recruitment of\u00a0 59 Forest guards, 18 clerks &\u00a0 2 drivers, Collector Pune vide his letter no. 2266\/two dated 17-8-2009 addressed to Conservator of Forests, Pune Division, had approved to publish advertisement calling applications for aspirants for the said posts. In addition to this, recruitment was also to be done for 8 peons. Accordingly, \u00a0written examinations were conducted for the said posts.<\/p>\n

There were very serious allegations of corruption in recruitment process. The Principal Chief conservator of Forests (PCCF), MS ordered high ranking enquiry, \u00a0conducted by APCCF,\u00a0 S.K. Khetrapal. Khetrapal after a detailed enquiry submitted its report dated 27-4-2010<\/a> to PCCF finding therein very serious criminal and administrative lapses in the whole process of selection.<\/p>\n

The finding in enquiry report can be classified into two distinct groups, viz, illegalities and irregularities. Illegalities are purely criminal, while irregularities are administrative in nature. Thus both wrong doings attract prosecution and departmental enquiries respectively against the guilty. But what has been done in this very interesting case is detailed below.<\/p>\n

Adminstrative lapses:<\/strong><\/p>\n

APCCF\u2019s report lists almost 12 administrative lapses in recruitment process, which can be read in the enquiry report dated 27-4-2010 communicated to CCF Pune vide letter dated 24-5-2010<\/a>. These lapses are serious in nature and if proved in a departmental enquiry can lead to dismissal of the guilty from service. Readers if interested in this report, can go through the said letter of PCCF dated 24-5-2010.<\/p>\n

Criminal lapses:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There were mainly following \u00a0types of complaint having criminality, which were doing the round here in Pune:<\/p>\n

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  1. Drafting of question papers and conduct of examination were out sourced hence many candidates were knowing the question papers before the examination on payment of extraneous considerations.<\/li>\n
  2. On higher premium payment of bribe, even answer sheets were manipulated. Examiner himself has changed the answers by cancelling the wrong answers given by candidates. [ Though there was a very strict condition in question-cum-answer paper that if there are more than one answer \u00a0ticked in the answer sheet then that answer would not be counted<\/em>.]<\/li>\n
  3. On still higher premium of bribe, even answer sheet were written after examination with the help of corrupt and guilty senior forest officers, These answer sheets were not having the signatures of those invigilators, which were conducting the examination because these answer sheets were written much after the examinations.<\/li>\n
  4. Examiners have not counted correct answers in the answer sheet of normal candidates, who could not pay the bribe.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Findings of Enquiry report on above mentioned points:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    1 Drafting of question papers and conduct of examination were out sourced hence many candidates were knowing the question papers before the examination on payment of extraneous considerations.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Not enquired by APCCF<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    2. On higher premium payment of bribe, even answer sheets were manipulated. Examiner himself has changed the answers by cancelling the wrong answers given by candidates.<\/span><\/p>\n

    APCCF has found the allegation to be correct<\/span> <\/span><\/strong>and he has mentioned in para 7 of letter dated 24-5-2010 as under:<\/span><\/p>\n