ACB produces charge-sheet against Dalip Singh Ex Patwari, revenue officials, others in Case FIR No. 04/2011

Srinagar: Anti Corruption Bureau produced charge-sheet against Dalip Singh S/o Laxman Singh R/o H. No. 1-A/E Extension Trikuta Nagar, Jammu the then Patwari Muthi, Manohar Singh S/o Baldev Singh R/o Gole Gujral Talab Tillo, Jammu the then Naib Tehsildar Muthi Shanti Saroop S/o Karam Chand R/O Peermitha, Jammu then Tehsildar (AR) Jammu (Expired), Surinder Gupta S/O Sh. Sain Dass Gupta R/O, Nai Basti Satwari, the then Tehsildar Jammu (Expired) Babu Ram S/o Sh. Pola Ram R/O Village Mishriwalla, the then Patwari Muthi (Expired) Mahant Bawa Ram Milan Dass Chilla Baba Khem Dass R/o Ram Janki Temple Thakure Dawara Udheywala Jammu and Damodar Dass S/O Hari Ram Panday Village Kusmahi Buzarg Silloo P/S Lal Ganj District Basti Uttar Pradesh.
The instant case was registered on 21.02.2011 on the basis of verification conducted into the allegations leveled by the complainant. During the course of investigation it was established that that Baba Shri Ram Milan Dass (Mahant) was Pujari /custodian of the temple “Thakur Dwara Shri Ram Janki Pracheen Mandir, Udheywala, Jammu” had no authority or competence to alienate/ transfer/lease out the land belonging to the said temple but Mahant Baba Ram Milan Dass in order to take undue benefit to himself and wrongful loss to the temple hatched a criminal conspiracy with the other accused persons mentioned above. The accused revenue officers/officials issued the revenue extracts for execution of sale and lease deeds illegally and later on entered and attested mutations of different pieces of land.
This action on their part individually as well as collectively was found to be illegal and sheer abuse of their official positions and powers in order to confer undue benefit to Mahant Bawa Ram Milan Dass and wrongful loss to the temple which fully constitute the commission of criminal misconduct as defined under the provisions of the PC Act Under a well-knit conspiracy plan the accused persons disposed of 150 kanals of land belonging to the temple situated in villages Muthi and Paloura.