Health deptt orders probe into illegal appointment

Srinagar, Jan 20: The Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical Education Department has issued an order and appointed an inquiry officer to inquire into the “illegal appointment” made by the then Chief Medical Officer, Anantnag.
“Sanction is, hereby, accorded to the appointment of Muzaffar Ahmad Rather, Chief Accounts Officer, Government Medical College, Anantnag as Inquiry Officer to enquire into the illegal appointment made by the then Chief Medical Officer, Anantnag in respect of Muzamil Mushtaq as Nursing Orderly (son of Mohammad Mushtaq Bhat, the then Senior Assistant, Kulgam) and subsequent construction of his Service Book by the then Chief Medical Officer, Kulgam without following due procedure of law,” said an order issued by the health department.
The order said that the Chief Medical Officer, Kulgam/Anantnag shall provide all the necessary inputs/documents/case file of the official to the Inquiry Officer in order to complete the inquiry in a time-bound manner.
“The Inquiry Officer shall submit its report within a period of one month from the date of issuance of formal order along with specific recommendations for taking further course of action against the erring Officers/Officials who had made such illegal appointment and also suggest the course of action against the applicant who has been engaged illegally by the then Chief Medical Officer, Anantnag in terms of the relevant rules governing the subject matter,” the order said.