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JAMMU: A Division Bench of State High Court comprising Justice Hasnain Masoodi and Justice Janak Raj Kotwal on Wednesday directed the investigating officer to proceed with the investigation in the case regarding issuance of MNREGA job cards to ineligible persons with due dispatch and make all efforts to conclude it by next date of hearing i.e. 8th June 2015.
The Division Bench observed that case vide FIR No.16-VOJ of 2013 regarding issuance of job cards to Government employees and students that too minor and dead persons under MNREGA Scheme in connivance with revenue officials was registered more than two years back at Police Station VOJ, under Section 5(1) read with Section 5(2) PC Act, 2006 and 120-B, 420, 467, 468 and 471 RPC. It further observed that the investigation normally ought to have been concluded by now.
The direction came in response to Public Interest Litigation filed by Ashiq Hussain and others in MNREGA Scam. As per the MNREGA scheme only adult members being of house hold are guaranteed 100 days manual work to check unemployment in rural areas. JNF