PIL filed against probe delay in DAV fund scam
7 May 2013 4:56 PM IST
Ashok Khanna, the petitioner who had filed a public interest litigation in the Delhi High Court for alleged irregularities and mismanagement of funds by the DAV College Management Committee, has alleged that the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) is taking too much time in investigating the alleged irregularities and has been delaying probes in the past four months.
He said that since the direction of the High Court, the investigating agency has simply written letters to various agencies, including the Enforcement Directorate, Jallandhar SP, Yamuna Nagar SP and Crime Branch, Pune. The High Court, in its order in January this year had directed the deputy commissioner of police, EOW, Delhi, to look into Khanna’s complaint dated 23 April, 2012 and act in accordance with the law.
'Four months have gone by since the order of the High Court and till now the authorities have just forwarded my complaints to various authorities. There have been no status reports on the forwarded complaints and no other information on the progress of investigation,' says Khanna.
Khanna had alleged embezzlement in various land deals and tax evasions by the management of DAV College in his PIL. The DAV Trust and Management Society is an NGO which was registered in 1886 and runs 750 institutions across the country.
The PIL alleged that the Public Accounts Committee, in 2005, had found that the DAV management evaded tax to the tune of Rs 16.61 crore and Rs 24.12 crore in assessment years of 2000-01 and 2001-02 respectively.
It also claimed that a functionary of the NGO, which gets IT exemption and other concessions, including grants from state and central governments, has been involved in Rs 30 crore fund embezzlement in a land deal at Jalandhar. The plot was to be purchased for establishing a DAV university.
He said that since the direction of the High Court, the investigating agency has simply written letters to various agencies, including the Enforcement Directorate, Jallandhar SP, Yamuna Nagar SP and Crime Branch, Pune. The High Court, in its order in January this year had directed the deputy commissioner of police, EOW, Delhi, to look into Khanna’s complaint dated 23 April, 2012 and act in accordance with the law.
'Four months have gone by since the order of the High Court and till now the authorities have just forwarded my complaints to various authorities. There have been no status reports on the forwarded complaints and no other information on the progress of investigation,' says Khanna.
Khanna had alleged embezzlement in various land deals and tax evasions by the management of DAV College in his PIL. The DAV Trust and Management Society is an NGO which was registered in 1886 and runs 750 institutions across the country.
The PIL alleged that the Public Accounts Committee, in 2005, had found that the DAV management evaded tax to the tune of Rs 16.61 crore and Rs 24.12 crore in assessment years of 2000-01 and 2001-02 respectively.
It also claimed that a functionary of the NGO, which gets IT exemption and other concessions, including grants from state and central governments, has been involved in Rs 30 crore fund embezzlement in a land deal at Jalandhar. The plot was to be purchased for establishing a DAV university.
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