MOHAMMAD TAHIR Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) WE take judicial notice of the number of Public Interest Litigations filed in this Court complaining that Jharkhand State is flooded with different type of scams. One of those is Bitumen scam, for which the instant Public Interest Litigation has been filed. It has been brought to our notice that in the matter of procurement of Bitumen there is large scale of irregularities and embezzlement not less than 100 crores of Rupees by the Engineers, Contractors and other persons having vested interest. It is stated that the Chief Engineer of various Zones have found various irregularities in the matter of procurement of Bitumen.

(2.) IN paragraph No.11 of the Writ Petition various irregularities have been pointed out which reads as under: -

(3.) IN paragraph No.17 it is stated that the Bitumen scam was brought to the notice of the Principal Secretary to the Rural Works Department by the Deputy Secretary, Road Construction Department in December, 2008 but nothing was done.