OM PRAKASH GUPTA Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD Mrs. Ritu Kumar at length and perused the application for review of the order passed in W.P.(PIL) No. 803 of 2009. For better appreciation and for disclosing our minds, the said order is quoted hereinbelow: '' "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.) TWO contractors under the same division, engaged in two works, were paid Rs. 26.16 lakhs on submission of 16 invoices bearing identical invoice code. However, concerned oil company confirmed non - issue of invoice bearing that particular code.