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REGISTERED No. D-(D)-72

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

N O. 77] NEW DELHI. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1975/MAGHA 30, 1896

Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 14th February 1975

S.O. 106(E).—Whereas by the Cabinet Secretariat, Department of Personnel Notifica- tion No. S.O. 3863, dated 16th October, 1971, the Central Government has appointed this Commission of Inquiry to inquire into certain, allegations made against certain former Ministers of. the State of Punjab;

And whereas the Central Government, in pursuance of sub-para .(2) of the first para- graph of their aforesaid notification, have on 22-1-75 . referred to the Commission for inquiry 15 further allegations against some former Ministers-of-Punjab contained in the Memoranda, dated 30-7-71, 6-9-71 and 30-10-71 of Shri T. S. Riyasti; Memorandum dated 22-7-71 of Shri Labh Singh Phakkar and undated Memoranda of S/Shri. Rattan Singh Azad and Bhushan Sirhindi;

Now, therefore, in pursuance of Rule 5 ( 2 ) ( b )' of the Commission of Inquiry (Central) Rules, 1972, this notification is issued, by and under the" order" of the Com- mission, inviting all persons acquainted with the facts of the allegations forming the subject matter of this inquiry to furnish" to the Commission affidavits containing a state- ment of facts' set out in seven! paragraphs relating to such of the charges contained in the aforesaid memoranda as to which the deponent is competent to depose. Such affi- davits must be strictly in accordance with the provisions of Order XIX of the Code of Civil Procedure and should contain only the information and statements pertaining to specific allegations and admissible in evidence under the relevant law. The affidavits must be properly verified, in particular, indicating whether the statements made in the affidavit, are based on personal knowledge or derived information: In the latter case, the name and address of the informant, or if the informant is a Government official whose

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name Is not intended to be disclosed, the particulars of the Government file containing the relevant information should be furnished. The deponent should also furnish to the Commission alongwith the affidavit, a list of the documents, if any, on which he proposes to rely and forward to the Commission the originals or true copies of such of the docu- ments as may be in his possession or power and shall state the name and address of the persons from whom the remaining documents can be obtained.

The affidavits must be filed, within a period of three weeks of the date of publication of this notification, at the office of the Commission at the above address on any working day during 10-30 A.M. to 4*3Q P.M. Affidavits not verified in the manner indicated above or not filed by the date and time specified above may not be taken into consideration by the Commission.

The text of the allegations referred by the Central Government for inquiry can be inspected at the Commission's office on any working day during 10-30 A.M. to 4-30 P.M.. however, with a view to giving the members of the public a tentative idea of the nature of these allegations, their substance is given, in brief, Memorandum-wise below:

Substance of the Allegations

I. Shri Rlyasti's Memorandum dated 30-10-71—(1) A cinema site at Patiala was sanctioned to one latinder Singh Dhillon irregularly and ignoring the claims of others because of his being a brother-in-law of the then Educa- tion Minister, Shri Surjit Singh. (2) S. Teja Singh, Minister for Health and Industries, used undue influence to favour an Akali leader Sh. Surjan Singh in the allotment of a 10,000 yards plot and a shed to him and his son respectively at Ludhiana-Dhandari Focal Point in violation of the relevant rules and in their applications being entertnined after the prescribed last date. O) Shri P. S. Badal. as Chief Minister, misused authority and defied procedures in appointing Shri lagdish Chand Ooyal ns Executive Officer, M.C.. Oobindsnih, (4) As Minister for Health and Industries, S. Teja Singh made 70 odd wrongful appointments.

II. Shrt Riyastl's Memorandum dated 6-9-71.~-(l) S. Teja Singh abused his position as Minister by setting oiit-of-tum a Massey Fenpisson Tractor, and accept- ed illegal gratification in having its payment made by a bio; industrialist In lieu of favours shown. (2)73 Kami land located near Sukhtia Lake Chandigarh was purchased deceitfully by Shri Te.'a Singh for Rs. 1,11,000 from the former Maharaja Faridkot by giving false assurances of help and got registered bepaml by him In the names of Ms wife, mother-in-law etc. in partnership vith one Shri Gian Chand Goel. an industrialist of Malerkotla, The whole payment for the land was made by the said indus- trialist in Hou of issue of undue quotas permit to him showing Shri Teia Singh's scandalous collaboration with an industrialist and undue benefit of official position. _ (3) Shri Teja Singh misused his official position in obtaining two land piece's worth more than Rs. 1} lac for Rs. 13,000 and 20,000 in village Raipur, Teh. Kharar. He cot them registered benarnl fn the names of his relatives Atma Singh and Tek Siueh. (41 Shri Teia Singh m^do one MilkhJ Ram Purbia of Bhatltv.la District sell about 3fi kanals of land worth over Rs. 2 lncs, for R*. 40.000 only and had ii registered benami in the nnme of his relative Tek Singh. Later, abusing his¹ position. Shri Te|a Sini*h got Milkhi Ram arrested and beaten bv the police on 5-1-71 forcing him to sign a document acceptfng ejectment.

firms of Gobindgarh on receipt of an advance consideration money of Rs. 10 per tonne and on assurance of being paid Rs. 65 per tonne further on the delivery of the consignments. This kind of robbery was- practised in other industrial towns of the State also.

V & VI. Undated Memoranda of Sh. Rattan Singh Azad and Sh. BhiuJian Slrhindt.— (1) During Dnkala bye-election the whole staff in the Patiala Division of tho Animal Husbandry Department, of which Sh. H. S. Tandon was inchargc, was put on election propaganda in favour of Akali Party, in contravention Of the Government servants' conduct rules, with the knowledge of Sh. Randhir Singh Cheema, the Minister incharge who also accepted money raised through corrupt methods and collected forcibly from the staff by Shri H. S. Tandon by promising better postings and out-of-turn promotions, etc. In lieu of this help, Sh. R, S. Cheema was signing notes for the transfer of staff prepared by Sh. H. S. Tandon and forwarding them to Director, Animal Husbandry. (2) While staying at Patiala during the Dakala bye-election Shri Randhir Singh Cheema and his Political Secretary were receiving 40—50 eggs daily and also received hundred of chickens free of cost from the Government Poultry Farm, Patiala through the good offices of Shri H. S. Tandon who was also working as Assistant Poultry Development Officer, Patiala. The chickens were shown as dead, and the eggs supplied were not accounted for. in the Government books- (3) Sh. Randhir Singh Chema indulged in political favouritism fend corruption in having only one post of Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry, Patiala, held by Shri H. S. Tandon upgraded to that of Joint Director in the scale of Rs. 1300—1500 by using personal influence as a reward for his help in the Dakala bye-election, and fixed his headquarters at Patiala to help him continue looting the field staff of Patiala Division and then feed him (Shri Cheema).

[No. 2/1/75-COM]

A. S, TANEJA, Secy., Commission of Inquiry.