Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Madrassa funding row: DSEK gets RTI over contradictory figures
Published: Tue, 23 October 2012 10:24 PM
The Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK), which is under fire ever since the row over alleged embezzlement of madrassa funds erupted earlier this year, is now facing another RTI application seeking whereabouts of lapsed amount from the central assistance it received for various NGOs and madrassas.
The RTI application (OSD/MW 10583), shot by two lawyers, Mudasir Naqashbandi and Firdous Parray, has sought declaration of lapsed amount and details of utilisation of the funds by DSEK, if the amount has not been returned to HRD ministry.
“I am surprised to see how they are handling the issue and why the Education Minister and DSEK Director Mohammed Shafi Rather are silent, because DSEK is giving different details every time,” Naqashbandi told Kashmir Reader.
Regarding the amount received by DSEK (which was revealed in first RTI filed by the two lawyers in March), Naqashbandi said, “DSEK disclosed that they received an amount of Rs 373.77 lakh which was an unsatisfactory and incomplete reply. I filed first appeal in April and they then revealed the amount received was Rs 553.45 lakhs out of which they have disbursed only Rs 100.3194 lakhs.”
The government, however, disclosed in a written reply to MLA Langate Er Rashid in the state Assembly recently that it received Rs seven crores in central assistance for NGOs and madrassas in the Valley, out of which only 100.1394 lakh were disbursed.
“Now we are also going to file another RTI asking the DSEK to put out a clarification because DSEK says it received Rs five crores, disbursed 100.3194 lakhs and 453.128 lakhs were lapsed.”
“Is DSEK telling the truth or the government, we want to know. They should clarify what has happened to the said amount of poor and orphan children of the Valley,” Naqashbandi said. “We have also written to Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal regarding this issue and if needed we will meet him personally if DSEK doesn’t clarify by that time.”
The Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK), which is under fire ever since the row over alleged embezzlement of madrassa funds erupted earlier this year, is now facing another RTI application seeking whereabouts of lapsed amount from the central assistance it received for various NGOs and madrassas.
The RTI application (OSD/MW 10583), shot by two lawyers, Mudasir Naqashbandi and Firdous Parray, has sought declaration of lapsed amount and details of utilisation of the funds by DSEK, if the amount has not been returned to HRD ministry.
“I am surprised to see how they are handling the issue and why the Education Minister and DSEK Director Mohammed Shafi Rather are silent, because DSEK is giving different details every time,” Naqashbandi told Kashmir Reader.
Regarding the amount received by DSEK (which was revealed in first RTI filed by the two lawyers in March), Naqashbandi said, “DSEK disclosed that they received an amount of Rs 373.77 lakh which was an unsatisfactory and incomplete reply. I filed first appeal in April and they then revealed the amount received was Rs 553.45 lakhs out of which they have disbursed only Rs 100.3194 lakhs.”
The government, however, disclosed in a written reply to MLA Langate Er Rashid in the state Assembly recently that it received Rs seven crores in central assistance for NGOs and madrassas in the Valley, out of which only 100.1394 lakh were disbursed.
“Now we are also going to file another RTI asking the DSEK to put out a clarification because DSEK says it received Rs five crores, disbursed 100.3194 lakhs and 453.128 lakhs were lapsed.”
“Is DSEK telling the truth or the government, we want to know. They should clarify what has happened to the said amount of poor and orphan children of the Valley,” Naqashbandi said. “We have also written to Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal regarding this issue and if needed we will meet him personally if DSEK doesn’t clarify by that time.”
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