Bureaucrat gets house allotted illegally, cheats court

[Lahore_Real_Estate]

ISLAMABAD: Some bureaucrats are not only using their personal contacts for their personal gains but also cheating the courts by submitting fake documents.

Income Tax Department Additional Commissioner (AC) Nadir Mumtaz not only illegally got allotted a house in sector G-6 as his official government accommodation and forcibly got vacated the house, but he also submitted fake and forged documents in Lahore High Court and district court, it is learnt.

Daily Times have found that the AC submitted affidavits in courts that he was Deputy Secretary in Ministry of Petroleum, but at that time he had relinquished the charge from Ministry and was working in Income Tax Department.

According to sources, Muhammad Latif, Account Officer in Ministry of Education, was allotted a House No 333E, Street 77, Sector G-6/4 as his official residence. He served the government for 35 years and when he retired, the house was allotted to his son Azhar Latif under rules 29A and AAR-2002 on directive of Prime Minister. Azhar Latif is a patrolling officer in Motorway Police, an ancillary department of Ministry of Communications. His parents and six sisters depend on his job and house allotted to him for residence.

Mumtaz allegedly used his influence and got allotted the said house in his name though he was not entitled to it. He allegedly used Islamabad police and got vacated the house by force, arrested Azhar Latif and threw his aged parents and his family along with furniture out of the house, the sources said.

According to documents obtained by this correspondent, Mumtaz allegedly filed an affidavit along with a writ petition in Islamabad District Court of Civil Judge Irfan Naseem Tarar that he was Deputy Secretary in Ministry of Petroleum after that he filed an affidavit in Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench in the court of Justice Asad Munir and once again concealed the truth at that time he was working in Income Tax Department.

Documents signed by Nadir Mumtaz show that he filed “Charge Relinquishment Report” on July 30, 2009 in Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources. On July 24, 2009 Revenue Division issued a notification No 1002-M-IA/2009 to publish in Gazette of Pakistan in which it was mentioned that Nadir Mumtaz (ITG-BS-19) on joining after repatriation from Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources was sent back to seat of Additional Commissioner RTO, Islamabad. Notification was issued with the signature of Secretary Management IA Malik Muhammad Ashraf.

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources Deputy Secretary Muhammad Akram confirmed through letter No 4(9)/2005-Admn Dated 23rd of June, 2010 that Nadir Mumtaz was transferred from the Ministry on July 30, 2009.

According to sources, Mumtaz used forged documents and concealed the truth everywhere but he has not penalised by any department due to his influence in bureaucracy.