Assembly panel seeks LG office records in probe agnst Jung

A special inquiry committee of the Delhi Assembly has sought "original" records from the LG office in connection with an ongoing probe into alleged irregularities by former Lt Governor Najeeb Jung's office in restoring licence of a ration shop in Burari area.
The panel has also decided to summon the officer who had assisted the former Lt Governor in the matter.
The request comes following the meeting of the nine-member committee on Monday.
Sources said the food and civil supplies department has apprised the panel that the decision to cancel the ration shop licence at north Delhi's Burari was taken after the department received complaints from the police that the shop owner concerned sold poor quality ration.

On Jun 9 last year, the Delhi Assembly had adopted a motion moved by AAP legislator Saurabh Bharadwaj to form a nine-member panel after Burari MLA Sanjeev Jha raised the issue in the House.
He said it was a fit case to be considered under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The matter relates to an order passed by the LG on April 13, in which Jung as an appellate authority, revoked the food and supplies department's order cancelling the licence of the fair price shop in Burari.
The LG office had then clarified that the order was passed as it was a case of appeal under clause 6(8) of the Delhi Specified Articles (Regulation of Distribution) Order 1981.

"On an appeal filed by the aggrieved widow shop owner, (the) Lt Governor as an appellate authority, after hearing all sides, including the department of food supplies and consumer affairs, has passed a considered and detailed order, based on facts placed before him in his court, setting aside the cancellation of the licence of the fair price shop and restoring the licence to the widow," statement from the LG office had then said.