In an affidavit submitted to the Bombay HC, the state govt said that it has recovered Rs20.09 lakh from Jalgaon MLA Ramesh Choudhary.
In an affidavit submitted to the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, the state government said that it has recovered Rs20.09 lakh from Jalgaon MLA Ramesh Choudhary, which he had received from the government in the form of medical reimbursement using invalid bills.
Following a PIL filed by Janhit Manch, an NGO, the court has now asked the government to state what action it proposes to take against erring MLAs and MLCs who have submitted false bills to recover medical expenses from the state exchequer.
The affidavit filed by principal secretary Anant Kalse on April 4 states that a committee under the supervision of the state legislative assembly and chairman of legislative council was constituted to review the bills submitted by ministers for medical reimbursements.
The committee met 36 times and scrutinized 109 bills of Rs1 lakh and above. Six bills were rejected and Rs5.45 lakh was recovered made from four members and Rs2.81 lakh was recovered from another two members. Ten more bills have been rejected and the amounts have to be recovered from the members concerned.
Choudhary had submitted 41 bills. The scrutinizing committee inferred that prima facie Choudhary had submitted the bills on “false pretext” as per Kasle’s affidavit, and this amounts to cheating of misuse of government money. “He may have got Rs20 lakh with the help of officers. All are shielding one another,” Justice Bilal Nazki remarked.
The court asked what action has been taken against Choudhary. “Has an FIR been filed? Has he been arrested?” Justice Nazki asked.
Justice Bilal Nazki and Justice VK Tahilramani have asked the state government to give an account of what action has been initiated against the erring ministers and adjourned the case for two weeks.
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